Example sentences of "[noun] can [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Failure to use these words can lead to a lot of confusion , and provide opportunities for awkward parties to obstruct a reference by questioning the procedure used to arrive at a result which they expect to be unfavourable . |
| 2 | The trimmings can go into a stock for the beet soup . |
| 3 | ‘ And after all , every player wants to be in a winning team and they know how much influence Gazza can have on a game to enable them to achieve victory . |
| 4 | Taylor has been guilty before of overlooking the impact Gazza can have on a game . |
| 5 | In many cases , the only action a trade association can take against a member that does n't comply is to expel it . |
| 6 | 2.7 The difficulty is compounded by the fact that the idea of association can correspond to a wide range of referential or " factual " relationships ( just as can the ascriptive use of an adjective or the qualifying use of a subordinate noun ) ; and , importantly , this is true not only of those relations that can ultimately be reduced to arrangements of objects in the physical world , but also of those that depend on human judgements and evaluations , e.g. relations of loving or resemblance ; all these we shall consider as factual relations by contrast with syntactic relations . |
| 7 | Lack of continuity of work for labour can occur on an individual project , between one project and the next , or as a result of changes in the location of construction activity . |
| 8 | Freddie Mercury fans can opt for a retrospective album of solo tracks , including the Christmas number one single contender — In My Defence . |
| 9 | A pun can act in a similar way to metaphor , pointing to a coalescence of concepts normally distinct . |
| 10 | Think too about drainage from paved areas at the bottom flight ; in wet weather the steps can act as a small waterfall . |
| 11 | A set of 3-D viewing glasses will be bound into magazines , so that readers can look at a waiter who appears to be offering them a tray of cocktails . |
| 12 | It is perhaps not widely appreciated the effect deforestation can have on a country like Ethiopia . |
| 13 | In a sanctioning system , the enforcement agent can work by a penal control criterion of activity , as measured by arrests and clear-up rates ( Reiss and Bordua , 1967:37 ; Rubinstein , 1973 ; Skolnick , 1966 ) even though police work actually involves little contact with ‘ criminals ’ and few arrests ( Manning , 1977:348 ) . |
| 14 | A starfish on the reef can crawl across a clam , fasten its tube feet on either side of its gape and slowly wrench the valves apart to feed on the flesh within . |
| 15 | The 25-year-old former England Under 21 international midfield man hopes that his major appearance landmark can co-incide with a victory to wipe out Premier League relegation fears . |
| 16 | Drinking alcohol during the daytime and over-eating can lead to an over-powering desire to nod off ( just think of the average household after Christmas dinner ) . |
| 17 | I agree with my hon. Friend about the substantial benefits which computers can bring to a modern general practice . |
| 18 | Improv can extrapolate from a single label to provide a sensible list . |
| 19 | However , a domestic , if not entirely domestically-controlled , electronics industry can survive as a result of the stimulus given by foreign firms , as Grieco ( 1984 ) illustrates in the case of India 's struggle with IBM . |
| 20 | For this reason , TNF can act as an antineoplastic agent . |
| 21 | It is a matter for the parties to decide how the lawyer should determine the issue , and the fact that a lawyer is to determine it does not mean that the procedure has to be an arbitrationa lawyer can act as an expert . |
| 22 | The quote from Hammond & Waterton suggests that in 1890 it was thought that a barrister umpire could preside over a valuation : to restate the proposition in modern terms , a lawyer can act as an expert . |
| 23 | Though traps can cope with a wider range of exhaust effluent , they 're more expensive and hard to maintain satisfactorily . |
| 24 | ‘ The helicopter provides a running commentary to the police control room situated in Chester , so the police cars can follow at a safe distance . ’ |
| 25 | Stewart was a versatile artist ; painting was his lifelong passion and his pictures can serve as a guide to his career . |
| 26 | Unless the two main parties can agree on a successor a contest seems inevitable . |
| 27 | In times of expansion , developments can be additive , and it is easier for new subjects to become institutionally — as distinct from academically — accepted ( doubts can linger for a long time ) . |
| 28 | ‘ No boat can live in a sea like that ! |
| 29 | To a boy who declares himself stuck about what colour to use , he says : ‘ Well , Sickert said that when in doubt put a little of the last colour into the next colour you use , and that gives harmony : it does n't work to use a colour in isolation — white and black are the two parents , red in isolation can appear like a wound in the picture — it 's like friendships , we all know the awful consequences if a new person joins a group and the friendships are n't mixed through , it 's the same with colours . ’ |
| 30 | Firstly , a feminist awareness can raise the visibility of gender and challenge the stereotype of a mentally ill woman , and secondly such raised consciousness can lead to a pro-woman practice by mental health workers . |