Example sentences of "[noun] can [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you can afford one , a good plugger can benefit both the artist and the radio station by acting as a fixer for guest appearances , or providing news and creative ideas ; but like everything , some pluggers are better than others , and radio producers usually prefer to exercise their own musical judgement and not to pander to pluggers ' suggestions . |
| 2 | A visit to Helmsley town and castle ( where walkers can take up the Cleveland Way long-distance footpath ) , with a stop-off at Rievaulx Abbey , makes for an enjoyable outing . |
| 3 | The Nation 's Schools , Butler 's official pamphlet of 1945 , gestured vaguely towards freedom and liveliness , but not much else : ‘ Free from the pressure of any external examination these schools can work out the best and liveliest forms of secondary education suited to their pupils . ’ |
| 4 | Apart from the interest charges involved , the longer a defendant can spin out the negotiations the better . |
| 5 | There is still a way out of this economic mess , if Mr Gorbachev can summon up the courage to take it . |
| 6 | Hospitality and good local gossip can overcome even the most savage brewery price increases and keep the bar full in a recession , it says . |
| 7 | This week Football Echo readers tackle Smithy on subjects ranging from the crisis at Goodison , the Euro ban on Graeme Souness and how football can win back the fans . |
| 8 | As has been noted before , pictures can break up the text , provide ‘ landmarks ’ for the struggling reader , and help in making mental pictures . |
| 9 | The information centre alternative can speed up the development of applications and maintenance ( as the users should be able to maintain the systems as well as develop them ) . |
| 10 | Occasionally a book has almost achieved immortality , like John Ruskin 's Stones of Venice , but even more modest books can call up the spirit of a place ; and a private letter may illuminate both a person and a work of art . |
| 11 | However , Wanderers are true amateurs on the field and will no doubt battle until they give up , so let's hope Athletico can keep up the good work and send them home with three lost points and the Samaritans ’ telephone number . |
| 12 | Beyond the cathedral and the little churches , visitors can walk up the mountainside to the tiny , medieval village of Scala . |
| 13 | For , as far as English rugby is concerned , these are the days of miracles and wonders , the days when England can turn out the finest team ever and cavort through the Five Nations championship as if it were a lap of honour . |
| 14 | Naturally , such visits can allow only the most superficial understanding of prison life , any conversations with prisoners and warders being cursory and inhibited by the presence of a senior officer . |
| 15 | Tasmin is something of a vocal find , her strong , pure tones can imbue even the limpest tune with pathos . |
| 16 | Exercise can burn up the adrenalin that worry , fear and frustration create , leaving the body relaxed and rested . |
| 17 | They attack high-protein leaves , more acidic ones having less available protein , the optimum pH for the fungus ( pH 5 ) being reached when the material is mixed with the ants ' acidic faeces : then the fungus can break down the hydrolysable tannin/protein complexes . |
| 18 | Even if , to the youth , ‘ living was more important than education ’ , engaging in competitive sport can bring home the new realization that achieving results in education can be important to living . |
| 19 | UNESCO can take away the award if the standard of care drops . |
| 20 | When chasing a flying insect , the bat can work out the direction and speed of the insect from the slight changes in frequency of the echoes bouncing off it . |
| 21 | The moth can hear the bat from a greater distance than the bat can pick up the echo from a flying moth ; to be precise , a moth can hear a bat about 100 feet away , whereas a bat can detect a moth at a range of less than 8 feet . |
| 22 | Brilliant you see , he 's done it for so many years can work out the space and everything . |
| 23 | If the donor is an individual ( or a company ) and pays basic rate income tax the RNLI can claim back the tax already paid on that money from the Inland Revenue turning the donor 's £600 , for example , into £800 for the Institution . |
| 24 | Fully compatible with all leading software , the HP LaserJet can handle even the most sophisticated word-processing packages . |
| 25 | The foolishness in ‘ Futility ’ being the foolishness of men going out killing each other and then coming back to nature and hoping that nature can sort out the mess they have made . |
| 26 | To some extent , then , kin can take on the status of friends , perhaps involving special kinds of obligations and pressures , but also subject to the influence of factors such as distance and the preference of the couples themselves , rather than determined by blood relationship . |
| 27 | Antichrist can mean either the opponent of Christ |
| 28 | There 's a large reception , restaurant and bar here , whilst in the neighbouring hotel , or the sister hotel , guests can use both the sauna and swimming-pool ( there 's also a private swimming area down on the lake ) . |
| 29 | Whereas copyright protects the form in which an idea is expressed but not the idea itself , confidence can protect both the form and the idea . |
| 30 | The survey ( Survey of Financial Consolidation Systems 1991 ) revealed that organisations can speed up the collection of financial data from their subsidiaries by up to 44% using automatic data capture techniques . |