Example sentences of "[noun] can [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of the funeral a set form of words is used and I think it is helpful to look at what sense these words can convey to this majority population who are not regular church attenders . |
| 2 | The way words generate whole clusters of other words can come as another new and interesting idea . |
| 3 | SIR — Drug poisoning can happen in unexpected ways . |
| 4 | It is pointless to deny that a dictatorship can rest on popular support , or that under certain circumstances a majority of the people can be persuaded to support or endorse illiberal and anti-democratic policies . |
| 5 | This displeasure can range from mild disapproval to outright ostracism . |
| 6 | TRAP THREE : Going over your limit on a credit card can lead to two main headaches . |
| 7 | It is with a huge sigh of relief that Scottish football fans can reflect on this crucial moment . |
| 8 | Increasing emphasis is being placed on the role that remote sensing can play in temperate climates such as Britain , where commonly the soils are glacially transported and where natural vegetation patterns have been extensively modified . |
| 9 | Graham Sharpe organiser says there is nowhere else in the world where two legs can race against four and pick up fourteen thousand pounds in prize money if they win … he explains that the horse has been beaten once by a mountain bike three years ago but they 've never been able to work out a winning formula |
| 10 | Presentations of costs of residential and fostering care and intermediate treatment which ignore these important considerations can result in unjustified conclusions about cost effectiveness . |
| 11 | Children who have been integrated into mainstream schools can return at any time for help and are called back at six-monthly intervals for checks . |
| 12 | Dr. John Quicke , psychologist and Lecturer in the Division , has been awarded a research grant of £10,000 from the Mental Health Foundation , ( with likely funding of a further £10,000 ) to explore ways in which schools can teach about mental handicap . |
| 13 | Relatively small changes in the layout of a room or in its lighting and furniture may seem insignificant when considered separately , but the sum total of such adaptations can result in safer , more pleasing and efficient surroundings for pupils with sight problems . |
| 14 | But in fact readers can adapt to shortened spelling within minutes regardless of their own views or suspicions . |
| 15 | The package also has improved ability to construct hypertext links , so that readers can jump from one part of a document to a linked part with a simple click . |
| 16 | Health Works readers can ring in free today and talk to a trained nutritionist about diet . |
| 17 | Progress will be shown by increased fluency ; an increase in the range of types of text which the pupil can tackle without frustration ; an increase in the range of approaches which readers can apply to particular texts according to their own purposes and those of the texts — skimming , scanning , close reading and so on . |
| 18 | During this delay the microprocessor can continue with other tasks ( including , perhaps , the control of other stepping motors ) , the only restriction being that the time spent on these tasks must be equal to the excitation interval . |
| 19 | These solutions can extend to wholesale modernisation , but can also include revised maintenance practices , smaller modernisation schemes , cosmetic improvements to lift car interiors and improving indication systems for hotel guests . |
| 20 | Every single person in LASMO can contribute to this challenge by helping to ensure in every way you can that each pound , dollar , peso , rupee , lire or rupia is wisely spent . |
| 21 | As biliary obstruction can lead to secondary biliary cirrhosis or recurrent episodes of cholangitis , surgical treatment has been recommended for stricture associated with persistent cholestasis . |
| 22 | But he was risen from the golfing dead , so to speak , and my friend is interested in what an agent can achieve for minor stars , as well as superstars . ’ |
| 23 | Recent research has shown that the scrapie agent can live for several years when buried in soil . |
| 24 | A boat with eight units can pull in 3800 squid in 40 minutes . |
| 25 | ‘ Blood can come at any time . ’ |
| 26 | This kind of thinking can lead to curious situations . |
| 27 | Erm , and Penguin U S again have er , made a good start and the one area , David can talk about this better than I , but the one area that er , where there is an upturning in business activity and mo promise have come into the U S A. |
| 28 | the contribution that the programme can make to realistic career expectations . |
| 29 | Sports such as judo or fencing can provide for these needs beyond fitness . |
| 30 | Geomancy , according to Nigel Pennick , is ‘ the science of putting human habitats and activities into harmony with the visible and invisible world around us ’ , and such sites become ‘ cosmic power points on the surface of the earth , special places where the mind can expand into new levels of consciousness , places where visions , transcendental states of prophecy , may be experienced ’ . |