Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] [noun] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most building materials are porous to some extent , although in a well-designed and properly maintained building the absorbed moisture can evaporate harmlessly to the outside . |
| 2 | If the mean levels for one hour and two hours are plotted , then a line intersecting the two points can be taken back to the y-axis ( Fig 7 ) and the hourly uptake calculated from the slope , thus : |
| 3 | About half way back , he made a brief stop and flung the empty gasoline can far into the night . |
| 4 | More research using the new data can be useful , however , in exploring the sensitivity of the model to a variety of changes in assumptions and included factors . |
| 5 | A small group of people using the public baths can be very noisy indeed . |
| 6 | Using the wrong face can destroy the effect that a document was trying to create just as the wrong colour can ruin a decoration scheme |
| 7 | Obviously , if a bus service is withdrawn the local authority can replace it with a subsidised service and thus fill any gap . |
| 8 | Mr Gorbachev still thinks the old system can be reformed . |
| 9 | When you 've got the golden syrup off , when you 're eating the golden syrup can you |
| 10 | How do you think the whole issue can be solved ? |
| 11 | A trip to Brussels to meet the responsible officials can turn up a mine of information . |
| 12 | NGC claims the line is needed to accommodate the extra power while protesters say the existing line can cope . |
| 13 | Weathermen say the drought-hardened ground can not absorb the water . |
| 14 | A technique known as " funnelling " in which more general questions are followed by more specific ones amplifying the general ones can be useful in guiding the interviewer through the schedule and encouraging the respondent to give fuller answers . |
| 15 | The last cushion the big studios can rely on is sheer size . |
| 16 | An indication of the ability of the layers above and below the injection point to contain the vertical fracture can be obtained by studying the closure stress gradients in a vertical sequence . |
| 17 | Instructing the wrong engineer can be a horribly expensive mistake . |
| 18 | Applying the opposite rudder can not possibly cause the spin to reverse as is sometimes stated , unless the pilot is keeping the stick right back . |
| 19 | Among Tory supporters 48pc believed the Prime Minister can not remain a credible leader while 45pc thought he could . |
| 20 | When this happens the naked crab can sometimes evict the other by direct aggression . |
| 21 | This is a fax I want you to send to Ian in Aiden Mouth and it reads as follows good afternoon Ian , at long last I 've been able to get down to this memo of yours , dated the thirtieth alt can you please let me know the actual deliveries ' figures in the first part of this memo . |
| 22 | Two people who speak the same language can always work towards an understanding about what each of them is talking about and what each of them wishes to achieve by what they say . |
| 23 | Given appropriate communications support the deaf person can match the hearing person in most fields . |
| 24 | Once this occurs the democratic process can have an important function in failing to legitimize the state , and in providing justification for a rejection by groups of subjects not only of particular governments , but of more general constitutional arrangements . |
| 25 | The three year old pekinese had been an eighteerth birthday present to Maxine Weblin from her parents ; she says the little dog can never be replaced |
| 26 | Top Romford trainer Kenny Linzell says the fawn-and-white greyhound can only improve , especially when he learns to break from the traps a bit smarter than at present . |
| 27 | Indeed I do n't believe the private sector can get into the community in the way that er , not for profit , communitarian organisations can . |
| 28 | Repeatedly interviewing the same people can sensitise them to the research , and this may have unknown effects on their responses . |
| 29 | A couple who watch the classified ads can make some outstanding furniture buys . |
| 30 | Those who would follow the extensive design can be sure that their results are typical , but they must hypothesize as to whether the few properties that survive the working of the inverse ratio between extension and intension have any individuality at all ( De Waele and Harre , 1976 ) . |