Example sentences of "[conj] can [vb infin] [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What are the ‘ new forces in health ’ that can bring about change ? |
| 2 | RJB is run by Richard Budge and its main asset is not coal but its Big Cats huge Caterpillar machines with shovels that can pick up tonnes of coal at a time . |
| 3 | It specialises in spot-welding and fixed-sequence robots , but will soon market arc-welding machines and robots that can pick up items such as lumps of metal . |
| 4 | Fighting the terrorists : Technology that can track down letter bombs . |
| 5 | It is its delay that can store up trouble , for there can be no escape from the reality that society will eventually exact civilised behaviour from its members at whatever cost . |
| 6 | Will my hon. Friend assure my constituents and the House that the Conservative party and Ministers in Scotland are fighting to ensure that that workshop , which has a record of excellence and can carry out plating work which saves the Government millions of pounds on buying replacement parts , will continue because of its record and not for sentimental reasons ? |
| 7 | Some such as tree frogs have well developed finger and toe pads , rather like Geckos and can climb up plants to reach insect prey that other ground-living frogs can not reach . |