Example sentences of "[conj] can [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be free of weeds or seeds that are poisonous or can damage a horse 's mouth , such as barley grass . |
| 2 | The forms also ask workers and carers to check whether a child knows how to cross the road safely or can make an emergency phone call . |
| 3 | There are relations that can be created by expressions of consent , and there are many in which such acts form or can form a component of their creation or perpetuation . |
| 4 | Tel. 071–272 1266 ) may be able to arrange for someone to conduct a non-religious ceremony , or can send a form of words that could be used ( leaflets are available from these organisations on receipt of an sae ) . |
| 5 | If you have an aquarium aerator , or can use a bicycle pump to bubble air through the water several times daily , you can fill the tank more than half-full . |
| 6 | Firstly , so that those who are slow know when the joke ends , or can have a moment to reflect and catch the subtleties of any double entendre . |
| 7 | The ultimate aim is to generate as much electricity as it consumes at all its sites , including shops , across the UK. * British Telecom is testing a pair of wind-powered telephone boxes , with electricity generated by a small windmill attached to the top of the box being used to charge a battery that can power a light in the box . |
| 8 | Legs have become elongated into catapults that can propel an insect two hundred times its own body length , broad oars to row , it through water or thin hair-tipped stilts with a wide stride that enables their owners to walk on the surface of pools . |
| 9 | ‘ We do n't want to go for the sort of so called innovation that can alienate an audience , ’ he exclaims when we talk about the sometimes clichéd dynamics of their music . |
| 10 | In matters of ‘ national security ’ — a phrase that can cover a multitude of sins — the judiciary in Britain is very reluctant to question executive action . |
| 11 | It is the only form of organization that can enable a company to employ large numbers of people and yet preserve unambiguous accountability for the work they do . |
| 12 | The new profit and loss centre is aimed at driving Sun into areas it has n't been before , such as the embedded arena , and seeking customers that can create a string of derivative products . |
| 13 | He is sound , very sound , but in my opinion lacks the extra something that can create a maître chef . |
| 14 | The Chelsea skipper insisted : ‘ That is the kind of tackle that can end a player 's career — and it is one Fitzroy Simpson can not be proud of . |
| 15 | ‘ This is a programme that can make a difference by preparing our young people for living in a world of powerful images , words and ideas , ’ says Elizabeth Thoman , the Center 's Director . |
| 16 | The professional input that can make an application ‘ best ’ rather than ‘ worst ’ is complex , time-consuming and therefore expensive . |
| 17 | She was biting on her lip now as if regretting her words ; then she added , ‘ It is n't every woman that can bear a child , and she does n't look a child-bearer to me . |
| 18 | To some they 're simply an engaging fantasy , but for others they create a secret world that can last a lifetime . |
| 19 | Of course you can buy accounting systems with workflow management tools that can deliver a screen to you by mail for interactive questions and gathers data automatically to update the accounts . |
| 20 | This provides a long and very enjoyable drink that can accompany a meal , or just be drunk for pleasure socially . |
| 21 | This then chooses the most suitable hospital among those in its district that can perform a kidney transplant . |
| 22 | In most gardens the show must be made up of performers that can do a spring or summer act as good as their autumn one . |
| 23 | To give birth to a hermaphrodite is still considered by simple Indians to be one of the most terrible curses that can befall a woman . |
| 24 | Ultimately the most memorable lines in this volume must be those penned by Bonnard to Matisse in January 1940 : ‘ When I think of you , I think of a mind cleansed of every old aesthetic convention , and it is that alone that permits a direct view of nature , the greatest joy that can befall a painter . |
| 25 | The Dutch Energy Research Centre is carrying out tests on more powerful windmills , including one that can generate a record 1.3 megawatts . |
| 26 | This entails coupling a promoter region of a gene expressed in cancer cells with a non-mammalian enzyme that can activate a prodrug to a cytotoxic agent . |
| 27 | This spotted sea hare ( above ) is a mollusc that can squirt a cloud of purple ink into the water in response to the approach of a predator . |
| 28 | Of course , anything that can have a name put to it can be measured more or less usefully . |
| 29 | In the situation we have just depicted , there is no majority voting equilibrium : there is no decision that can win a majority against all other options . |
| 30 | NASA has also begun to design an environment that can sustain a crew during a Mars mission . |