Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [art] [noun sg] can " in BNC.

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1 Doubts have been expressed , though , on this use of pottery distributions because the evidence can be interpreted in different ways and so care must be exercised in using these projections as indicators of market areas .
2 Some judges are of the opinion that there must be an express or implied agreement between the parties before the defence can operate .
3 Twelve Fridays are set aside in each session for the passage of such bills although the Government can give extra time to measures it supports to ensure success .
4 A judge has decided the youngster should remain with her former foster parents until the case can be heard in full next year .
5 Monorails have always attracted inventors because the structure can be lighter than that of conventional railways .
6 A phenomenon resulting only partly from use of the above technique is that figures can best be compared when arranged in columns since the eye can then relatively easily ignore unvarying digits and the brain can perform subtractions or divisions more readily .
7 Although this characteristic is to some extent a handicap in that they can not be used , for instance , with boiling water , there are very great manufacturing advantages since the stuff can be squirted out hot in the form of tubes and sections or else into an elaborately shaped mould where it can be hardened almost instantaneously by rapid chilling .
8 Although it 'll be decades before the reactor can be made completely safe , experts say it 's unlikely that any more major damage will be caused .
9 For example , two colossal standing figures that are among the museum 's Nubian treasures will remain in the Egyptian galleries until a system can be devised to shore up the structure .
10 And it 'll take six weeks before the plaster can come off this fox .
11 And it 'll take six weeks before the plaster can come off this fox .
12 Moreover , these dependent people do not reach a social services department in most cases unless the family can not care for them without help .
13 The Society has urged the Lord chancellor to suspend the operation of the proposed regulations until the matter can be fully considered by the courts .
14 A Croatian businessman , Ante Lasic , who is based in Kirkcaldy , has agreed to transport the goods if the alliance can gather them together .
15 The lamp then lights because the current can now create a discharge between its electrodes .
16 Stock replenishment for established customers when an enquiry can be made about a re-ordering possibility .
17 With shops seemingly prepared to snap up as many puppets as the company can make , these Thunderbirds really ARE go .
18 But what in re in practical terms if the consultant can do all the estimating in-house , with a very limited resource .
19 Pete introduces the records , rants about major record companies and provides a sarcastic , leering commentary of the night 's events , while co-presenter Michaela Strachan whips the crowd up with her boundless high spirits and comperes the competitions ’ Pass The Mic ’ ( an insult to Karaoke , where punters sing along to classic hits until the crowd can stand no more , and shout ’ Pass The Mic ! ’ ) ,
20 Indeed , is it ethical to undertake assessments if the GP can not then deliver appropriate services to meet the identified needs ?
21 Trim fingernails if the resident can not .
22 If profits have been rising that will increase tax payments as the Revenue can elect to reassess the two years preceding the tax year in which the cessation takes place on an actual basis .
23 Unfortunately the ‘ obliteration of lines of ( economic class ) demarcation ’ is still highly material despite the undoubted continuing transformation of ‘ labour into wage-labour and means of production into capital ’ , and a theory which asserts ‘ correspondence ’ of economic classes and political forces as the norm can only block specific politically relevant analysis .
24 An alternative could be high coupon gilts as the tax can be reclaimed .
25 An alternative could be high coupon gilts as the tax can be reclaimed .
26 An alternative could be high coupon gilts as the tax can be reclaimed .
27 Larger animals with the speed and power to escape are grappled by the hindquarters until the leopard can seize the throat .
28 Others such as rosemary ( Rosmarinus officinalis ) have leaves with a strong , sneeze-inducing odour ; yet others have flowers or leaves which need to be rubbed in the fingers before the aroma can be enjoyed , such as lavender ( Lavandula angustifolia ) , or ginger mint ( Mentha x gentilis " Variegata " ) .
29 Though the principles of representative government are important to pluralists as embodying equal rights to vote , express opinion and associate with like-minded people for political ends , the individual citizen of a democracy needs to be able to join with others before an interest can be effectively mobilized .
30 Where there is close liaison between ward teachers and the school of nursing , and where ward experience is part of a planned programme , this information will be available from previous teaching ; but where these conditions do not exist it is necessary for the clinical teacher to carry out her own checks with the students before the teaching can be planned .
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