Example sentences of "[noun pl] can [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's strange that two quite different words can mean the same thing . |
| 2 | It 's strange that two quite different words can mean the same thing . |
| 3 | Repetition of words can create the same sort of chain as pronouns , and there are sometimes good reasons for preferring it . |
| 4 | The prime reason for this non-appearance is that , in English at least , many words can sound the same but have meanings dependant on the context that they appear in . |
| 5 | Internal social considerations can govern the converse shift , from prose to verse . |
| 6 | Sometimes such problems are tackled by putting the students to work in twos and threes , so that good readers can help the slower ones ; in the case of fairly lengthy work-cards , where more explanation is given , it is also helpful to record the text on a cassette , which the slower reader can listen to with the words before him , increasing his familiarity with the written word at the same time as giving him the information that he needs . |
| 7 | First , they by and large provide only aspatial or coarsely aggregated data , and second , the sample sizes needed to produce statistically meaningful data-sets mean that only national survey organizations can undertake the large surveys needed . |
| 8 | COMPUTERS can ease the financial problems of countries in the economically troubled Third World . |
| 9 | The reversal of roles can cause the patient anxiety . |
| 10 | Furthermore the graduate recruits can judge the derisory attitude to academics for themselves , simply by picking up most editions of Police magazine . |
| 11 | It will also come when manufacturers respond to the competitive advantages conferred by devaluation , and last longer if manufacturers can contain the inevitable increases in costs of imported goods and materials . |
| 12 | Similarly the Credit level candidates can sit the General Papers . |
| 13 | By taking a further six Higher National Unit credits , candidates can gain the new HNC in Engineering Practice . |
| 14 | Made from solid vinyl , the wallcoverings and borders can match the toughest child , and are fully washable for a quick recovery ! |
| 15 | Lens designs can improve the cosmetic effect of your glasses , making them thinner , lighter , clearer and easier to clean . |
| 16 | The top animals can displace the bottom ones at feeding sites and gain other environmental advantages by virtue of being tougher than their group companions . |
| 17 | By contrast the larger class-D animals , living on grasslands where rainfall varies , are less selective and so long as they do not crop the grass too close many animals can cover the same foraging area in a short time . |
| 18 | Animals can learn the standard eyeblink response even with most of their cerebral cortex removed . |
| 19 | Few animals can survive the sustained attack of this devastating army . |
| 20 | That human listeners can find the correct interpretation extremely rapidly is dramatically illustrated in Marslen-Wilson & Welsh 's ( 1978 ) close shadowing experiments . |
| 21 | This project will also consider the extent to which GIS can support the special needs of spatial data analysis . |
| 22 | Snacks can follow the same principle of low-fat , low-sugar eating as the main meals . |
| 23 | Visitors can follow the various stages in processing the wool , from blending through cording , spinning and dyeing to wearing and garment manufacture . |
| 24 | In 1878 , the Castle became a museum where from 1 August visitors can see the Civil War exhibition . |
| 25 | Visitors can see the Great Keep in the centre of the fortress as well as a rare Roman lighthouse , a Saxon church and a network of ancient earthworks . |
| 26 | At aircraft museums like those at Hendon and Duxford visitors can see the legendary Spitfire and Hurricane fighters . |
| 27 | Visitors can see the sculptured memorial slabs in the monks ' dormitory and a small exhibition on the Cistercian monks and the abbey . |
| 28 | Most parents can identify the first phase of interaction with their child , that is they can see what the child is doing that is irritating and they see how they react , but rarely do they then follow through the interaction to see what happens at the end . |
| 29 | Critics of the idea argue that companies can achieve the same purpose by paying out good dividends , but Laing questions whether much of this money finds its way back into the community . |
| 30 | The new rule , which should have come into effect on 1 April , will now be brought in when it is felt that more companies can afford the 5,000 koruny ( US$160 ) needed to fit the device . |