Example sentences of "[noun pl] can [verb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone knows that not even two metronomes can stay in synchrony , and certainly all human tempos , even when they might appear close to absolute , continually vary . |
| 2 | It starts at 8.30 and finishes at 10.30 , so clients can stay in bed if they like . |
| 3 | Firstly , spurious makes of knives can vary in weight by more than 40g compared with the recommended ones . |
| 4 | If molluscan shells can decrease in size , then growth rates of mulluscs could be overestimated and growth annuli would not reliably estimate age . |
| 5 | These factors will , of course , be important in deciding on the role that GIS can play in hazard monitoring and emergency planning . |
| 6 | Hopes of attracting institutional cash have also been raised by a law limiting the proportion of assets that pension funds and insurance companies can hold in land , but increasing what they can hold in shares from 30% to 50% . |
| 7 | The project seeks to explain why grey areas can exist in law , to probe the balance of certainty and uncertainty in law , and to analyse the implications of this for the nature and effectiveness of law . |
| 8 | A key or a lifeless deed or a cheap Roberts reproduction , perhaps a family snapshot or a tourist postcard of the 1930s , is the nearest that many Palestinian exiles can move in spirit towards the place they regard as their homeland . |
| 9 | This bargaining process , which is openly practised and tolerated in Seattle and most other United States jurisdictions can result in reduction of the gravity and/or number of charges against an offender ( e.g . |
| 10 | PETER WRIGHT , the Boroughmuir prop whose international career took off after he made the switch to loose-head , was able to reflect yesterday on how quickly fortunes can change in sport , writes Mike Aitken . |
| 11 | While this book is primarily about the various methods social workers can develop in work with elderly clients and their families it is necessary to first explore a number of major theoretical issues which bear on practice as follows : |
| 12 | Off from the imposing lobby is a more intimate bar where guests can relax in comfort , and the fresh breakfast room is furnished with a cool terracotta tiled floor and summery wicker furniture . |
| 13 | The misuse of chemical additives can result in loss of product quality and can cause serious explosions . |
| 14 | We are building two ourselves of our Severnside , Bristol , site — and already there is great interest in the concept , particularly from countries like India whose infrastructure restricts distribution of fertilizers from a plant to a radius of perhaps 150 kms ; large-scale plants can result in over-production in these situations , but our LCA ammonia process is just what we believe is needed , with a production rate of about 500 tonnes a day instead of over 1000 tonnes from a full-sized plant . |
| 15 | The reason for guideline number two , ‘ keep to the very simple dishes ’ , is that fats can lurk in disguise in all kinds of sauce-covered dishes or recipe dishes . |
| 16 | I have shown that these conditions can apply in speech processing . |
| 17 | These problems can vary in intensity from parents concerned about how to wean , to parents ' neglecting and underfeeding their children . |
| 18 | One point I 'd just like to add to what David was just saying there was that when you were talking about those orientation problems , when we were making the film of the children at Brickwall , what was brought home to me very strongly was that these sort of problems can arise in mathematics , as well as in reading . |
| 19 | Care should be taken that the same classification method is used for all samples plotted , particularly if data are obtained from other , workers , as different classifications can result in variation of the position of plotted points ( and hence composition ) ( Zuffa , 1985 ) . |
| 20 | If it does , the second question is whether certiorari can lie in respect of the decision of a visitor . |
| 21 | Contravention of other provisions can result in prosecution either summarily or on indictment . |
| 22 | Floats of weaving yarn longer than about three needles can catch in wear , damaging the fabric . |
| 23 | Low to medium ventilation rates can result in formaldehyde concentration of more than 1 PPM . |
| 24 | the extent to which bureaucracies can indulge in co-optation will obviously vary from country to country , but the reciprocal relationship that develops between administrative agencies and client groups to the mutual benefit of each is very widespread . |
| 25 | one would expect a large variation in the fluency with which teachers can instruct in sign language ; many would have had no more than a relatively short course . |
| 26 | The features on the masks can vary in size between 10 and 0.2mm with the whole mask measuring up to 400 by 500mm . |
| 27 | In Norway , it is illegal to speak out against homosexual practices and in Denmark , gays can marry in Church . |
| 28 | Finance Act 1981 ( now TA 1988 , s740 ) has not changed that fundamental point although charges can arise in respect of payments out from the trust to beneficiaries . |
| 29 | The dry-ice pellets can vary in size , density , and hardness ( for the nuclear waste job , they are the size of rice grains ) ; the spray-gun nozzle can be designed to vary the flow and pressure of the stream . |
| 30 | The payment of the year 's charge by a single payment , that is a lump sum payment , has always been linked to the date when recovery procedures can commence in order that lump sum payers are subject to the same recovery procedures as monthly instalment payers . |