Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] it can [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most difficult question is what to do with the beef mountain , created , in the words of one senior Commission official , by a process which ‘ takes the best beef , freezes it and so destroys it , with the result that it can only be sold to people who can not afford it . ’ |
| 2 | Its tiny head and legs project from one side but it can no longer crawl about . |
| 3 | It is entitled to see ( and debate , if necessary ) the annual accounts and report of each industry but it can only question the minister on those aspects of the industry 's activities for which the minister is responsible . |
| 4 | This is an empirical equation but it can also be derived from free volume considerations by starting with a description of the viscosity of the system . |
| 5 | This structure should be generally more useful in the future because it can easily be expanded to store extra information , should this become necessary . |
| 6 | Mr. Wall prays in aid that passage in the judgment of Lord Donaldson M.R. in support of his submission that it is only in the event of the court in this country finding that article 13 ( b ) is applicable to the case that it can properly consider the ‘ welfare interests ’ of the child in deciding whether to decline to order the return of the child to Australia . |
| 7 | The weapon has a shorter range than the Repeater Hand Gun but it has the advantage that it can also be used in hand-to-hand fighting . |
| 8 | Never fear , because QED ( 0784 246236 ) have introduced a ‘ Discsaver ’ black box that juggles with the output signal of the deck so it can safely be fed through the ‘ Aux ’ or ‘ Video ’ input of such thoughtless systems . |
| 9 | Yet governments ought to resist the temptation to dismiss peace movements as representing only a minority opinion , for it is in the nature of a wider but vaguer anxiety about the issue that it can hardly be organized or form the basis of a coherent campaign . |
| 10 | That is to say , the spin is either " up " or " down " with respect to that direction and it can never be a bit " sideways ' . |
| 11 | It helps if it is small , and it is also a great advantage if it can easily reach the next tree without having to climb down to the ground and then climb up again . |
| 12 | One view , which is supported by the judgment of Lord Denning M.R. in the Court of Appeal in Lonrho is that ‘ it is sufficient if the [ unlawful means ] conspiracy is aimed or directed at the plaintiff and it can reasonably be foreseen that it may injure him , and does in fact injure him ’ and the Supreme Court of Canada has since stated the law in similar terms in a decision in which Lonrho was considered . |
| 13 | It tells you which files belonging to which programs are on your hard disk and it can also compress files . |
| 14 | The final fence is usually an inviting , straightforward obstacle but it can still cause problems . |
| 15 | Suppose for example there are two remaining producers in an industry which has now contracted to the point when it can profitably support only one firm . |
| 16 | Until recently acetylcysteine was not recommended for use more than 15 hours after overdose , but there is now evidence that it can safely be given to patients up to 24 hours after ingestion and perhaps even later than this . |
| 17 | He supports the view that under current law the Fed has so much leeway that it can honestly claim to be fulfilling the will of Congress no matter what policies it adopts . |
| 18 | Labour continues to neglect the cause of socialism to this day and it can justifiably be accused of undermining its natural supporters in the province . |
| 19 | We thought that the site over at the station centre would be good as a shop outlet and as office space for recycling , and that the site behind it would be a good place to keep all the stuff until it can actually be recycled , erm , so we identified the site to start with , then we started looking at what 's actually possible as op opposed to desirable . |
| 20 | Of course , the marginal revenue of Division A is simply the transfer price as it can only sell to Division B. So we should work out A 's marginal costs at the required level of group activity and set the transfer price equal to that . |
| 21 | Environmentalists oppose the deep burial method for dealing with radioactive waste , claiming that it constitutes a hazard for many thousands of years and should thus be stored above ground where it can easily be monitored for leakages . |
| 22 | The real interview may run a very different course from the one you anticipated , and you do not want to develop the subconscious belief that it can only go one way . |
| 23 | Bellburn Lane is a residential cul de sac which already suffers with more traffic than it can safely handle . |
| 24 | It went ahead later on such a scale and at such a pace that it can now be seen as one of the most important facts of modem history . |
| 25 | It is usually left to the parents to finance the shortfall and it can easily cost £10,000 today for a student to attend a three-year higher education course . |
| 26 | However , the kick enjoys a measure of success because it can literally curl around an otherwise effective guard and thump into the back of the opponent 's head . |
| 27 | The spadefoot has one of the fastest rates of development of any frog or toad , but it still has to undergo the process known as metamorphosis — the egg does not hatch into an adult , but into a tadpole , which has to reach a certain critical size before it can finally metamorphose into a tiny toad . |
| 28 | The major means for doing this is to encourage doctors and health authorities to seek care where it can mostly cheaply and efficiently be provided . |
| 29 | Right , word full stop word Erm right , press return a few times then choose centering button and table , insert table , and now we 're going to have a table whe where I thought we could have a number and it can either be times or divide by something and then the answer , so we want how many columns ? |
| 30 | Shit it must be quite a little thing if it can only hear your voice . |