Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We owe them a great deal and can best repay them by finding a political solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland . |
| 2 | Sole traders have to compete with retail multiples ( see below ) who buy in bulk and can therefore afford to offer lower prices |
| 3 | Thus , a plaintiff who receives 'sick pay " equivalent to his ordinary pay has suffered no loss and can not recover damages ( Turner v Ministry of Defence ( 1969 ) 113 SJ 585 ) . |
| 4 | Derived from the Greek words phyllon ( leaf ) and xeros ( dry ) , the phylloxera lives only on the vine and can not survive on any other host . |
| 5 | For his own paddling Andy has just changed from the AeroQuatic to the Dagger Crossfire and can now do brilliant 360s without paddles . |
| 6 | The Federal President ( Bundespräsident , currently Kurt Waldheim ) is elected for a six-year term by universal suffrage and can not serve more than two terms of office . |
| 7 | These reduce the impression of bed as the place to sleep in your mind and can therefore effect its potency as a stimulus for sleep . |
| 8 | If something interests you , you 're free to go and explore the possibilities of teaching it , and you are n't shut into these watertight boxes that you 're in that department and can never get out of it . |
| 9 | Whatever it is called , in many ways it has more going for it than Greenness and can even incorporate it . |
| 10 | Critics fear the new scheme will remove the last vestiges of strategic planning power : although the new county planning statements will have to cover housebuilding , large industrial and commercial development , and Green Belt issues , they will have no statutory force and can not include detailed land allocations . |
| 11 | It has to privatise an entire industry and can not run the risk of the City picking up only the most attractive pieces . |
| 12 | In my 25 years of watching international rugby I have seen many incidents of violence and can not think of any country that is blameless . |
| 13 | Ordinary analogue telephone lines used for voice communication have a low band width and can not transmit much data per second . |
| 14 | B is in trouble since he is in dirty wind and can not tack because C is blocking him . |
| 15 | It tells us what happens at the edge of a capacitor and can also give a numerical estimate of the scattered capacitance ( by which the capacitance of a real capacitor differs from that worked out on the basis of the infinite-plate model ) . |
| 16 | A company Diploma or Certificate programme can be managed in a similar way to the MBA but can also include the competences approach , learning contracts and mentoring . |
| 17 | Your tutor may be generous to a fault but can not reward irrelevance or peripheral knowledge display . |
| 18 | Just because dolphins use language in a different way does not mean that they lack high intelligence or can not communicate . |
| 19 | As well as fonts you can use borders around a range and can shade a range and can therefore achieve pleasing results . |
| 20 | I use the reel for most of my float fishing and a lot of bomb/small feeder work and can not fault it . |
| 21 | The holder is locked into the old , lower rate of return and can not enjoy the superior returns now available . |
| 22 | This is why the final scene , when they look through the kitchen window and can not tell pigs from humans , has such numbing force . |
| 23 | Tiki , however , sports a handy bow and arrow and can also pick up other weapons and handy methods of transport , such as balloons , along the way . |
| 24 | I 'm left , according to the glass people , with a damaged windscreen and can not do anything about it . |
| 25 | But such a checklist of questions can be a helpful prompt if you are faced with a passage and can not find a place to start . |
| 26 | Make sure the water is free of ammonia and nitrite — the latter is a skin irritant and can certainly affect the behaviour of the fish . |
| 27 | She also came to talk to us at a recent training day about what the very elderly can and can not do . |
| 28 | I have it at home and can well understand why Carmody passed fifty quid under the table to keep Graham quiet . |
| 29 | The European Environment Agency ( EEA ) , formed in May 1990 , is without a home and can not function . |
| 30 | One moment she is here , the next she is thirty years or so ago , and then again , she is a young girl and can not remember who I am . |