Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No limited , finite positive form of religion can encapsulate the universality or infinitude of religion . |
| 2 | This rolling action can reduce the tendency to tear the paper . |
| 3 | Revenge would be sweet for him tonight , and he feels the current Rangers side can make the final . |
| 4 | Starting with the sport , Oxford United Manager , Brian Horton is confident his side can end the season on a high note . |
| 5 | But with 17 matches to go and key players returning , Strudwick believes his side can reach the big-time for the first time since the Rugby League began their bid to take the game beyond the confines of Yorkshire and Lancashire with the Fulham experiment back in the early eighties . |
| 6 | Until Labour can close the gap , it 's a legacy any decent conservative will inherit . |
| 7 | Improved cost control — nowadays more important than ever for local businesses — as invoices can list who has been buying what and when on your Shell account , and the card can remove the need to settle your account with cash or cheques . |
| 8 | If the correct equipment , to suit the buyers ' needs , has been chosen for demonstration , and it performs reliably , the demonstration can move the buyers very much closer to purchase . |
| 9 | It is a defence , however , if the defendant can satisfy the court that it was not known or suspected that drug trafficking was involved , or that he disclosed his knowledge or suspicion to the relevant authorities . |
| 10 | The first issue is whether , it being accepted that the signature on the transfer is that of Mrs. Steed , the defendant can repudiate the transfer under the doctrine of non est factum . |
| 11 | The second issue is whether , assuming he fails on non est factum , the defendant can repudiate the transfer as being ultra vires the power of attorney . |
| 12 | The defendant can raise the defences of volenti non fit injuria or contributory negligence to the action . |
| 13 | It is said iD can become the brain of an intelligent house . |
| 14 | The catapult is powered by a huge piece of stretchy sinew and the height the Goblin reaches is largely dependent on how far back the Doom Diver can force the catapult . |
| 15 | It 's unfair for another reason : most of the walkers , climbers and cavers that come to the Dales , the Lakes and the mountains come because they love them , because they respect them and care for them and want to keep them the way they are so that the people of the future can enjoy the wildness and the greatness of the earth . |
| 16 | No statute can confer the power of parliamentary sovereignty , for that would be to confer the very power being acted upon . |
| 17 | President Jose Sulaiman said : ‘ We know a single drop of blood can transport the virus , and there are fights in which there is a lot of blood . ’ |
| 18 | Hyper-transfusion or even exchange transfusion with normal blood can lower the proportion of HbS sufficiently to greatly reduce the incidence of sickling crises , but this is most useful as a short-term measure , for example in pregnancy or as prophylaxis before and during major surgery . |
| 19 | Mercenary soldiers are mercenary only skin-deep , they still have blood , and the blood can out-argue the indentures and the oaths of fealty sworn for pay . |
| 20 | This can provide a route into the body for HIV from infected semen — and out of the body from the rectum into the penis via infected blood ( blood can enter the penis through the hole in the end ) . |
| 21 | The programme can tell the operator the costs of menus and ingredients enabling better planning and budgetary control . |
| 22 | The point has been made that ‘ abusive ’ and ‘ insulting ’ are semantically very similar , and can be used more or less interchangeably ( the information or indictment can use the blunderbuss language of threatening , abusive or insulting without offending the rule against duplicity ) . |
| 23 | ‘ Doctors are starting to think the mind can affect the body 's health and are unwilling to dismiss spiritual healing out of hand . ’ |
| 24 | Although they are not essential , since this process does occur naturally , used once a week a gentle exfoliator can revitalise the complexion and make your skin feel extra clean — particularly if you 're a city dweller . |
| 25 | As we mention in the section on Concentration , a good time-table of study can take the place of motivation until such motivation develops of its own accord . |
| 26 | We know that for people who can already read , the first sight of a foreign script can give the impression that all the words look alike . |
| 27 | an interim award will be made if a defender can meet the obligation either from his own funds or from funds he could dispose of at will . |
| 28 | A police spokesman said : ‘ Anyone who saw either the van or the car can contact the incident room at Coleraine on 44122 or use the confidential free-phone 0800 666999 . ’ |
| 29 | Presumably , the speaker can also assume that , because his hearer knows , approximately , the speaker 's age , the hearer can judge the time ( i.e. forty years before and not ten years before ) of the events described . |
| 30 | Some of them leave the impression that they are really too busy to deal with media enquiries and unless the journalist can use the name of a well known programme or a national daily the service is grudging to say the least . |