Example sentences of "[coord] can [verb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sign in the utterance , therefore , does not function as a symbol but as an index : it indicates where we must look in the world we know or can perceive in order to discover meaning . |
| 2 | On full fuel tanks of five hundred litres , each rig has a road range of one thousand kilometres , or can operate in river current speeds of two metres a second ( about four knots ) for about six and a half hours without refuelling . |
| 3 | The wind in your face produced by fast skiing has the same cooling effect and can result in frostbite . |
| 4 | Minor public order incidents can be treated less sympathetically than for white people and can lead in turn to confrontation and serious disorder warranting emergency admission . |
| 5 | They look like young spinach and can vary in taste from bland to quite pungent . |
| 6 | Hypersomnia has many causes and can vary in severity from slight drowsiness to falling sound asleep . |
| 7 | Hotels , larger or smaller than Hallery House , will also benefit from the system which can be installed to handle two exchange lines and 10 extensions , and can grow in size to 40 exchange lines and 140 extensions . |
| 8 | That a commercial ‘ body of persons ’ has a ‘ trading character , ’ and can sue in respect of a publication tending to injure that trading character , is now clearly established … |
| 9 | Here again , there are many-one mappings in both directions : just as there are expressions which are different in sense , but equivalent in reference , so there are expressions which are equivalent in sense , but can differ in reference . |