Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] can [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A particular emphasis will be placed on reaching the small business sector where the TEC 's expertise can play a major role in helping to nurture start-ups and rapidly growing small companies which provide the majority of new jobs . |
| 2 | The House of Lords established the principle that a consumer who suffers damage because of a manufacturer 's negligence can sue the latter for damages and can do so irrespective of whether the consumer bought the goods . |
| 3 | The idea that the individual 's mind can remain a wholly independent entity , uninfluenced by its social and intellectual environment , is certainly a piece of individualist mythology . |
| 4 | So , yes , it can help the teacher , like a potter 's wheel can help the teacher , or like a blackboard and a piece of chalk can help the teacher . |
| 5 | Desert Orchid 's trainer can fill the gaps between the great horse 's latest achievements by dreaming of his first Classic success with Dead Certain , who became clear favourite for the fillies ' Classic with a courageous victory in yesterday 's Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket . |
| 6 | Those interested in seeing more of the sculptor 's work can visit a museum to him in the village of Sacre Monte , just north of Varese , where he died in 1950 . |
| 7 | A simple resolution is a governor 's meeting can change the title to the more modern county primary . |
| 8 | ‘ The third umpire in the umpire 's room can assist the standing umpire , if requested , in immediately determining a run out , stumping or hit wicket decision when the standing umpire is uncertain in those three situations , ’ Bacher said . |
| 9 | Where the fund of damages is likely to be substantial , including future nursing costs and the like as well as loss of earnings , an accountant 's evidence can help the court to decide the multiplier , as well as the multiplicand , for example in the case of a one-man business where the accountant has been concerned with the accounts over a number of years and is in a position to give an expert opinion as to the future prospects of the business . |
| 10 | Thankfully today 's woman can expect an easier , faster , reliable method of detecting pregnancy in the privacy of her own home . |
| 11 | Today , the fact that Maxwell 's theory can give an accurate account of the behaviour of a wide range of electromagnetic systems is a generally accepted part of scientific knowledge , and assertions about the existence and properties of radio waves will not rate as novel predictions . |
| 12 | For the focus of the interchange has narrowed so that the talker 's role can demand the attention of the listener 's role . |
| 13 | The first is that if a country 's economy can support a widespread increase in per capita income , then people will move out of the " lower " classes and these may become less significant in population and marketing terms . |
| 14 | To his wife , mother-in-law 's offer can mean a devastating indictment of her cooking abilities , or , worse , a demonstration of a prior claim on her husband . |
| 15 | The system updates the information every 30 seconds , and the taxi 's memory can retain a pole 's code for up to three minutes . |
| 16 | ‘ Even Diancecht 's son can do no more to ease a troubled heart . |
| 17 | Work in a solicitor 's office can give an understanding of the solicitor 's difficulties and requirements which the ordinary barrister often lacks . |
| 18 | FIG. 1 The spatial Prisoners ' Dilemma can generate a large variety of qualitatively different patterns , depending on the magnitude of the parameter , b , which represents the advantage for defectors . |
| 19 | It seems to be based on the implicit assumption that women who reject dieting and respond to their bodies ' hunger can have no role to play in their own , or anybody else 's , fantasies . |