Example sentences of "in [noun pl] ' [noun] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pension funds face shortfall An increase in employers ' contributions can not be discounted , says DEBBIE HARRISON |
| 2 | But the book is written in the faith that such errors in readers ' responses can be corrected , and that when this is done their way will be open to the poet 's mental condition , and therefore to the correct experience of the poem . |
| 3 | The result in viewers ' minds can have been little other than confusion and fear , instead of the excitement that there should have been . |
| 4 | He who wants to ‘ see some issue of my spiteful execrations ’ ( II.iii.6 ) — any word in Thersites ' mouth can have distasteful implications , so here ‘ issue ’ is the pus from an infected wound — imagines Agamemnon as having boils over him , which ‘ did run … |
| 5 | And she warns that ‘ any involvement in boys ' games can be contaminating ’ ( ibid . ) . |