Example sentences of "it can [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , finally , it can officially accredit students ' learning , thus giving it public recognition and status in a way that is simply not possible for the autodidact . |
| 2 | The star system , that ‘ Hollywood poison ’ , according to Hugh Castle , was seen as yet another concession to the masses , for , as Clifford Howard explained , ‘ the crowd ( and it is the crowd that supports the movies ) can not appreciate entertainment in the abstract , any more than it can thus appreciate art or religion ’ . |
| 3 | When this happens it can dramatically slash profits — and can even threaten a business with extinction . |
| 4 | If equipment is not shared , it can not spread HIV . |
| 5 | It can not offer voters a policy programme which will be implemented when it comes to power . |
| 6 | It is characteristic of faith that it can not remain in two minds ; it can not leave things in the air . |
| 7 | First , since the ICC is not a lawmaking body it can not formulate rules of a mandatory character ; indeed , its rules are intended to encapsulate proper practice rather than to distribute legal liability . |
| 8 | It can not cover newspaper announcements , private burial plots or memorials . |
| 9 | But it can not treat gender as a theoretical or methodological category , that might structure its own tools and methods of inquiry , and so it can not examine its own discourse for masculine bias . |
| 10 | And because the bay is long and shallow , like a peapod , with an average depth of only 9 m , it can not absorb heat well . |
| 11 | Therefore some would say that if an animal has no nociceptors , it can not feel pain . |
| 12 | A business can not plan without making forecasts , and it can not make forecasts without having some kind of plan to act as a framework for forecasters to use . |
| 13 | It can ask things of politicians but it can not make demands of them . |
| 14 | These corrections will have to be made on the raw data files sent by the Census Offices , since although SASPAC91 can correct individual variables within a system file , it can not output data in its raw form . |
| 15 | For example , considering ( 3 ) , there is no fixed number of participants at which conversation becomes impossible , but although a conversation can take place between five people , it can not take place between a hundred . |
| 16 | This virus affects the body 's defence system so that it can not fight infection . |
| 17 | Money may be able to buy flying time , but it can not buy skill — and it most certainly can not guarantee success in an aerobatic championship . |
| 18 | For example it can not run credit lines up the side of pictures . |
| 19 | It can not have children . ’ |
| 20 | It can not be exactly the algorithm given above because the desired outputs d from the top layer are not known , so it can not calculate y * ( 1-y ) * ( d-y ) . |
| 21 | As this temperature rise occurs after ovulation has already taken place , it can not predict ovulation in advance . |
| 22 | Whatever grace can do , it can not follow denial . |
| 23 | It can not escape notice that almost without exception these duties were performed , and in most countries-at least of the West — only performed , by priests until the Council . |
| 24 | The pre-velar vowel can vary between mid-front and low-front , but it can not undergo backing . |
| 25 | The wind is clearly very tenuous , but though it can not sweep dust before it , it can sweep outwards some of any gas in its path . |
| 26 | Although information can do much to foster debate , it can not replace judgment . |
| 27 | The Government provides the opportunity , but it can not guarantee success . |
| 28 | However , whilst such a provision can prevent the business losing the battle of forms , it can not guarantee victory . |
| 29 | While it is very good at removing metals , dyes and some organics in solution it can not remove nitrite , nitrate , phosphate or ammonia . |
| 30 | The Admissions Committee regrets that it can not consider SCOTEC , SCOTBEC and other National Certificates and Diplomas , nor nursing qualifications nor Open University credits as alternatives for all or part of the Minimum Entrance Requirements . |