Example sentences of "that it can [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | This means that your solution may differ , quite legitimately , from your neighbour 's ( in fact it is one of the characteristics of a good case study that it can give rise to equally valid alternative solutions ) . |
2 | The word ‘ endotoxin ’ may be a misnomer , but we think that there is sufficient evidence obtained by injecting endotoxins into healthy volunteers to prove that it can give rise to the clinical symptoms of gram-negative sepsis . |
3 | The 18 neighbours of an animal are the 18 different kinds of children that it can give rise to , and the 18 different kinds of parent from which it could have come , given the rules of our computer model . |
4 | It had slipped off the road , despite the manufacturer 's claims that it can clear 20ft drifts and 2,500 tonnes of snow an hour . |
5 | It can soldier on , living from day to day in the hope that it can attract support from MPs in one or another minority party — there are likely to be at least 50 such members — for each piece of legislation . |
6 | Optical fibre is made of very thin glass , which is flexible and so transparent that it can transmit light with very little attenuation . |
7 | The right-hand chambers of the heart pump ‘ used ’ blood to the lungs so that it can absorb oxygen . |
8 | Alternatively , any firm which has made a definite decision not to seek authorisation must ensure that it understands what constitutes investment business and , having established that it can refer clients to suitable authorised independent advisers , avoid further involvement like the plague . |
9 | ‘ I sometimes use an ambient mic on guitars , but I find that it can make things sound a bit too boxy and I 'd rather have the choice on the mix if I want to add a bit of ambience . |
10 | He concluded : ‘ It seems to me that the only purpose the FBI has in proposing such a law would be so that it can make telephone taps without the cooperation of the telephone company … in other words , what they are asking for is the ability to make warrant-less taps . ’ |
11 | Quite apart from the quality aspect , this also means that it can make use of the enormous range of fonts that are available for LaserJet printers . |
12 | The problem with this sort of approach is that it can make standards yet more remote from those most in need of them . |
13 | One of the advantages of the bureaucratic structure is that it can ensure continuity through the use of standard work practices and also provide some measure of stability . |
14 | Ascii Corp , the Japanese software company founded by Bill Gates 's erstwhile buddy Kay Nishi , is going to start peddling UnixWare this month , figuring that it can do $4.2m in sales year one ; a Japanese-language version is due in July and Ascii reckons 30 to 50 value-added resellers out of the 200 that sell Informix should bite . |
15 | The immediate difficulty with an ideological definition is that it can deflect attention from writers of the working class to those who write about the working class , a tendency which is prominent in Ashraf 's own study . |
16 | The crucial repercussions of the company existing in its own right are that it can hold property , raise money on the security of its property , sue and be sued in its own name , and continue to exist and do business despite changes in membership or its directors . |
17 | It passes a law saying that all envelopes must be left unsealed , so that it can open letters with ease . |
18 | Its particular feature is that it can print name cards and handle thick paper up to 300 microns , and is also supplied with a cutter . |
19 | Dr Michael Beier has responsibility for Germany , Austria and Switzerland — and any points that it can find east . |
20 | In my view , the value of research is that it can help teachers to define more clearly the problems that they themselves must solve . |
21 | Well erm I 'll tell you what it is we , we actually build our business by word of mouth and it er these sort of introductions means that we rarely advertise erm and the money saved can be used to benefit policy holders such as yourself which sometimes means that it can reduce charges and erm increase bonuses wherever possible . |
22 | Another reason why the passive is used in writing is that it can reduce repetition . |
23 | The Vienna doctors say that D-proline is neurotoxic , which means that it can kill brain and other nerve cells . |
24 | A company often thinks that it can let space for a short term — say two or three years — and then move back in once the business climate has improved . |
25 | There is some evidence that it can cause schizophrenia . |
26 | The only role of the Labour party is to stir up any bad news that it can get hold of to give a bad image of Wales . |
27 | To achieve the status of ‘ Preferred Supplier , ’ a company must demonstrate that it can provide products and services which are uniform , consistently meet requirements and show an on-going commitment to quality . |
28 | ‘ I will continue the work begun by Neil Kinnock of modernising the structures and procedures of the party so that it can produce policies relevant to the society of today and tomorrow , and can campaign effectively for them . |
29 | The basis of the traditional antipathy of churches to gambling is that it can encourage greed , become addictive and is looking for a reward that has not been earned either by virtue or by effort . |
30 | Flexible so that it can take account of changing family circumstances over time . |