Example sentences of "they can [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can contain good examples of language put to a very precise use , and are particularly likely to yield examples of some kinds of language — the language of description and the language of persuasion are two obvious examples . |
| 2 | It is , however , generally known that many trade unions choose the winter months for strikes because they can exert more pressure on employers than during other periods of the year and not so much because their members can claim tax rebates . |
| 3 | Among the various choices available to electors in different countries are the following : they may vote for one candidate , or a specified number of candidates , or for as many candidates as there are members to be elected ; they may cumulate two votes on one candidate ; they may cast votes on more than one list ; presented with lists on which the parties have arranged the candidates in an order of preference they can change that order . |
| 4 | And they can spring some surprises . |
| 5 | While they can clarify crucial points of law , some decisions appear contradictory . |
| 6 | Children do not have that choice , and if they are not helped by those they rely on to deal with their frightening and disturbing feelings then they can suffer considerable harm . |
| 7 | For reasons as yet unexplained , genital warts proliferate markedly during pregnancy , and they can assume gigantic proportions if left untreated . |
| 8 | All segments and bristles , they can anchor one end while pushing themselves forward with the other . |
| 9 | The WWF is calling on governments to set up conservation programmes which take into account the needs of local people , and ensure that they can draw direct benefits from the presence of tigers in their area . |
| 10 | Such bodies are set up outside government partly so that they can attract skilled personnel who might not be prepared to work for the core of government ; so that they can develop a high level of expertise in the area they are responsible for ; and so that they can develop policy in an atmosphere divorced from direct party political pressures . |
| 11 | Appeal organisers , led by Age Concern , are still looking for local people to organise fund raising events on their behalf so they can attract big donations from charitable trusts . |
| 12 | Some women find , for instance , they can renew old friendships which did n't fit in with their former lives ; interests that may have been put aside many years ago to accommodate someone else can be taken out of mothballs . |
| 13 | I have never understood why she was criticised by the Opposition for speaking up for Britain , but I am not exactly clear about their present position , except that they seem to be claiming that they can negotiate better conditions than the Government , despite their failure when in government in 1975 to negotiate proper terms for our entry . |
| 14 | Representatives and Senators serving on committees and subcommittees whose spheres of influence coincide with those of their constituents , so that they can promote local interests within Congress ; and |
| 15 | Alarm calls are best requested from people who you like and trust — such as family and good friends — because they can place some strain on a relationship . |
| 16 | In some ways they are even better than our own , for a squid can distinguish polarised light which we can not do and their retinas have a finer structure which means , almost certainly , that they can distinguish finer detail than we can . |
| 17 | Both sides hope they can sign that agreement in Washington during the current 11th round of the official Middle East peace talks sponsored by the United States and Russia . |
| 18 | The more heavily overweight people are , the more swiftly they can shed surplus fat on a slimming diet . |
| 19 | People who have very strong relationship goals will seek out employment and leisure activities where they can form lasting relationships — deep , warm relationships which will endure over many years . |
| 20 | And they all love Jerry because they can talk real Texas with her . |
| 21 | Either way they can leave deep scars . |
| 22 | I just do n't see how they can waste that money , but there you are , I said that one day , I , I put down that fact today |
| 23 | Social workers have an important role in raising clients ' consciousness of the structural sources of their difficulties so that they can achieve greater influence and control over their lives . |
| 24 | What I , one of the things that I , I think you must have somewhere , and that is that at some stage you order something , you get it in and somehow someone has to tell accounts that yes , they can pay that invoice . |
| 25 | Well because there is er an industrial bias , erm what industrial bias means is that gets subsidized because it 's subsidized they can pay higher wages er erm so it 's not just the government jobs that are well paid it 's the industrial jobs . |
| 26 | The Marxist feminists argue that it is capital which gains the benefit from this exploitative form of labour , since it means that they can pay these women 's husbands lower wages than would be the case if male workers had to buy these services , for instance meals in cafes , laundries for clothes-washing , and nannies for their children . |
| 27 | Second , that fertility of these cohorts depends on the extent to which they can match these aspirations in their subsequent adult life , any shortfall in ‘ relative income ’ being met with responses to limit fertility through deferred marriage or smaller family size . |
| 28 | Additionally , if mammalian tissues are used intact they can exhibit anisotropic solute diffusion — ie different in different directions . |
| 29 | Of course , these are not necessarily easier to interpret — techniques such as conditional sampling ( Section 19.6 ) may again be invoked — but they can illuminate different aspects . |
| 30 | performance and my sub team , of course they can clear more complaints than you 're sub teams , they 're getting the dross in . |