Example sentences of "that [noun sg] can [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fielding , Amis once remarked , showed that fiction can uphold a moral seriousness ‘ without evangelical puffing and blowing ’ ; his Take a Girl Like You ( 1960 ) has been aptly called a modernised replay of Richardson 's Pamela ; and when asked by a journalist which of the great novelists of the past he felt the closest affinity with , he replied reverently : ‘ With Fielding , though it seems a gross impertinence … ’ . |
| 2 | To perceive that fiction can describe a known and shared experience — to accept , in effect , the chief claim of realism — is to perceive that , in the end , no single or simple doctrine , whether Marxist , Christian or other , can do the whole job . |
| 3 | THE problem with sending Christmas gifts to children living overseas is that postage can double the price of the presents . |
| 4 | THE problem with sending Christmas gifts to children living overseas is that postage can double the price of the presents . |
| 5 | THE problem with sending Christmas gifts to children living overseas is that postage can double the price of the presents . |
| 6 | These days , that figure can represent an entire print run . |
| 7 | Anyone viewing that figure can put the cursor on that item , press a key and be taken directly back to where the data was entered . |
| 8 | Moreover I agree with her that , if there is to be a right to recovery in respect of taxes exacted unlawfully by the revenue , it is irrelevant to consider whether the old rule barring recovery of money paid under mistake of law should be abolished , for that rule can have no application where the remedy arises not from error on the part of the taxpayer , but from the unlawful nature of the demand by the revenue . |
| 9 | This means , in turn , that divorce can have a devastating effect on the income prospects of , mainly , older women ( Joshi and Davies , 1991 ) . |
| 10 | In addition , it was recently reported that endothelin can increase the fibrinolytic activity in vivo and in vitro . |
| 11 | What is less obvious is that drama can have a central role in developing children 's reading and writing skills , not only in English but also in most other curriculum areas . |
| 12 | Jogging is not a particularly good form of exercise ( especially on city pavements ) ; all that pounding can put a great deal of strain on the lower back and can damage the knees . |
| 13 | He was paid $1.5 million to walk through a movie , went out with a princess , ran anywhere that celebrity can take a man . |
| 14 | Since Alan McLaren , of Hearts , did likewise in matches against Italy and Malta , there is a temptation to say that it will not be known if the rest of that crop can complete the transition to full international level unless they are given a chance . |
| 15 | But some will , and it is at such times that counselling can play an important role . |
| 16 | Recognizing that that concept can carry a broad range of meanings Hayek , in The Constitution of Liberty , seeks to explicate these principles . |
| 17 | The difference between material relations and social relations is that knowledge can transform the nature of social relations but knowledge can transform only the specificity of material relations . |
| 18 | For example , what is the value of screening for diseases for which there is no known cure such as Huntingdon 's disease when that knowledge can destroy the future quality of life of individual carriers , as they await its possible onset ? |
| 19 | Although it has been shown experimentally that alcohol can enhance the endothelial cell secretion of plasminogen activator , it seems that the difference in plasminogen activator activity between the two groups is secondary to changes in the concentration of plasminogen activity inhibitor-1 than tissue plasminogen activator . |
| 20 | A year at home with a small child and no recognition by a partner of the importance and difficulty of that role can reduce the most competent career woman to an anxious or depressed wreck . |
| 21 | And we 've also extended the , the , as a new measure , the water supply along the side of the football and rugby pitches so that Don can water the goalmouths erm of both the goal , of both the football and the rugby pitches , which is a considerable improvement . |
| 22 | And in any case , this sort of information will hardly prove the point in question ; for while it is true enough that capital can influence the filling of government posts , the formation of foreign policy and so on , this simply shows that the state is swayed by an interest group which may be one among many . |
| 23 | This rationalization for state intervention on efficiency grounds presupposes that government can determine the socially desirable rate of investment and innovation , and that it can take a dispassionate , long-term view of these investment possibilities , rather than make short-run responses to the demands of political interests . [ … ] |
| 24 | Although Dionysius stresses the utter inadequacy of any created being to know the nature of the one God who created everything from nothing , he also asserts that He is immanent in His creation and that man can encounter the reality of the energy of divine love at the heart of his being . |
| 25 | This is hardly history but it is the past , and for those of us who are filled with wonder at those days , that past can give a powerful charge to one 's writing . |
| 26 | Felt-tips or fibre-tipped pens that give a strong , dark line are useful for children in the first classes , the disadvantage being that pressure can cause the tips to splay or split . |
| 27 | If as part of the task you specify the effect the programme is to have on the audience , you are building in the criteria by which that audience can judge the programme and you are giving them a purpose in viewing . |
| 28 | The new guidelines aim to give added protection to the countryside while at the same time promoting In drawing up the guidelines , planners accept that golf can have a major impact on countryside amenities , which , they claim , must be weighed against considerable economic and recreational benefit . |
| 29 | A circuit with a tiny hidden crack may seem to function adequately , but that crack can become a pathway for corrosion which can cause failure of the device later on . |
| 30 | That guy can play the wind . ’ |