Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [prep] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No human relationship can recommence with such an attitude ; there has to be the admission of failure . |
| 2 | GMB regional organiser Mary Kenny said : ‘ We do n't see how the company can survive with such a small workforce unless they have a hidden agenda . |
| 3 | It is hard to believe that anything can survive in such a hostile environment . |
| 4 | Given any symbol , A , we can speak of all the sentences generated from A by the grammar . |
| 5 | You are without exception the rudest man it has ever been my misfortune to share a restaurant with ; and I think I can speak for all the others present when I say that . ’ |
| 6 | The baritone adds considerably to the weight of the bass part , which can do with all the strengthening it can get . |
| 7 | There 's a limit as to how much we can do for half the people in this committee are members |
| 8 | When temperature shoots up so dramatically , bleeding can result in all the major organs such as the heart , lungs and liver . |
| 9 | But the kind of songs I really want to write — and I 'm not saying I will — are the kind The Frank & Walters and the Lemonheads write , the sort of people who have a genuine love for other people and can see past all the crap that goes on . ’ |
| 10 | I can see to all the nitty-gritty for you — I know you 're not a family for bothering your heads with that sort of thing , you 've got better things to do . |
| 11 | So , as you can see for such a small number of people , we cover a large area , also some very diverse subjects . |
| 12 | it can be seen that the feature list for the ’ dance ’ sense of ’ ball ’ needs to be modified to include the act of ’ hitting ’ ; and with it , everything else that can occur at such a function . |
| 13 | British Telecom produced evidence which differed from that of the Ministry of Defence and which clearly highlighted the fundamental conflict of views which can occur in such a merger . |
| 14 | Oscillations can occur in all the metabolites of the glycolytic pathway , in which the oxidation of one molecule of glucose leads to the production of two molecules of ATP , by a complicated sequence of enzyme-catalysed reactions . |
| 15 | There is no conceivable way in which educational integration can occur within such a scenario . |
| 16 | No politician or party can function without such an army . |
| 17 | Fortunately , we can draw on all the experience of professional photographers and archaeologists in any decision on the ideal kite or kites . |
| 18 | The only real conclusion that we can draw from such an exercise is that there appears to be no simple relationship between population and the wealth of a nation-state . |
| 19 | ’ I ca n't see how any democratic member of Parliament can vote for such a sloppy bill , which would be the thin end of a very dangerous web . |
| 20 | I can conceive of such a response coming from two quite different kinds of reader . |
| 21 | It is only under special sets of conditions that the anomalies can develop in such a way as to undermine confidence in the paradigm . |
| 22 | The ‘ bizarre confusions ’ of the regions of Spain were the delight of nineteenth-century novelists and the despair of reformers in search of ‘ general legislation which can apply to all the provinces of the monarchy . ’ |
| 23 | In his mind 's eye he sees a girl who has brains ( although he knows that some very dim actresses can read with all the appearance of intelligence , and the converse ) who has a slight resistance to the Hollywoodification of Claudia 's life . |
| 24 | I think the view you take of the longer term , erm , er , becomes individual and speculative er , as once again you 've got to erm , er , come to conclusions about inflation , about encouragement to the economy and er , you can read in many a good newspaper erm , their views on that . |
| 25 | It is greater than any concepts we can have to such a degree that they hold that any concept at all prevents our seeing it . |
| 26 | No discussion or analysis — except in terms of efficient achievement of the given task — can enter into such a process . |
| 27 | Quality of photocopying machinery varies and even costly machinery can struggle in such a paper-intensive environment . |
| 28 | But not all animals , even on their home ground , can rely on such a well-learned map . |
| 29 | In the case of a sale by auction the standard special conditions which incorporate , in turn , the standard conditions can be very simply adapted to the transaction , but remember to insert , in cases to which it will be applicable , a clause providing that the sale is subject to a reserve , unless you can rely on such a provision in the standard conditions , which by reference you incorporate in the special conditions of sale . |
| 30 | As we said in section 3.3 , this is one of the reasons that they can manage with such a low ratio of bankers ' deposits to customer deposits . |