Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can make editing a time consuming and confusing exercise when working with a large piece of music . |
| 2 | Just as you can prepare for an exam by looking at old exam questions , so you can prepare to write a dissertation by looking at previous examples which have been submitted and accepted by your institution . |
| 3 | They can include blunting a person 's thinking and motivation , impotence , and weight gain . |
| 4 | 3.1 The only mechanism by which a court can seek to compensate a person who has suffered damage or loss in consequence of a wrong done to him is to award him monetary compensation , whatever the nature of the damage which he has in fact sustained . |
| 5 | If you can type using a word processor ( or know someone who can ! ) you will have no difficulty in putting your texts into the software . |
| 6 | In the meantime , motorists caught speeding through the contraflow can expect to receive a court summons in the post . |
| 7 | But Microsoft has borrowed from PC Tools and we can expect to see a version of Central Point 's anti-virus package in DOS 6 . |
| 8 | With the advent of videodisc we can expect to see an increase in video training materials and information databases of various kinds . |
| 9 | Someone with the £10,000 maximum , assuming average luck , can expect to collect a prize in 11 out of the 12 monthly draws each year — a return of about 6.5 per cent . |
| 10 | She can expect to obtain an E in history at A level , possibly a D in law . |
| 11 | Even if First Fidelity 's shares stagnate , Santander can expect to make a profit on a recovery of the dollar alone . |
| 12 | The chances are , the ones offered for sale will be under the 10cm mark , usually around 5 or 6cm : , and you can expect to pay a tenner or more for this size . |
| 13 | One in five hundred people in the UK can expect to develop a melanoma , or skin cancer in their lifetime . |
| 14 | The immediate reaction was : ‘ just think what we can achieve given an 11-years span to work with . |
| 15 | Having said all that , there is usually something you can do to redeem a place . |
| 16 | But they are no longer sure what they can do to prevent a break-up if it comes . |
| 17 | An exercise you can do to get a picture of the difference between newspapers is to go to the library and read each daily in turn . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's amazing what a sensible diet and some good workouts in the company gym can do to get a woman into shape . ’ |
| 19 | These critical approaches can appear to possess a rigour New Historicism lacks . |
| 20 | Sometimes , changes in definitions can appear to make a country grubbier . |
| 21 | Certainly there will be no ground-plan in reality to which the writer can refer to discover a basis for organising the text . |
| 22 | Here you can choose to view a letter , export it to your word processor , and perform search operations . |
| 23 | While single women receive a single person 's pension , married and divorced women can choose to claim a pension in their own right ( if they have sufficient contributions ) or as a dependent wife . |
| 24 | When there is an interest rate change , we can either follow a move in base rates initiated by the clearing banks or we can choose to anticipate a move that they might make on the rates prevailing in the interbank market . ’ |
| 25 | The Social Democrats jumped to 44.8% from 38.8% and can choose to form a coalition with either the Greens or the Free Democrats , which is likelier . |
| 26 | 5.5.9 Mixed packages An offeror can choose to offer a combination of securities in order to make the offer attractive to as many target shareholders as possible . |
| 27 | So , you can choose to play a sound — perhaps the sound of a bomb exploding — as an actor collides with another , or a background feature or whatever . |
| 28 | To start small , a Cobol Cobol application development environment with compiler , development and debugging tools would be about $15,000 , and can grow to include a repository . |
| 29 | The sand is so hot and dry that in many places no bush or clump of grass can grow to provide a signpost from which to take bearings . |
| 30 | Not all that long ago , either ; I can remember seeing a man sweeping the paths in the park in Gallanach with a broom like that , when I was older than either of you are now . ’ |