Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It coped easily with gently curved edges , and was in its element coasting up and down a slightly sloping lawn , producing those satisfying stripes that can make mowing a distinct pleasure . |
| 2 | Speaking reviews the different approaches which have been adopted to teach this important skill and suggests ways in which teachers can act to acquire a better understanding of the way speaking is learned . |
| 3 | Students can expect to spend a substantial part of their courses doing practical laboratory work . |
| 4 | You can expect to see a visible improvement within a few months of regular practice . |
| 5 | A study by the Institute of Employment Research at Warwick University showed that between 1985 and 1990 Britain can expect to lose a further 340 000 jobs directly as a result of microelectronic innovations . |
| 6 | Most obviously , both women and men can expect to have a recognizable period of ‘ old age ’ when they have ceased paid work , the creation of a standard age of retirement from work being a twentieth century phenomenon . |
| 7 | Although you will not be able to take your puppy out at once , there are many things which you can do to form a close bond between you and your new pet . |
| 8 | What the NEA and Frohnmayer 's troubles have made clear is that only leadership , intelligent , proud and committed , can explain to the American people what great art , validated by time and genius , can bring to heal a split society . |
| 9 | Things can appear to have a different significance if you view them from a different vantage-point . |
| 10 | To deal with such problems , governments can choose to adopt a specific sectoral policy . |
| 11 | I can remember having a certain amount of resentment towards politics after that . ’ |
| 12 | I can remember having a certain amount of resentment towards politics . ’ |
| 13 | I can remember having a particular question , which is what 's this matrix equal to , when it 's the inverse of zeros ? |
| 14 | And I can remember having a rubber stamp made and every letter that went out I insisted every one should have this frank on India Must be Free . |
| 15 | But I think that in this company I can dare to make a few observations without being thought altogether gaga . |
| 16 | We can envisage creating a new group of instructions by selecting one of the operations already met with , and producing an " iterated " version of it . |
| 17 | Mrs Bottomley , representing ‘ caring Conservatism ’ , will face Mr Michael Portillo , the new Treasury Chief Secretary , who is equally keen to establish his Right-wing credentials by demonstrating he can keep keep a tight grip on the public purse strings . |
| 18 | Yet if it goes hand in hand with a commitment to redistributing power and wealth , literacy becomes one of the tools a government can use to create a new society . |
| 19 | The next step will be to draw up a set of criteria which personnel users new to computing , or the experienced user representing their interests , can use to make a sensible choice . |
| 20 | Before you can begin to design a single building you have to consider the shape of the site , its ground conditions , its relations with its neighbours , the character of its nearby historic buildings , vehicle access , height restrictions , the means of escape in case of fire , disabled access , rubbish disposal and costs . |
| 21 | Wainwright 's , Livingstone 's and Hattersley 's articles all provoked various letters in response and hence we can begin to detect a limited , but not insignificant , space for discussion and criticism being opened up within the periphery of critical and not so critical journals . |
| 22 | We are already too stretched , and the law does not give us automatic ex access to time off for training , but we have got to ask , and we should commit the G M B to lobby for an extension of existing laws , and to lobby for various E C funds , and then we can begin to make a real impact on the environment . |
| 23 | However , this is no reason for despair since it is by examining and measuring the relationship between indicators that researchers can begin to get a better idea of what are good and what are poor indicators . |
| 24 | Once your goals have been reached and all your rewards earned , you can stop keeping a detailed diary . |
| 25 | The implication of this study is that developing societies need to improve their elementary school system before their economies can hope to have a secure foundation for industrialisation . |
| 26 | This is hardly the place for a dissertation of magnetic monopoles ; indeed , with luck , you can hope to avoid a single mention of the grand Universal Theories ( called GUTs ) that predict them . |
| 27 | In other words , to succeed , Commodore must sell multimedia strongly while CD-I can hope to gain a large measure of success merely through ‘ piggy-backing ’ on the momentum of CD-A sales . |
| 28 | This is the major drawback of the postal method , where response rates , usually around 30–40 per cent , are lower than in face-to-face research , which can hope to achieve a 70 or even 80 per cent response . |
| 29 | No council can hope to sack a large portion of its staff , who take the greater part of its expenditure . |
| 30 | You can decide to start a personal pension at any time you want and then , in order to receive all the DSS minimum contributions that will be paid into your pension plan , backdate it to the start of the tax year on 6 April . |