Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pastoral mode is undoubtedly , in its essence , a medium through which the poet , and indeed the reader , can endeavour to escape to other , more perfect , surroundings than the perplexing and chaotic , contemporary world they live in . |
| 2 | In these situations metals are preferred for mechanical reasons but problems can arise owing to toxic reactions to either the metal , or wear debris . |
| 3 | Some studies have used marks on shells that would disappear if shells decrease in size ; it is known that molluscs can remain living for long periods without detectable growth ; and some studies have recorded negative growth but dismissed it as apparent error . |
| 4 | Peter Schmidt of the Stiftung Wissenschaft Politik at Ebenhausen , a leading expert on European defence and security issues , has identified the formulation of a Common Foreign and Security policy as the product of a ‘ top-down approach ’ which ‘ regards the political union of Western Europe within the framework of the EC as an end in itself ’ , rather than of a ‘ functional or horizontal approach ’ which ‘ asks in a practical way which defence functions can and should be handled in a Western European framework , which ones can remain attached to existing defence arrangements — above all that means Nato — and which ones can stay at the disposal of nation states ’ . |
| 5 | In answer , one might presume that implicit justifications can exist to deal with implicit criticisms . |
| 6 | limbo yeah , you 're coming together again in the house or whatever you have , a reception , and you need to go through that to come to terms with it or you can , you can need to go through that , but some people ca n't take the pressure emotional pressure of , you know , all the , hour , two hours , three , four hours before that it just , they |
| 7 | But naturally , the amount you can borrow depends on certain factors , such as your age , income and where you live : |
| 8 | This opposition , expressed in terms of adult education , seems out of all proportion given that most women can expect to spend at most three or four hours a week in women-only classes as against a lifetime in the world of men . |
| 9 | Women of 60 can expect to live to 80 , men of the same age to 75 ( Victor , 1987 , p. 109 ) . |
| 10 | Even so , a 65-year-old male can expect to live for another 13.2 years and a female of the same age for 17.2 years . |
| 11 | The topics and situations envisaged in the conversations should be those that the student can expect to meet in real life . |
| 12 | We can expect to speak in other tongues , as I 've already mentioned from Mark sixteen , Jesus said it would happen . |
| 13 | Women can expect to have between live and eight children as a general rule , and in rural areas it is not uncommon for women to have up to I5 pregnancies . |
| 14 | The depth of colour you can expect to achieve in one week will depend on how dark your skin is naturally . |
| 15 | At recent rates about 80 per cent of married women can expect to work at some time in their married lifetime ( Martin and Roberts 1984 ) . |
| 16 | The intuition behind this optimal strategy is straightforward : it is optimal to sell all or nothing — all when the current price is higher than the price that one can expect to get on future sales , nothing otherwise ; it is optimal to produce at the point where marginal cost equals the expected price on sales . |
| 17 | them may be , partners can feel deserted by each other when most in need of help and support . |
| 18 | ‘ Anything we can do to help with young Wilson ? |
| 19 | Is there anything I can do to safeguard against this ? |
| 20 | For the sulfate ion , the triply-degenerate modes can show splitting into two or three components . |
| 21 | Users need not work through the exercises sequentially , but can choose according to immediate need . |
| 22 | In accordance with the terms of the contract , you can choose to retire at any time after the age of 60 , when the policy will buy you a regular pension plus the option of taking part of the money as a tax-tree lump sum . |
| 23 | You can choose to play as one of two characters , Emily or Edward . |
| 24 | If one assumes that any paddler runs a risk of shoulder damage when the shoulder angle is forced beyond 180 degrees , then a canoeist can choose to paddle at high risk with an arm position close to the limit or at low risk . |
| 25 | They always wanted us to put up with something — for example , I can remember riding in sweltering heat in the back of an old car of my father 's , in which the back windows did n't open ( be strong ) . |
| 26 | ‘ To give an illustration , I can remember working with one very eminent Director , Julian Aymes , as his Production Assistant . |
| 27 | Adhesion is not defined in the Vienna Convention but is accepted as a way in which a third party can become bound to certain parts of a treaty , but not its entirety . |
| 28 | Pupils can become fascinated by mathematical contradictions and absurdities and are motivated by mathematical activity itself . |
| 29 | The practice is dubious anyway as larger containers of detergent can become contaminated by certain bacteria , often pseudomonads , and act as reservoirs of infection or spoilage . |
| 30 | We understand how deeply people can become attached to sacred objects . |