Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Otago CA report for that year had to report that the early high hopes for Otago cricket were now being ‘ affected by the Great War , and the necessity for all men to play the greater game for the Empire ’ . |
| 2 | Fussell is a past master of gallows humour ; but every now and then one can laugh without any sense of guilt , usually when senior officers are being mocked . |
| 3 | if I can comment on that Chairman , the erm , the Authority asked for thirty for next month , along with all the other authorities I think in the country , asked for an improvement in the , in the policing the country , and I think people that live in , in Shropshire , and the people that live in other er , parts of the country as well , would have welcomed the increase in the police force this year , but the government decided not to do that . |
| 4 | On second thoughts , take Shaw and see what he can make of that computer thing . ’ |
| 5 | Eventually they may grow to like each other , especially if there is some other link they can make with each other such as matching colour . |
| 6 | we know we can make to that standard . |
| 7 | I think the only response you can make to any child who 's facing a challenge is that you care , that you will be patient , that you will go on and on and on . |
| 8 | To , to make people feel sorry for them and they have no shame at all in breaking limbs and distorting their features and all so that kind to make themselves look as pitiful as they possible can because they 're going to live a life of a beggar and they tell us it 's very profitable being a beggar in some lands , people can make in this country they reckon up to in places like London a hundred pounds a day being a beggar that 's more than you earn a day is n't it ? |
| 9 | It has helped to reinforce the important contribution the Institute and its members can make in this area . |
| 10 | What a difference a few precious centimetres can make in this game of high stakes . |
| 11 | There are not many guarantees I can make in this game , but one thing I can assure you of is that you now have 1,000 shares in. |
| 12 | At this stage perhaps I can emphasize Jan this is such a flexible concept that er we are anxious not to lay down any rigid rules as to how it works because if some things do n't work very well , they can be altered and if some things do prove to work well like the event we had at Felixstowe we can build on that success so quite consciously we 're not laying down any rigid rules as to how things go and we will look to review how officers we , we erm advise you as members in the light of practical experience . |
| 13 | even worse , you can build on this idea , could n't you ? |
| 14 | We have discussed this point because we are about to describe various syndromes of aphasia , and it is important to realise that one can think of each syndrome in the theoretical sense or in the clinical sense . |
| 15 | Deputy Assistant Commissioner Tony Speed stressed : ‘ Do not come to central London if you can think of another way of celebrating New Year . ’ |
| 16 | I can think of another example . |
| 17 | If you can think of any way in which you can reduce the impact of your job on the environment , whether it is minimising or recycling waste , increasing energy efficiency or substituting materials with less hazardous alternatives , then let your manager know . |
| 18 | If you can think of any way in which you can reduce the impact of your job on the environment … let your manager know . |
| 19 | We can think of this pattern of cell activities as being part of the embryo 's developmental programme . |
| 20 | but if you can think of some way to say that and put it down so that we put down something like four sentences on paper and a few examples . |
| 21 | Whichever wa it does n't matter if it 's really daft if you can think of some way yourself to remember it to remember that kitten has got a K and cat has got a starts with a C. |
| 22 | Perhaps we can think of some way to go down together , using our two good legs . ’ |
| 23 | For next time if you like you can think of some tion words and and write them down . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm going to see if I can adapt to that position , ’ said Reid . |
| 25 | That 's why they 're shown there , they 're different to the figures shown on the first page of the report , but because they 're calculated on the same base , er , one can compare at each other , one can compare the different towns . |
| 26 | A similar consequential surplus can arise at any stage of the count after the first . |
| 27 | For example Each of these is sub-divided , an example being The use of these area-table numbers can be illustrated in the following two examples 624.15109411 Foundation soils and engineering geology in Northern Scotland ( note the use of 09 before the area notation ) 508.6 Scientific surveys in Africa ( since no confusion can arise in this case , 09 is not necessary ) . |
| 28 | In splurge-weed , the new mutation can arise in any cell , in any branch of the plant . |
| 29 | It can remain in this state of suspended animation for at least two years . |
| 30 | LANACANE gives you fast , long-lasting relief from sensitive , embarrassing external itching you can experience at any time of the month . |