Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can make up round tables from cheap wood and cover them with long cloths and changeable overcloths . |
| 2 | Potato , you can make out of potatoes |
| 3 | The need for a husband and wife to have some part of the evening alone should be discussed openly and accepted as being important , for this is another ‘ danger ’ period when tensions can build up between in-laws . |
| 4 | The radioactive gas occurs naturally in parts of Britain , and concentrations can build up in houses . |
| 5 | But for a beetle who can think only in terms of two dimensions , it does appear to shrink . |
| 6 | The scientific evidence may be lacking , but there is a colossal body of anecdotal evidence in favour of ESP — and there are few people who , in honesty , can not recall one or more instances in which they themselves have had an experience which they can explain only in terms of it . |
| 7 | Some table easels can double up as carriers for wet canvases . |
| 8 | Some table easels can double up as carriers for wet canvases . |
| 9 | Such problems can arise either from structures becoming inappropriate or from poor and insensitive implementation of appropriate ones . |
| 10 | We have noted that chaotic behaviour can arise only for systems governed by non-linear equations . |
| 11 | ‘ The radio set can remain on for hours at a time ; you can enjoy it as background to reading , writing , homework , housework … . |
| 12 | It seems clear then that life , at least as we know it , can exist only in regions of space-time in which one time and three space dimensions are not curled up small . |
| 13 | Heavy machinery : Machines can range widely from bandsaws to bottling plants . |
| 14 | If you can relate back to branches , everybody was just running around , everybody 's had a specific task to do , you were just running round like a , |
| 15 | In addition to their role as pigments some hydrogenated pterines can act metabolically as co-factors in hydroxylation reactions ; in the Pieridae they are not only pigments but also represent the insoluble end-products that accumulate in " storage excretion " of nitrogenous metabolites . |
| 16 | Even the most peaceful fish can act aggressively to newcomers in their territory . |
| 17 | At recombination these scales were larger than the Hubble radius , and because microphysical processes can act only on scales less than the Hubble radius , these fluctuations must have been produced by the Sachs-Wolfe effect . |
| 18 | The least interesting material tends to be spun out for far too long , and the composer can fall back on clichés ( like reiterated clusters ) just at the point when a new , arresting thought is most urgently needed . |
| 19 | You may think that in a democracy you too can flick idly through ice-screws and ropes , but the moment you prod anything with an inquisitive finger , an assistant will leap on you with a quiz as to your standard of rock-climbing . |
| 20 | It is a tautology to say that English spelling is excellent because the reader can Jump around for clues on so many different levels ( semantic , visual , phonic , contextual , etymological , and so on ) . |
| 21 | Give up smoking : You can smoke only on flights of more than two hours , and soon smoking will be banned on all domestic flights . |
| 22 | The Monkey Clock has two arms which can hook on to shelves and the like . |
| 23 | They can carry on as members of the TGWU ? |
| 24 | If you missed the last two issues but want to enter the competition , you can send off for vouchers 1 and 2 . |
| 25 | No I have , I have , I have well I can do down in fits in someone 's hair . |
| 26 | Although prosecution followed by a fine can bring home to parents the reality of their child 's non-attendance problem , a financial penalty is likely to be inappropriate when imposed on what is often a poor family whose financial problems are already one of the factors threatening family stability . |
| 27 | But to Adorno , seeing performance variation and realization as a false façade , the decreasing role of the traditional composer-figure and the relative thinness of many popular song scores can appear only as defects . |
| 28 | The experience of other advanced economies would lead us to expect the increasing dominance of larger manufacturing firms who can benefit more from economies of scale as the level of output and capital investment increases . |
| 29 | Mothers can give each other confidence , but on the other hand , all sorts of nastiness and competitiveness can grow up between women when motherhood is in question . |
| 30 | This might also help break down some of the misconceptions that can grow up between organisations . |