Example sentences of "can [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are fortunate enough to have a lower level into which you can siphon away the water , that is the easiest . |
| 2 | The experience of tragic art confirms that the relation of pleasure and awareness is two-way ; if a welcoming of the sharpest awareness of things from which we most deeply recoil , without any reservations of the sort of ‘ This hurts but it is good for me ’ , can make even the fate of Lear or Oedipus enjoyable , it would seem that there can be no involuntary quickening of awareness without joy . |
| 3 | If Mr Yeltsin tries to play by the rules as he moves towards a new constitutional order , he will fail , because parliament can make up the rules as it goes along . |
| 4 | " If at the end of seven years , he can make up the fraction of a quarto forme and impose it , or is able to lay down a sheet of 16 's correctly , the apprentice so qualified may considered himself well advanced . " |
| 5 | Obviously we believe we can make up the time on roads we have been over quite a few times . ’ |
| 6 | Near as we can make out the SunSoft deal with Motorola Inc for the PowerPC ( see front page ) is very fresh . |
| 7 | If you can make out the lyrics — and it 's difficult enough to find a song in this aural tirade — you 'll be subconsciously ordered to slaughter small children on the bus home . |
| 8 | In so far as I can make out the policy of the Labour party , it is to give the business rate back to local authorities . |
| 9 | But even in the gloom you can make out the apostles ' faces . |
| 10 | Two , to see whether we can knock down the price and whether we can get him to come up here in the same way as Doctor does and do it that way to reduce the costs . |
| 11 | In the autumn they established a Women 's International League based on a joint platform of women 's rights and pacifism : ‘ only free women can build up the peace which is to be . ’ |
| 12 | But a FedPol presence can unsettle even the innocent . |
| 13 | If you live at any distance from medical help , or are not within easy reach of a telephone , it might be wise to add some ‘ activated charcoal ’ to the medicine cupboard , as it can slow down the absorption of poison . |
| 14 | This narrowing or furring up of the arteries can slow down the flow of the blood to your heart ( giving rise to the condition known as angina ) or even cut off the supply completely , at which point a heart attack then occurs . |
| 15 | It is believed the characteristic dimply appearance results from a build-up of toxins and fluid which can slow down the metabolism of the cells . |
| 16 | It 's not a miracle cure , but it 's hoped American trials prove it can slow down the onset of Aids . |
| 17 | Or you can scoop out the flesh of the potatoes and mix it with the sauce . |
| 18 | In the case of the white boy , we can rule out the possibility of " mother-tongue " interference because his first exposure to Creole was almost certainly rather late in life and too late to " interfere " with his acquisition of LE . |
| 19 | PTE grants in fact provide a hefty chunk of Regional Railways ' revenue , and within each area the executive can stipulate exactly the services it wants . |
| 20 | Too many drivers think they can wind down the window , sing a song , have a conversation and it 'll go away , but I 'm afraid it does n't . |
| 21 | Light is often used as a metaphor for God because it can convey both the presence and the unapproachability of the divine being . |
| 22 | If you can throw down the shoulder line , then you might as well put the ball in the jumper 's hands , never mind throw it to him . |
| 23 | This means that she can throw out the eggs of her nest mates , but they have little chance to throw out hers . |
| 24 | I if you 're driving along you can throw out the balance of the car . |
| 25 | A determined and authoritarian State can prepare ideologically the ground for repressive legislation by constructing certain forms of criminal personality and behaviour as necessarily outside of reason , and outside of ordinary law . |
| 26 | Parenthetically , the form in which the data may be held can affect dramatically the scale of the problem faced . |
| 27 | To get rid of it you usually need to remove the radiator ( see below ) so you can flush out the sludge . |
| 28 | Listing can include both the interior and the curtilage and can therefore cover , for example , outhouses . |
| 29 | Although you can scale up the size and shape of the leaves and flowers , the huge numbers that have to be used to fill the picture mean that the overall effect is lost , and you can not appreciate the beauty of each flower as there are so many of them . |
| 30 | Bang & Olufsen 's latest launch , the Beosystem 2500 — combining compact disc , cassette player and radio , with two ultra-slim speakers — has broken the industry 's conventional vertical configuration for such systems ; instead you have a sleek sculptural object you can hang on the wall . |