Example sentences of "can [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An excellent method is to use one of the sponge filters which are operated by an air pump and can easily be regulated — plus the fry can graze upon the minute particles of food and organisms which colonise the sponge . |
| 2 | Intel Corp rates the 66MHz version of the Pentium chip at 112 MIPS — well it is claimed to execute two instructions per cycle — one for each of its parallel arithmetic-logic units — two five-stage execution units , and claims that it is five times more powerful than the original 80486 microprocessor and over 300 times faster than the 8088 ; it contains 3.1m transistors , compared with 1.2m for the 80486 ; it is manufactured in Intel 's 0.8 micron three-metal layer BiCMOS process technology ; it has two 8Kb on-chip caches and a fully compatible floating point unit that is up to five times faster than the one on the 80486 at the same clock speed ; to get around the problem that the thing can squeal to a halt when it comes to a branch that stalls the instruction stream , it includes branch prediction , where the chip remembers prior instruction pathways and predicts the correct pathway for a new instruction . |
| 3 | To get around the problem that the thing can squeal to a halt when it comes to a branch that stalls the instruction stream , it includes branch prediction , where the chip remembers prior instruction pathways and predicts the correct pathway for a new instruction . |
| 4 | So the least , if fact I I 'm fairly safe in saying , that the least commission you can earn on an ad , providing it 's in our you know you 're taking it from our price system not discounted it , |
| 5 | Its twenty five members , supported by the Milk Marketing Board , have effectively achieved a coup in that , as a collective they now aim to have some control over the prices they receive for their products as individuals and can bargain with the retailing giants , knowing they have the support of their fellow members . |
| 6 | Can sticking with the sort of the general non-strategic development in the countryside , would such a policy work , would it be better than E two as proposed , would it be worse , would it be weaker ? |
| 7 | ‘ Do you really think we can disappear into the blue ? ’ |
| 8 | The teacher can comment on the image , trying to deepen commitment to the work and draw out the significance of what has been made . |
| 9 | In linear molecules , only Π states give a spin-orbit splitting , and this can aid in the assignment ; similarly in non-linear molecules only E states ( where the electron has been removed from a molecular orbital of e symmetry ) show the effect . |
| 10 | Reasons can assist the courts in performing their supervisory function , can help to ensure that the decision has been thought through , and can aid in the control of administrative discretion . |
| 11 | C-banding can aid in the localization of " centromere positions ( Figures 4a and b ) . |
| 12 | Beyond radiocarbon , other techniques such as TL are providing dates that can aid in the understanding of human evolution . |
| 13 | As we shall see in Section 6.5 , some weathering products show a remarkable resilience to changing environmental conditions to the extent that in some circumstances they can persist in the landscape essentially unaltered for tens of millions of years . |
| 14 | In a small number of cases , however , the virus can persist in the body for several years , eventually causing a disease called sub-acute sclerosing pan-encephalitis ( SSPE ) . |
| 15 | If you read with such issues in mind — and how they actively affect what sense you can make of a text — introductory notes often become relevant and interesting in unexpected ways . |
| 16 | Covenants also appear in leases where the person letting the property includes terms in the lease which restrict the person renting the property as to the use he or she can make of the property , e.g. the premises are to be used only for storage , not for retailing goods . |
| 17 | Most of this chapter is devoted to a description of five sets of case studies of the new technology , showing the wide variety of different impacts it can make on the nature of work . |
| 18 | Horses certainly do n't instinctively like being patted : a pat is the closest gesture we can make to a kick . |
| 19 | Talk about the contribution that facial expressions , gestures and tone of voice can make to a speaker 's meaning , eg in ironic and sarcastic uses of language . |
| 20 | One should therefore be cautious about generalisations which do less than justice to the contribution which friendship can make to the well-being of specific groups of old people . |
| 21 | She needs to unburden , and good listening is not only good therapy , it is probably the most important contribution anyone can make to the happiness of the elderly who live alone . |
| 22 | The contribution which adults other than teachers , both employers and trade unionists , can make to the school curriculum has gained widespread recognition over the past ten years , through the activities of the SCIP , the Royal Society of Arts Industry Year ( 1986 ) , and the more recent DTI initiatives . |
| 23 | This is the main contribution that the linguistic sciences can make to the teaching of languages : to provide good descriptions … |
| 24 | The contribution that a good choir , singing or instrumental group can make to the worship of a parish can not be underestimated . |
| 25 | Editor , — Roger Smith underestimates the contribution that biochemical markers of bone resorption can make to the diagnosis and monitoring of Paget 's disease . |
| 26 | And it 's amazing the difference a few more pounds can make to the quality of a guitar . |
| 27 | " I 've seen enough to convince me that the only recommendation I can make to the bank is that they should withdraw all financial facilities to the Ingard group forthwith . |
| 28 | We believe the best contribution we can make to the community is to create wealth by carrying on our business ethically , safely and profitably . |
| 29 | I am pleased to tell my hon. Friend that the latest estimate we can make for the spend on computerisation this year will not be £20 million but £25 million . |
| 30 | If we can only slip inside Germany we can make for the autobahn and then for the Black Forest area . ’ |