Example sentences of "can [verb] the [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Visitors can see the Great Keep in the centre of the fortress as well as a rare Roman lighthouse , a Saxon church and a network of ancient earthworks . |
| 2 | Here we can see the paired jointed legs that are attached to each body segment , the feathery gill on a stalk alongside each leg , two feelers at the front of the head , the gut running the entire length of the body , even the muscle fibres along the back which enabled the animal to roll itself up into a ball . |
| 3 | I hope I can encourage the uninitiated to go out and treat themselves to several for their Christmas stocking as well as see the value of videos as a valid support technique during the long winter evenings ahead . |
| 4 | It is the task of Lakhdar Ibrahimi , the Arab League envoy , to struggle through a tangle of sub-issues in the hope that he can persuade the Lebanese to renegotiate France 's political legacy and the policies that began when General Henri Gouraud , who became the French high commissioner of Lebanon in 1920 , stepped ashore . |
| 5 | This applies limits to the things the supervisor can require the subordinate to do , and involves acceptance by the superior of limited deviations by the subordinate from the activities that are expected . |
| 6 | Just outside Arundel you can visit the archaeological remains at Fishbourne Roman Palace and Bignor Roman Villa , the latter being the remains of the largest villa in the country . |
| 7 | A sudden dedication to a foreign influence like Hegel or Derrida , brief but intense , is about the only thing there is that can cause the British to lose a sense of humour or a sense of proportion , and during the first London production of Waiting for Godot in 1955 I was reproached by strangers seated around me for laughing , though I still think it a funny play . |
| 8 | Therefore I 'm sure you can imagine the upset felt by this 69-year-old lady to see that young man missing from this week 's issue . |
| 9 | There has been discussion over whether the DROs should not be better trained , possibly in other social work , in order that they can help the disabled adjust psychologically to their change of status as well as help them in practical ways . |