Example sentences of "can [verb] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this basis , one can plot in the tropical belt for most periods of geological time , though the margin of error is such that sometimes they fit in with drifting hypotheses and sometimes they do not . |
| 2 | Is not that the best investment that we can make in the long-term future for that troubled area ? |
| 3 | But do n't let anyone get away with telling you that IBM 's problems are all the fault of the world economy : if Hewlett-Packard Co can grow at 20% in the current climate , if ICL Plc can remain in the black , if that former corporate basket case Unisys Corp , which compared with IBM started out under its present management with no advantages at all , can return to profit , IBM 's woes have to be acknowledged to be primarily the fault of the company itself , and only exacerbated by the economy . |
| 4 | The light-bearing principle which they represent ( in Florence Nightingale 's case , she was known as ‘ The Lady with the Lamp ’ ) can remain in the public imagination long after the personality has been forgotten . |
| 5 | ‘ You can stay in the lower divisions in England and be out working every night , only to lose what you have when a new face comes in . |
| 6 | You can stay in the main hotel or opt for one of the bungalows which are spaced throughout the gardens , giving you privacy and delightful surroundings . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I suppose you can wait in the IC reception area , ’ she said doubtfully . |
| 8 | The work of Antoni ( who is known by a more provocative performance/installation work in which she used chocolate , lard and lipstick to re-enact the bizarre aspects of self-degradation which vanity , through the affliction of eating disorders , can arouse in the obsessive modern woman ) also suffers in this exhibition by being reduced to a small video screen . |
| 9 | All of them are now under review to make sure they are ‘ in a particular market where we can win in the long term ’ . |
| 10 | Hence the state can act in the long-run interests of capital against the current wishes of short-sighted capitalists . |
| 11 | ‘ You can resign in the complete knowledge that should you ever want to come back there will be a position here for you at any time . ’ |
| 12 | It has also been pointed out that dinosaur fossils have been found at quite high latitudes , hinting again at endothermy , since no reptile can survive in the cooler climates beyond the equatorial regions . |
| 13 | Nowadays , many top designers also produce mass-produced goods which we can buy in the local department store . |
| 14 | In addition , the party groups often appoint Whips , whose job it is not just to enforce party discipline , but by operating what is referred to in Parliamentary jargon as ‘ the usual channels ’ can assist in the smooth running of the authority , by , for example , effecting agreements on nominations to committees or outside bodies . |
| 15 | The mode of production approach produces a type of dependency reversal theory in its insistence that capitalist industrialization can succeed in the Third World . |
| 16 | ‘ Why should n't the people of Coventry enjoy their football and support a winning team that can finish in the top six at least ? ’ |
| 17 | However despite all this , I think : a/ Leeds can finish in the top third . |
| 18 | — it can export its product for sale in the foreign country — it can appoint a foreign company to manufacture its product under licence — it can invest in the foreign country ( i.e. obtain premises , plant and workforce there ) and manufacture its own product abroad . |
| 19 | Their predilection for keepers who can contribute in the middle order is understandable since this permits a full hand of bowlers , and Downton , of course , vindicated the policy in admirable fashion . |
| 20 | Since it seems unlikely that we can generate in the foreseeable future materials that are structurally similar to natural tissue , while having the most appropriate functional properties , the possibility has emerged of using traditional or advanced materials as functional substrates and modifying their surfaces , with biological components or their analogues , to provide optimal biocompatibility. one of the most exciting possibilities here is using biomimetic surfaces as described in the article by Dennis Chapman and Stephen Charles . |
| 21 | Smaller mammals , such as cats , rabbits and ferrets , have only a short gestation and so can made in the lengthening days that signal the end of winter . |
| 22 | I think that teachers need to know people that they can turn to for further advice , but that they could familiarize themselves much more with what , as it were , they can do in the first instance by screening children , by using there are number of published materials , learning inventories , that can be used to discover whether a child has some difficulties that might point in this direction of dyslexia . |
| 23 | Following the implications of the McKinsey matrix , Porter states that there is usually little that the firm can do in the short run to affect industry structure and hence attractiveness . |
| 24 | With 45 goals between them , it is hard to imagine , whatever else may be in his mind , that Jimmy Nicholl wo n't offer his prolific strikers new contracts in the summer and the chance to show what they can do in the top 12 . |
| 25 | Say the nines you can do in the three times table and that er you 've got to get a three in |
| 26 | And what he says to us can result in the complete transformation of our lives . |
| 27 | Fries argues that preventive activities can result in the delayed onset of morbidity and chronic disease . |
| 28 | A combination of the two features can result in the remarkable ability to fly in near zero wind conditions . |
| 29 | If we look into the history of Iraq I do n't think anybody can remember in the past twenty years they have contributed anything , neither in the terms of world economy , neither in the world of world peace , or any humanitarian |
| 30 | For example , if there is no allowable string which spans the whole graph , then we can search in the same way as described above , but wherever the required path does not exist in the tree , check if that position in the tree is flagged for end-of-word . |