Example sentences of "a [noun sg] can [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A prince can mak a belted knight , |
| 2 | However , whilst such a provision can prevent the business losing the battle of forms , it can not guarantee victory . |
| 3 | Just as only a caterpillar can become a butterfly , the formal stage seems a necessary developmental step to the skilful stage . |
| 4 | We are keenly aware that a University can seem a large and forbidding place to those on the outside . |
| 5 | Adding bearings to a building can increase the cost by up to 10 per cent . |
| 6 | Before a computer can perform a simulation , it requires a blueprint of these physical laws , and that is where CFD comes in . |
| 7 | Where the climate is dry a yard , a garden or the corner of a field can become a school . |
| 8 | Generally , a contract can affect the rights and liabilities only as between the parties to it . |
| 9 | Neither the debtor himself nor a creditor can present a petition unless the debtor is domiciled in England and Wales ; is personally present in England and Wales on the day on which the petition is presented ; or at any time in the previous three years has been ordinarily resident , has had a place of residence , or has carried on business in England and Wales ( s 265(1) ) . |
| 10 | This fact was emphasised in Fletcher v. Budgen ( 1974 C.A. ) where it was held that even a buyer can commit the offence . |
| 11 | working towards a certificate can provide a structure for an exchange visit or work experience programme |
| 12 | A great critic may evoke what it was like to attend a historic performance , but only a genius can provide an equivalent emotional experience . |
| 13 | By such changes and rhythms , which are totally inaudible to us , an individual can identify the call of its own species ; a male can avoid the territory of another singing male and a female fly towards it . |
| 14 | Among mice , the merest whiff of a male can have a devastating effect . |
| 15 | This flexibility is very important as it is only by changing mode in the middle of a session that a user can vary an earlier trail to explore the text in a new manner . |
| 16 | To achieve this a user can reference the next approved version of a module in anticipation of that module 's approval . |
| 17 | There is also a special utility called a HAM Package for amateur radio enthusiasts , in which a user can enter a call sign and the position of the remote station will be marked on the map , together with the local time and location information . |
| 18 | There is also a special utility called a HAM Package for amateur radio enthusiasts , in which a user can enter a call sign and the position of the remote station will be marked on the map , together with the local time and location information . |
| 19 | WorldView 's brief is to ensure that a user can read a document irrespective of the software that created it . |
| 20 | This means a punter can follow the price movements himself , or obtain up to date prices from his stockbroker . |
| 21 | hold on , hold on , just a moment , she does n't know , but a biopsy can take a week , a week to come through , she would n't expect you out before the weekend |
| 22 | ‘ When they 're right for each other a Gemini and a Sagittarian can have a wonderful , magical , lasting relationship . |
| 23 | However , it seems that the relation is not quite the same , for there is no comparable way in which a hearer can express the same wonder or wish by assenting to the sentence as uttered by the speaker . |
| 24 | A pitcher can spin a baseball to make it follow a trajectory in any direction . |
| 25 | Recording technology can be used to produce extended , unique , individual visions ( Mike Oldfield 's Tubular Bells ) ; and , with the advent of ‘ portable studios ’ , a musician can produce a complete piece on tape at home , then teach it to the band , just like a bourgeois composer , rather than entering into collaborative work . |
| 26 | If this is indeed the case , it would explain why a small dose of a remedy can effect a major change in the clinical condition of patients . |
| 27 | The only real way that a shareholder can exercise an interest is by threatening to depose incumbent management if performance does not improve . |
| 28 | A : It 's absolutely dreadful that dog shows have got classes where a 10-year-old can handle a Rottweiler . |
| 29 | If a chemical can affect the differentiation and growth of the developing neural tube , it could , in principle , also affect the differentiation and growth of tissues in less desirable ways . |
| 30 | Therefore , he is likely to nominate those whose views seem most in line with his own , although there is no way a president can guarantee the direction of a justice 's decision and it is estimated that the President 's choices have backfired in a quarter of appointments . |