Example sentences of "that can [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Moreover , audit committees function most effectively when their members understand clearly the financial reporting process , the types of issue that can affect that process , and the relationships between management , auditors and regulators .
2 ‘ Hyperplastic cell proliferation — is a condition that can affect all species of fish .
3 He added , ‘ CIRE money has also been used to develop other neural network products such as the dynamic signature-recognition system that can detect forged signatures on cheques and credit cards . ’
4 Finally , because some software houses have already started to write in copyguards that can detect Happy Chips , it has a ‘ slow it down ’ mode which prevents the copyguard from spotting the intruder .
5 As is implied by Taylor 's list above of 23 criteria , there are a number of attributes of information sources that can show considerable variation in practice .
6 ‘ With nothing but common sense in the mortar , and a tongue that can adjust most problems and people to scale , and an arrogance that will not connive at pretence , even if pretence is of the essence of kingship .
7 Children who have , for example , a Jewish , Hindu , Welsh , or Irish home in an English town or city often have the advantage of sharing two or more cultures that can enrich each other and that can help to spread understanding in the community .
8 The only device that can create these images is a plotter and , until recently , these have been prohibitively expensive for the home computer user .
9 The new machine is reliant on an up-to-date design studio using C.A.D. ( Computer Aided Design ) techniques that can reproduce each design onto a floppy disk .
10 This is the only method that can reproduce several colours simultaneously by the simple process of writing over different coloured carbon papers in turn when preparing the master copy .
11 Because of this , the only shock that can disturb current prices from the value they are expected to take next period is a relative demand shock .
12 So the crucial argument does not concern the fluoride level in a community water supply per se , but rather whether fluoridation increases the risk that certain people develop , even for a short time , levels of fluoride in the blood that can damage human cells and systems .
13 In his latest book he tells of sophisticated computers that can move tall buildings in the opposite direction to the tremors .
14 I know it is a word that can mean various things , but we must ask why some continental politicians refer to the word ’ federal ’ at every opportunity .
15 By using automatic equipment that can serve several installations with a different programme for each if necessary .
16 By studying regions of the proteins the proteinase cuts , they have come up with a small molecule that can block this scissor action .
17 Because innovation is so often thought of in purely product feature terms , these connections are especially important : they are the almost invisible understanding of the immediate situation that can spell ultimate success or failure in the marketplace …
18 Obviously , any such processes that can enhance environmental quality are to be welcomed , provided that they themselves do not lead to inadvertent environmental deterioration .
19 The car is full of hi-tech wizardry , including electronic engine management and chassis control , and a six-speed semi-automatic gearbox that can memorise each circuit .
20 Being inauthentic ( ‘ feeling false ’ ) comes from ignoring or denying life 's contradictions , perhaps by attaching oneself exclusively to objects which do not involve the sort of deep relationships or beliefs that can give personal pain as well as joy .
21 the traditional dances and customs of a particular country that can give local colour and atmosphere to a plot or theme ;
22 Plants that can tolerate parched conditions are known as xerophytes .
23 A design , advertising and publishing production house based on digital transmission , it houses technology that can produced finished artwork for anything from press ads to corporate brochures in situ .
24 pipes that can stand higher pressure , is seen on this chart , where a feeder main was designed , on a particular project , for three different pressures .
25 Talk to children about plants and trees and animals dying , ask them to draw their impressions of these events , and they will reveal an understanding that can leave many adults longing for a child 's faith and knowledge .
26 Many species have taken to arboreal living as a protective device , and some , such as this sugar-glider ( opposite ) , have become specialised jumpers that can leave most predators behind with ease .
27 The process of recording how you feel sets up an internal dialogue that can offer new insights into old difficulties .
28 So are there other sources of evidence that can offer deeper insights ?
29 One is that it is a hollow that can hold extra air , allowing the reptile to remain submerged longer .
30 Using the example of a 90 per cent packed file with single-track buckets that can hold ten records : from Table 6.4 , 91.4 per cent of records are located on their home tracks .
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