Example sentences of "it can [verb] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ecstasy 's been described as the next best thing to an orgasm , so if your life feels empty it can appear to fill that gap quite nicely . ’ |
| 2 | Either way , since Peking denies the legitimacy of the Legislative Council , it can afford to deny any special status to its views . |
| 3 | It can help to relieve sexual tension when there is no other way this can be done . |
| 4 | If the interviewee is very nervous it can help to ask some questions which can readily be answered with a yes or no , this provides the opportunity to adjust the tension . |
| 5 | When back pain and arthritis are the problems it can help to take short rests or breaks from a long stint in one position — say sitting at a desk or standing at an ironing-table . |
| 6 | It can help to develop historical enquiry skills and can accustom pupils from an early age to handling and evaluating and synthesising historical evidence . |
| 7 | What is more disturbing is how long it can take to uncover such things when big reputations are at stake . |
| 8 | Hyde mentions a program that can automatically provide precis of news stories , but does not point out that it can attempt to do this only for a restricted range of stories . |
| 9 | Research in HCI has now reached a stage where it can begin to tackle these problems effectively . |
| 10 | Those criteria should be sent to the Housing Executive immediately so that it can begin to process such cases . |