Example sentences of "it can [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally , one would assume that the particle will move on a straight line away from A. However , according to the sum over histories , it can move on any path that starts at A. It is like what happens when you place a drop of ink on a piece of blotting paper . |
| 2 | It has to keep its own prices down so that it can compete with other major electricity suppliers . |
| 3 | There is increasingly a feeling that the larger the firm the better it can withstand recessionary periods and the more effectively it can compete with other firms ; and these two sentiments may succeed each other as , say , a regional grouping for mutual protection develops into a nationwide conglomerate for enhanced profits . |
| 4 | Sources close to the deal say SCO is now expected to do versions of its iAPX-86 software for RISC architectures so it can compete on corporate accounts which demand Unix for RISC systems and Microsoft Corp software on Intel Corp boxes . |
| 5 | In pursuing this aim , IDB 's Marketing Development Division has a key role to play through the wide range of support which it can offer to all sizes of companies in Northern Ireland involved in manufacturing or providing internationally tradeable services . |
| 6 | Parasite genes can have effects on host bodies , not just when the parasite lives inside the host where it can manipulate by direct chemical means , but when the parasite is quite separate from the host and manipulates it from a distance . |
| 7 | The government 's bet seems to be that by rigging the stockmarket it can lure in enough suckers to help companies raise massive amounts of equity , rather as America 's bull market has helped companies to do there . |
| 8 | It can refer to geographical area as in planning or other land-based services , or to the administrative needs of personal services such as education . |
| 9 | For example , it is helpful to include a continuous on-screen message to tell a user where they are , particularly if it can refer to some form of structural hierarchy in the information . |
| 10 | In this way when interest rates do rise it can benefit from these new higher rates . |
| 11 | We realise , for instance , that there is no ‘ ideal ’ method of birth control and that people 's decisions about it can change at any time . |
| 12 | It can persist for many years . |
| 13 | It is worth noting too that it can arise in different types of trust , either in a simple trust for restitution , for instance on death ; or in a continuing trust such as the fideicommissa familiae relicta discussed in Chapter IV , in which each successive beneficiary is at the same time a trustee for other family members . |
| 14 | It squeezes the latest digital technology into a manageable package of 13kg ( 29lb ) ; and it can talk to any of the four Inmarsat satellites that hover 36,000km ( 22,500 miles ) above the earth . |
| 15 | And it can split like that . |
| 16 | One main advantage of computer control is that it can differentiate between real time and elastic time . |
| 17 | We have already said that it can range from complete removal of the child to another room to simply turning one 's face away from the child while silently ignoring it . |
| 18 | This unconscious repressed material is in addition to the general unconscious ‘ archaic heritage ’ Le Bon speaks of , and it can vary in different times and places , although Freud does not give explicit examples of this point , being content with the formal delineation of concepts . |
| 19 | It can vary from single units to repeats and form borders to all-over effects . |
| 20 | But Jerry Brookes of the Gloucestershire Badger Group has seen all too often what it can do to other animals . |
| 21 | see what it can do in that corner . |
| 22 | It can go off bloody fire alarm goes off again |
| 23 | I do n't think it can go on that long because |
| 24 | Along with the merger , Postbank shareholders will be asked to approve a change to the bank 's articles of association so that it can engage in wider areas of business . |
| 25 | Well Jennifer I think it 's er viburnum lanterna and it 's quite an interesting er bush because it was in the sixteenth century a er gave the tree its poetic name as he frequently come across it in old drove roads er over and across the old drove roads in the chalk downs of er from Winchester to Epsom and London but sorry about this it can grow to fifteen feet and in May it opens up its cluster of white flowers and it 's really quite an attractive thing but the berries I do n't think are so attractive so I think erm |
| 26 | The largest of the civets , the binturong , hardly qualifies as a small predator , since it can grow to 3 ft ( 90 cm ) in length . |
| 27 | Indeed , French doctors believe that if left untreated ( and they have been treating women with cellulite for forty years ) it can lead to serious disorders such as arthritis . |
| 28 | It can lead to serious motivational problems , especially for the long-term unemployed . |
| 29 | They are right to do so , because it can lead to serious problems if it persists . |
| 30 | Condensation is a big problem in many homes : if it 's not cured it can lead to serious health problems , and cause damage to the structure of your home . |