Example sentences of "it can [vb infin] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can carry three divers . |
| 2 | In Safrane , the engine has been deliberately tuned to favour torque output with the result that it can deliver 115 lb-ft from 1,500 rpm upwards — so producing an extremely flexible power curve . |
| 3 | The makers claim a range of more than 1,000 miles is feasible from its 17.6 gallon tank — it can do 64 mpg at a steady 56 mph ( or 46.5 mpg at 75 mph , and 37.8 mpg on the urban cycle ) . |
| 4 | And getting to it can mean one man hauling himself through a two-foot tunnel for half an hour in six inches of water . |
| 5 | At certain points it can reach 10 feet but a few feet is more normal . |
| 6 | It can reach 16 feet ( 4.9 metres ) in length , but the average is between six and nine feet ( two and three metres ) . |
| 7 | There 's also a close correlation by not just the erm the size of the number for G , but how long can it go on pulling that G given the thrust and the aerodynamic capabilities of the machine and we are essentially building this aircraft so that it can sustain nine G and we are providing the pilot with the sort of equipment he requires to be able to survive in that kind of environment . |
| 8 | A86 is an extremely high performance assembler as it can compile 1000 lines per second of assembly language code . |
| 9 | But at 50°s ; F , it can take 72 hours for food to pass through the gut , and much below that temperature , digestion ceases , Koi fed on a warm winter 's day will then have to pass a cold winter night , when a gutful of even low-protein pellets can turn into a pathogenic sludge causing liver and kidney failure . |
| 10 | If some is present ( bearing in mind it can take 72 hours for food to pass through the gut ) , then continue with sinking wheatgerm . |
| 11 | It can take 10 minutes to get off the train . ’ |
| 12 | But it can take 10 years for a material to get on the list while officials develop a standard , which specifies physical and chemical properties of materials . |
| 13 | Once a laser has put molecules into a repulsive , electronically excited state , it can take 100–1,000 femoseconds for the species to dissociate into independent fragments . |
| 14 | A tea bush requires constant attention : if not plucked for a year it can take two years to return to normal ; if bushes have to be uprooted , new ones take seven years to come into production . |
| 15 | Consider this : it can take 50 hours to re-key one megabyte 's worth of data . |
| 16 | It can take 3 days to disappear and is followed by complete peeling . |
| 17 | Japan 's fisheries agency claims it can kill 2,000 minke whales a year without harming the survival of the species , and it recently launched an advertising campaign on the benefits of whale meat . |
| 18 | It can wait two minutes till you 've finished , now go and get moving |
| 19 | It can recognise one class with each recogniser . |
| 20 | It can apply 1.1 inches of water to the whole area in 72 hours at a flow rate of 495 gallons per minute . |
| 21 | Starting with 30 monitoring points , the system offers massive flexibility due to the fact that it can substitute two wires , punctuated by individually programmed chips , for the massive bunch of wires which would be needed by a conventional system . |