Example sentences of "this can [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can disturb the normal eye movements that would be used by a fluent reader , and visual scanning can be impaired . |
| 2 | Communication — both ways — is going to be a problem and the implications of this can set the deaf person apart . |
| 3 | This can threaten the best interests of conservation of both the natural and the built environment , undermine the quality of the visitor 's experience and jeopardise the standard of life of the indigenous communities . |
| 4 | Indeed , the very first piece of family self-revelation is the way they choose to sit together , for this can show the observant counsellor the existing pattern of alliances and tensions , as revealing as any words . |
| 5 | This can make the conventional approach perfectly adequate for some systems development work . |
| 6 | This can cover the whole cost of draught-proofing , getting your loft insulated , having your pipes and tanks lagged , and possibly wall insulation and secondary glazing . |
| 7 | The choice of pivot row to achieve this can affect the computational effort required to restore optimality and is investigated in Exercise 1 . |
| 8 | This can involve the whole car , where a market has a taste for a certain type ( such as four-wheel drives in America ) . |
| 9 | There is no CGT on the difference between the purchase and sale/redemption price ( provided that they are held as investments and not on trading account ) , and this can enhance the after-tax yield of low coupon gilts near to maturity if they are trading at below par . |
| 10 | The very characteristic marks left on the mire show how it was made and this can indicate the likely age of a piece . |
| 11 | This can obscure the real cause of their behaviour . |