Example sentences of "they can [vb infin] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean they they can change in a year . |
| 2 | Those who could use the results of research also face the problem of deciding how much confidence they can place in a study . |
| 3 | they can organize on a product basis ( eg where high technology products are involved ) |
| 4 | they can organize on a customer basis |
| 5 | They can talk to a player , warn him and if he persists caution him so I do n't see a need for this new law . ’ |
| 6 | This requires a great deal of homework as they must have a solid rock of knowledge about the collections or an exhibition before they can talk in a relaxed and informative way . |
| 7 | At the very most , they can hope for a modest share in a possible coalition government . |
| 8 | Fellow coach Robert Millington reckoned : ‘ Physiologically , they [ blacks ] are much better equipped than whites ; not so much with what they 've got to start with , but what they can achieve in a short space of time . |
| 9 | This they can do through a stockbroker , who will sell them via the stock market to people who want to buy such bonds . |
| 10 | The things that make a modern killer PC , such as swift video performance , are irrelevant for network servers — so mundane is their existence that they can do without a screen or a keyboard . |
| 11 | Hospitals and community units have to say exactly what they can do in a year , and districts and GPs can specify the quality criteria and kinds of service they want . |
| 12 | Anyone who likes dancing should go to the Haystack on a Friday , where they can dance under a mango tree , and , if lucky , listen to Goa 's celebrated singer Lucio de Miranda . |
| 13 | They can serve as a guide to what was agreed , and we now need to work on the detail . |
| 14 | Instead of leaving the spreadsheet package and typing a memo , they can go into a menu option in the spreadsheet to bring up a dialogue box for e-mail . |
| 15 | Well , they can go for a job , for example , and because they have no address they ca n't get the job , because they are not reliable . |
| 16 | Are people going to have to take a medical before they can go down a street they have been going down all their lives ? ’ |
| 17 | They need to know someone has charge of their lives , then they can build from a base of safety and security . |
| 18 | Then they can pause in a reading to worry out a meaning , and to discuss it with each other . |
| 19 | NORTHERN Ireland butchers have been given the good news they can compete in a major English contest to find the country 's top sausage-maker . |
| 20 | Some of these stemless forms developed grappling hooks at the base of the calyx — with these they can attach in a favourable site , and move when conditions become adverse . |
| 21 | They feel that they can engage with a dynamic power which orders the confusion into meaning and enables them to become participants in creating a pattern that redeems the losses and chances in the contingencies of life in time — to play a game that extends the significance of the Incarnation . |
| 22 | One reason for having that meeting is to reform the institutions so that they can cope with a second wave of new members , this time from Eastern Europe . |
| 23 | where a special area in one housing estate has been set aside for problem families , where they are given daily supervision combined with training and instruction designed to teach them the elements of home craft and mothercraft so that in due course , when they have proved they can manage their affairs , domestic , financial or otherwise , they can return to a better house in a more desirable neighbourhood . |
| 24 | You 'll have to go into a local hostel temporarily — but that 's only so they can check on a few things . |
| 25 | Ask the children if they think they can walk through a postcard . |
| 26 | They can walk into a room and see instantly if something is out of place or if a guest has a need . ’ |
| 27 | The Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp ‘ Unified Unix ’ effort is now thought to be part of a much broader set of strategic discussions that the two companies are having on how best they can collaborate on a wide range of technologies , today 's edition of our sister paper Unigram.X reports . |
| 28 | Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp 's ‘ Unified Unix ’ effort is thought to be part of a much broader set of strategic discussions the two firms are having on how best they can collaborate on a wide range of technologies . |
| 29 | Judging from American experience , general disclosure of APRs in line with Consumer Credit Act regulations will indeed make many more people aware of the sort of APR that they can expect with a particular type of credit . |
| 30 | They can have from a handful of copies to several hundred , often scattered on many different chromosomes . |