Example sentences of "or [noun sg] can [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The artists do not have to be able to draw , though it helps : they do , however , have to be able to ‘ visualize ’ a design or a film and be able to explain their ideas by words and rough pictures so that a specialized artist or photographer can produce the finished illustration . |
| 2 | I take this to mean that there is an equality , a reciprocity between the aesthetic and the political such that an aesthetic dimension or response can give the lie to a political claim . |
| 3 | A contradiction in style during this change of éaulement or alignment can distort the design . |
| 4 | The point has been made that ‘ abusive ’ and ‘ insulting ’ are semantically very similar , and can be used more or less interchangeably ( the information or indictment can use the blunderbuss language of threatening , abusive or insulting without offending the rule against duplicity ) . |
| 5 | No one person or department can resource the company 's marketing effort . |
| 6 | There are many different ways in which death or divorce can alter the family pattern and there are no ground rules to help us know how to behave , as there are in the case of the traditional nuclear family . |
| 7 | The only way past this into the egg-chamber beyond is through a small hole high in one corner and neither your fingers nor an intruding paw or beak can negotiate the bends and reach through it . |
| 8 | Events like bereavement or retirement can increase the pressure . |
| 9 | Events like bereavement or retirement can increase the pressure . |
| 10 | He answers that first God should be loved with the humility and strength which makes all labour light so that no shame or anguish can destabilise the delight ( 111 – 12.99 – 137 ) . |
| 11 | But , no man or woman can attain the ultimate in relation to such virtue . |
| 12 | If there is a problem the client or assistant can contact the manager who will mediate . |
| 13 | The advent of microcomputers with word processing programs now means that the school librarian or teacher or pupil can have the facilities of the stand.alone word processor without the expense . |
| 14 | As a result of investigating unsolved problems in biology , including how a seed or egg can contain the essence which grows into the new individual member of the same species , he postulated ( something which has long been familiar to those with a spiritual or esoteric background ) the existence of what must , by implication , be a non-physical mould or pattern , what he calls a ‘ morphogenetic field ’ , which survives the death of the physical form , and which shapes the individual tree , animal and flower of each species , just as the individual field around a magnet can create a pattern in a scatter of iron filings . |
| 15 | No synthetic chemical or compound can reproduce the vibration or pattern of the ‘ stuff of life ’ . |
| 16 | Changes in sea temperature or salinity can cause the algae to leave , causing white blotches to form . |
| 17 | While the sound of the doorbell or knocker can trigger the dog to start barking , this can be followed by aggression towards the caller . |
| 18 | But they would agree that anxiety , tension or depression can make the physical symptoms worse . |
| 19 | The official receiver or trustee can require the sheriff to tax his costs where the sheriff is entitled to costs as a result of insolvency overtaking an execution ( r 7.36 ) . |