Example sentences of "which can [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their research resources clearly play a vital role , and the firm takes a great interest in the latest technical developments which can facilitate this department 's work . |
| 2 | The fertile volcanic soil of the lower slopes of Mount Etna produce delicious inexpensive red and white wines which can accompany any type of meal and to finish , try a glass of sweet dessert wine Marsala or Mavasia from the island of Lipari . |
| 3 | Lazaris suggests that if we experience the full depth and intensity of our emotions — not just so-called ‘ negative ’ emotions such as anger , fear and hurt , but also ‘ positive ’ emotions such as joy , love and enthusiasm — it creates a powerful force-field , which can attract miraculous success into our lives . |
| 4 | Experimental mice the ‘ SCID-hu mice ’ ( Severe Combined Immune Deficient human tissue mice ) , which can transmit genetic information for HIV into their offspring have been cultured in America : a potential boon for AIDS research . |
| 5 | Bake with mushrooms and serve with creamy mashed potato for an easy , delicious comfort meal which can make dinner-party fare , too , for discerning guests . |
| 6 | First , we must be ready to recognize that a natural desire within us points to a real object which can satisfy that desire . |
| 7 | Finally , we will be considering digital computers , where data is stored and manipulated by devices that can assume one of only a finite number of states , rather than by devices which can assume any state in a prescribed continuous range ( as in analog computers ) . |
| 8 | The new mother will often throw herself into motherhood so fully that she forgets to give time to the marital relationship , which can suffer considerable damage as a result . |
| 9 | Equally important are the increasing closures of small independent petrol stations , many of which are in rural areas , which can mean higher petrol prices and less petrol availability . |
| 10 | There are significant differences in the terms and conditions of regular relative to temporary labour , not simply in terms of wages but involving housing and welfare expenses , which can mean regular labour costing up to 50 per cent more . |
| 11 | This is especially so if the case is defended , which can mean more time and money being spent on travelling to attend court . |
| 12 | At its headquarters printing department off Edinburgh 's Leith Walk , P&W has six-colour , five-colour , two-colour and single colour Heidelberg presses which can handle any size of document from A3 to B1 . |
| 13 | Timber which can either be good usable furniture , or furniture that can be repaired , which can go straight back out to anybody who wants to buy them . |
| 14 | The first is to consult the census agencies , which can give experienced advice . |
| 15 | LAMDA have a small number of awards ‘ some of which can give financial assistance . |
| 16 | Surely it must be tantamount to neglect of the safety of our railways if we do not spend more and more money on a system which can give early warning . |
| 17 | A more common method today , however ( because it is much quicker , often cheaper and one which can give certain security even before contracts to sell are exchanged ) , is the insurance indemnity policy issued on payment of a single premium . |
| 18 | I do not however accept that in addition to the hours of care which she provides at home during the school holidays that there should also be an enabler for twenty hours per week as she suggests that would mean that the number of hours of care , and I appreciate of course , that there is some artificiality in dealing with this in pure terms of numbers of hours of care , but nevertheless it provides a sort of common denominator , which can give some indication , that would mean no less than ninety hours of boarding and care per week fifty during the week erm and twenty during the weekend and a further twenty for the enabler , I think that that er is too great and I make no allowance for an enabler at home . |
| 19 | This includes EC research programmes , the Eureka initiative , and formulating international standards , which can give competitive advantage . |
| 20 | Invest in a modern sophisticated programmer , which can give considerable fuel savings |
| 21 | I am thinking particularly of repairs in schools and housing , which can generate some employment . |
| 22 | As well as the nodes and their interconnections , the net has a separate circuit which can generate random bit patterns . |
| 23 | Loneliness and the absence of advice , guidance and support often lead to them striking up friendships with others in the same situation which can offer peer-group support or may increase risks of involvement in prostitution , drugs or solvent abuse . |
| 24 | Besides these main groups of effects arising from visual disabilities there are other , sometimes additional , factors which can influence visual behaviour . |
| 25 | The two new laser printers are both eight page per minute machines and both come equipped with a clever automatic emulation switching device which can interpret incoming printer languages on the fly . |
| 26 | I do not know of any study of this change which can answer that question in anything like a precise and well-documented fashion . |
| 27 | Finally the groundwork has been laid for obtaining useful rock mechanics data which can aid hydraulic fracture modelling in the Carboniferous . |
| 28 | The most significant divergence from earlier processes of state formation is probably to be found in the active role of organized political parties which can mobilize mass support , or of military officers whose strength lies in their experience of modern technology and administration and their control of the means of physical coercion . |
| 29 | Generally fitted with one , two or three buttons which can control specific software functions . |
| 30 | We view the re-organisation of the rural school , and the development of a strong connection between the area school and community services and the community centre , as an aspect of community development which can improve social life in the rural areas , meeting the needs of the rural population in its own way . ’ |