Example sentences of "can [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Advances in technology mean that desktop publishing machines are now available which can reproduce precise legitimate invoices and estimates which may appear to be in order . |
| 2 | Thus Andrew Sutton can comment that conductive education can produce results ‘ which seem quite beyond the expectations of children growing up with cerebral palsy and spina bifida elsewhere ’ . |
| 3 | It 's scientifically proven that foods can make certain susceptible children very ill , and this can manifest itself in various ways , but one of the most common ways is that children behave badly ; they become aggressive and disturbed . |
| 4 | That I can make that prim mouth curve into a delightful smile … ’ |
| 5 | Success in this field is going to become even more important as we move into the 1990s and beyond and I hope that in this book I 've been able to give you the benefit of my experience , to pass on the kind of backstage know-how that can make that vital difference between winning and losing . |
| 6 | At a time of rising costs , he can make sure extra feed only goes to ewes that are in lamb . |
| 7 | The local authorities need to know now how the standard spending assessments will be calculated so that they can make definite financial plans . |
| 8 | Would we like some smoked reindeer ( not that you can make good smoked meat now , not with all the air pollution , the acid rain and the like from the UK ) . |
| 9 | However , precisely because they can make such fine distinctions at the lexical level , they may well prove unstable for the purposes of recognition . |
| 10 | A company can make one single contact with its local LX and receive : |
| 11 | You can make expensive legal waves , look for caveats , but in the end it 'll be the same . |
| 12 | An extensive survey of obsolescence studies by Line and Sandison , however , concludes that the librarian can make little practical use of the concept of obsolescence . |
| 13 | Codes ( explained in clear tables ) show how headphrases are used in typical sentence patterns so that students can make confident active use of the idioms they look up . |
| 14 | If you use the covenant form attached to this leaflet you can make each annual payment at any time , or by any instalments , you wish as long as you make the full annual payment by the end of each 12-month period . |
| 15 | For just US$199 you can make four separate flights within Thailand to any of the twenty-four destinations in our network . |
| 16 | Octagonal or hexagonal shapes can make effective fluorescent lighting a real headache and a series of 24″ , 18″ and smaller tubes is not really practical . |
| 17 | Although many sentences with this surface sequence will always come to the same thing pragmatically , whichever of the two constructions is assumed ( this is one of the features which can make careful syntactic analysis such a delicate matter ) , it is nonetheless possible to find some which are open to either syntactic interpretation but with a clear difference in meaning ; this will then help to throw the syntactic difference into relief . |
| 18 | In other words , if you look after your ex-employees and leave them feeling positive towards your organisation , it can make attracting new staff easier . |
| 19 | Bulbs that are too near the surface can make thick temporary roots ( contractile roots or ‘ droppers ’ ) which pull the bulb deeper into the soil . |
| 20 | Reverting now to spatio-temporal relations , the assumption of their irreducibility to monadic predicates is linked with the assumption that they depict an objective order , and if such relations are taken to depict an objective order , then it is clear that we shall have to assume the possibility of a plurality of biographically distinct points of view , occupied by different percipients , before we can make any significant inferences about the ontological distinguishability of their terms . |
| 21 | There are relatively few circumstances when examination of a book by a librarian can make any significant difference to whether or not the book should be selected for a library — especially so since the biggest consumers of approval collections are public libraries , who do not claim to be experts in any particular field . |
| 22 | It is perfectly conceivable that we can make some general statements about the conditions that influence our self-indulgence or self-restraint in relation to rules laid down and enforced by the state , particularly when the nature of those rules and the way they are enforced are included for consideration . |
| 23 | A couple who watch the classified ads can make some outstanding furniture buys . |
| 24 | I can make some revealing comparisons between my constituency and the neighbouring borough . |
| 25 | So if you 're a third man , or a third woman for that matter , look out for the specially selected hotels at which you can make some fantastic savings when a third person shares a room . |
| 26 | ‘ We can make some reasonable seats with dead twigs to keep our bottoms off the damp ground , if you like . |
| 27 | When people have taken too much drink it can make some strange situations , especially going into the locks |
| 28 | Natural gas ( at a price of £2.30 per 250000 kcalories ) , can make 1000 cubic metres of syn-gas for £44 . |
| 29 | If you scrape your foot on the pavement you can make shiny black marks , like slugs make . |
| 30 | This can make those rare beings quite boring — an accusation you could never level at Jack . |