Example sentences of "can [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in practice , processed pictures and processed words mostly support each other ; use of desktop publishing ( dtp ) software can make achieving this support easier than it is otherwise . |
| 2 | An obese person can strive to overcome such feelings by overeating and so gaining size , weight and ( subjectively speaking ) importance . |
| 3 | Or they can opt to take financial risks . |
| 4 | After their retirement from employment , people in the UK can expect to receive some form of pension . |
| 5 | But in an average week , an Ear , Nose and Throat surgeon , for example , can expect to spend 30 hours actually in an operating theatre , bent over his patient . |
| 6 | So Megadeth fans can expect to see this line-up staying together for quite some time ? |
| 7 | We are encouraged by our progress and shareholders can expect to see this process continue . ’ |
| 8 | In the future we can expect to see this technology integrated into the motherboard circuitry — initially for use in portable computers to reduce the unit weight and power requirements . |
| 9 | Although the oil price and economic outlook is uncertain , the productivity increases and cost cutting measures we put in motion in 1992 mean we can expect to see further benefits showing through in our results in 1993 . |
| 10 | This becomes more important with increasing age , when people can expect to lose long-standing friends at an ever-increasing rate . |
| 11 | In general , women are healthier and live longer than ever before , indeed on average they can expect to live 5 years longer than men . |
| 12 | In general , women are healthier and live longer than ever before , indeed on average they can expect to live 5 years longer than men . |
| 13 | vegetarians can expect to live nine years longer than regular meat eaters |
| 14 | Conversely , many younger people will be the first generation in their family who can expect to inherit substantial amounts . |
| 15 | J-registered Cavalier SRi saloons and hatches are good value at auction and bidders can expect to secure 1992 cars with under 10,000 miles from company and fleet sources for around £8250 . |
| 16 | In our own case , if we can wash our face on our UK print run we can expect to make some profit from foreign licences . |
| 17 | Schools in ‘ well off ’ areas can expect to raise more money in direct appeals and in fund raising activities than schools serving poorer communities . |
| 18 | Thus those who were in middle-class occupations will almost certainly enjoy larger pensions and more comfortable houses , and they can expect to suffer fewer disabilities , and live longer too . |
| 19 | At Edinburgh we shall also discuss what else we can do to promote economic recovery . |
| 20 | There 's also information about the International Ecumenical Fellowship which is something that you as an individual can do to support ecumenical work . |
| 21 | For details of what you can do to support these sisters contact the Palestinian Women 's Group , c/o 21 Collingham Road , London SWS ONU . |
| 22 | Existing technology is less advanced … but there is a great deal we can do within the limits of existing technology — and more we can do to spur technological advance . ’ |
| 23 | The publisher might refuse and there is little IRS can do to force that publisher to help the band . |
| 24 | There is not much you can do to make radical changes to other people 's basic life positions , but you can use your awareness of the four ‘ OK — Not OK ’ positions to understand why you sometimes feel hopeless , depressed , victimized and so on . |
| 25 | There are also a lot more things we can do to make this treatment more tolerable . |
| 26 | There are also a lot more things we can do to make this treatment more tolerable . |
| 27 | There 's very little that the that the chief whip can do to avoid that situation . |
| 28 | There is much the public sector can do to encourage advanced technology . |
| 29 | But in London , as in Washington or Paris , there is an increasingly fatalistic view that there is very little governments can do to prevent popular pressure for reunification . |
| 30 | Is there anything I can do to solve this problem ? |