Example sentences of "can [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these prices go up faster than I can shame to put up the rents … ’ |
| 2 | Also , at the end of the day it is arguable that all that the register needs to show are the principal charges over the company 's property since anyone dealing with the company can seek to find out the full extent to which the company 's property has been charged once put on notice that some charges have been created . |
| 3 | Barring mishaps , he can expect to see out the remainder of his two-year term as prime minister . |
| 4 | This time it comes from God 's own lips , the crime of Hophni and Phinehas is declared to be blasphemy , Eli is condemned for not restraining them , and the speech ends with a divine oath making it irrevocably clear that there is nothing these three priests can do to ward off the coming disaster . |
| 5 | It 's the kind of detail they can use to sort out the false confessions . |
| 6 | There are several simple exercises that people can use to work out the constraints for themselves . |
| 7 | The latter are sometimes necessary to clear either the after-effects of these infections or inherited traits passed on from infected forebears before other remedies can work to clear up the case . |
| 8 | We know some general facts , and we can begin to fill in the gaps in our understanding . |
| 9 | Now you can begin to work out the right order . |
| 10 | In Boston , NAD came up with a sprung counterweight which the owner can adjust to cancel out the vertical resonance of the arm . |
| 11 | A work such as Judith Weir 's A Night At The Chinese Opera ( 1987 ) plays with narrative continuity and frames of reference in ways that tie it much more closely to modern literary devices than to any musical antecedents ; Harrison Birtwhistle 's The Mask of Orpheus ( 1986 ) uses all the dramatic devices and timeshifts an opera can muster to tease out the contradictory bundle of myths around the Orpheus legend . |
| 12 | Ardrey may well have a point here , but there is no way we can afford to leave out the social and political ( or ‘ cultural ’ ) relations and processes underlying such conflicts . |
| 13 | If we 're confident that you can afford to take on the extra commitment , we 're quite happy to agree a second loan . |
| 14 | Just like Sir Anthony Hopkins can afford to turn down the £1 million reputedly offered to make a sequel to Silence of The Lambs . |
| 15 | Unlike the Reichmann brothers , he can afford to sit out the slump . |
| 16 | Although the latter 's earnings fell its dividend is handsomely covered , while a company like Rentokil is growing so healthily that it can afford to pay out the extra £1 million that its generosity has cost . |
| 17 | Being a firm believer in the ‘ start 'em young ’ policy but desperate for any player I can get to fill out the first team , I have completely overhauled the youth squad . |
| 18 | Inverted nipples can make breastfeeding more difficult at first , although with a bit of patience , your baby can learn to draw out the nipple with his sucking action . |
| 19 | It can help to speed up the work where an investigation involves the results from several different cases . |
| 20 | Then redaction criticism is of limited value , but its methods can help to bring out the special interests of the editor and so lead to a fuller appreciation of the theology expressed in his work . |