Example sentences of "can [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This natural gas , formed from uranium and radium , seeps out of the ground — in Cornwall it actually comes through the granite — and can build up to cancer-inducing levels if measures are not taken to deal with it properly . |
| 2 | They can cash in on good ideas from staff and benefit from many small improvements and occasional large leaps forward . |
| 3 | The wilfulness of human nature can be deceitful , and we can hang on to old ways like cherished thoughts or possessions . |
| 4 | Schools and housing associations can opt out of local authority control . |
| 5 | During this spare time you can catch up on lost sleep ( as long as your naps do not prevent a full night 's sleep ) , relax after the stresses of the journey , adjust drinking and eating habits , and generally adapt to your new surroundings . |
| 6 | Now , the force that is truly Ahriman — the Darkfall — can break through with increasing frequency until everything — everything — ceases to exist as we know it . ’ |
| 7 | Ideally it should be laid in a fine carpet and not in higgledy-piggledy lumps that bream can break down to easy mouthfuls . |
| 8 | the mental processes involved in object recognition ; 2 how object recognition and naming develops in children ; and 3. how it can break down in certain cases of brain damage . |
| 9 | This system is laborious , and if the fencing equipment is not carefully maintained , stock can break out with disastrous results . |
| 10 | Unless your cholesterol level is off the scale ( by which I mean approaching double figures when measured in millimoles per litre ) , the degree of change in absolute coronary risk that you can bring about by dietary measures is spitting in the wind . |
| 11 | ‘ The levelling out of investment is worrying because it needs to grow so that UK industry can keep up with international competitors , ’ Mr Sentance said . |
| 12 | Little problems , to do with timetabling or prescribed reading or marking , can boil up into major issues . |
| 13 | Once you have thoroughly reorganized your existing storage you can look around for new surfaces to conquer . |
| 14 | They arrive on stage in strict order of precedence , the noblest usually arriving last so that the lesser characters can look on in suitable admiration , whilst the servants ( the corps de ballet ) keep their distance . |
| 15 | apart from the current guys , we can look back on other great Leeds teams : |
| 16 | There have been many memorable moments : watching a gyr falcon trying to out-manoeuvre puffins in flight off the headland of Tjörnes ; finding purple sandpipers , dunlin , redshank and Arctic terns all breeding together near Núpscatla ; the spectacular east coast road which in places cuts across forty-five degree mountain slopes where you can look down on vast flocks of moulting eider drakes on the sea below . |
| 17 | Here she can look out over old haunts from her tenth storey office . |
| 18 | Now you do n't have to rely on this , because you can ring through to head office in the evening , or you can ring through your branch while that 's open , and get a computer quote over the phone , but actually find it quite useful if somebody asks me to be able to give them an idea of how much it 's going to cost them . |
| 19 | They also have a ‘ stand by ’ appointment scheme , where you can ring in at certain times at half an hour 's notice , where prices range from £4 to £7 . |
| 20 | The latter are easier to lay , but you need a thicker layer , of about 150mm , to get the same insulation performance as a 100mm thick layer of blanket , and they can blow about in draughty lofts . |
| 21 | Here Is a watercolourist who in " Walton , early morning " can approach the exquisite gentleness of Chinese work and then , in " Pennine landscape " can set down with masterful boldness the rugged majesty of moor and sky . |
| 22 | If the result is as intended there has been no learning but equally none was needed because I understood the situation , I achieved my objective and I can move on to other problems . |
| 23 | But with further tuition in the UK they can move on to full doctor status and for many students the chance to experience life in another country more than makes up for the extra years of study . |
| 24 | Moving people has also been tried , for instance by giving housing subsidies to poor people so that they can move out of inner-city slums and rent new homes in the suburbs . |
| 25 | The modelling of the subjects is very natural , and the lighting-spread is such that performers can move about in reasonable freedom without running into areas which are over or underlit . |
| 26 | They may , for instance , be unaware that they are being spoken to unless referred to by name , and they can miss out on humorous incidents which make the rest of the class laugh . |
| 27 | One thing you can bet on for sure . ’ |
| 28 | But in summer the male ruff is an amazing-looking bird with a variously coloured ‘ ruff ’ of long feathers round its neck which it can fan out in nuptial display . |
| 29 | You can struggle by with unsuitable buildings , borrow machinery or hire contractors until your needs become clear . |
| 30 | It also tends to attract a lot of magic since this is about the only thing your opponent can rely on to slow it down . |