Example sentences of "can [verb] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The form tutor can well can build in a lot of good practises that have been built in |
| 2 | To safeguard against this sort of distortion , yet without basically interfering with our random system , we can build in a sort of screening device which is called stratification . |
| 3 | But since field staff can sample in a day only a minuscule proportion of the discharges and watercourses in their districts , the coincidence of sampling when a serious ‘ one-off ’ pollution is occurring is very unlikely . |
| 4 | I tried to explain to her that few elderly people can remain in a state of reforming fervour all their lives ! |
| 5 | Yeah , we can throw in a couple of units each of those . |
| 6 | This other garage can throw in a courtesy car as well ! |
| 7 | Cultures can evolve in a manner analogous to genetical evolution . |
| 8 | It means you can pack in a lot more things in your day , you can work , you can look after your children , you can take them out , you can do a lot of things that you could n't do otherwise . |
| 9 | So that 's okay , the point is that they can substitute in a sentence intransitive verb or transitive verb object grammatic |
| 10 | Thus the policy ineffectiveness proposition can survive in a model in which prices exhibit some degree of stickiness , provided that the policy instruments exhibit the same degree of stickiness . |
| 11 | Most areas have a number of these — the freesheets that will come through your letterbox as well as the ones that you can buy in a newsagent . |
| 12 | Commercial music is anything you can buy in a record shop . |
| 13 | Or they can converse in a sense that they can get a chord progression or a melody together that actually works , and says something , irregardless of the words . |
| 14 | References to experts are likely to be seen as occasions of what is known as " qualified privilege " , where a plaintiff can succeed in a defamation action only if he can prove malice on the part of the defendant . |
| 15 | There 's a choice of 29 animated displays that range from crazy fish to fractal star bursts , and you can type in a message to let your colleagues know when you 'll be back at your desk . |
| 16 | you can speak in a second . |
| 17 | you can speak in a second . |
| 18 | We choose to be attractive , or dowdy , to enhance what nature has given us or to play it down ; we can dress in a way that we feel accords with our essential character or choose to create a fantasy image which bears little resemblance to the personality . |
| 19 | ‘ I can do in a day what she does in a week , ’ she said , shaking her duster out of the window on to the roses below . |
| 20 | See what you can do in a couple of days . ’ |
| 21 | Hospitals and community units have to say exactly what they can do in a year , and districts and GPs can specify the quality criteria and kinds of service they want . |
| 22 | The need to secure obedience to the laws passed by Parliament is said to limit what Parliament can do in a situation in which there are those who are prepared to openly defy the law on the streets , with strikes , and with the gun . |
| 23 | We need to know what a teacher can do in a crisis that could be called teaching . |
| 24 | Corrosion in central heating systems is a major problem and can result in a build-up of sludge , the main symptom of which is cold areas at the bottom of the radiators . |
| 25 | The natural repugnance which most people feel when homosexuality and lesbianism is mentioned can result in a harshness of attitude and thinking , which is , at least , unhelpful and certainly as unChristian as the perverse practices which are condemned . |
| 26 | The drawback is that the procedure is time consuming and can result in a backlog of incomplete or unimplemented statements , with the possible consequence that there is undue delay before the pupil is appropriately placed or supported . |
| 27 | This can result in a decision being overturned . |
| 28 | Astigmatism that is not discovered can result in a child confusing letters or copying incorrectly . |
| 29 | This is a particular problem when sailing is extended into the winter period and can result in a reduction of overwintering species . |
| 30 | so , although the advance of £ 100,000 may appear a vast sum of money , it can result in a lack of spending power in the rockets of individual band members . |