Example sentences of "can [verb] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You receive a book of orders ( or pension book ) which you can cash at a post office of your choice . |
| 2 | But genes can act at a distance ; extended phenotypes can extend a long way . |
| 3 | It 's a lot of fun , and people can excel at a variety of skills . |
| 4 | Styled in hard-wearing canadium , it has a built-in meter so that you can know at a glance if you 're applying enough pressure . |
| 5 | It means that only one person can speak at a time and that members can not address each other directly . |
| 6 | Modern microprocessors and computer technology have made such rapid advances that telecommunications and internal communications systems are now in compact units without plugs , switches , or buttons : just small keyboards with touch-sensitive depressions , some with small visual display units ( VDUs ) which can show at a glance the status of all calls being handled and prompt the operator through every procedure so that training can be reduced to a minimum . |
| 7 | A form of extendible hashing that does not suffer from oscillations and is claimed to outperform most indexing methods , was reported by Lomet He named the method bounded index exponential hashing ; it is not strictly a direct technique , and suffers from the drawback that the file packing density is generally low , but offers many advantages for files which can grow at a rate that can not be accommodated in a static system . |
| 8 | Even a Gladiator can crack at a moment like that . ’ |
| 9 | By displaying the hierarchical and relative structure of the classification the user can search at a subject level over and above the strict document level . |
| 10 | Different individuals work at different speeds — you are more likely to achieve most if you can work at a speed which challenges you but which is not beyond your capacity to attain . |
| 11 | Up to the age of 40 to 50 , most of us can see at a distance and read close to without any difficulty . |
| 12 | You may also find it useful to know a binocular 's field of view — usually expressed as the width of the area you can see at a distance of 1000m or 3,280ft . |
| 13 | Subtract your expenses from your income and you can see at a glance how much income is left to spend . |
| 14 | There may be a notice board which has them all written down , so that residents and staff can see at a glance what 's on today . |
| 15 | this makes quick reference easier as I can see at a glance whether the magazine has the pattern I am looking for . |
| 16 | Det Sgt Stimpson said : ‘ She searches him every time he comes home or goes out , and she keeps his bedroom bare of the usual toys and clutter so that she can see at a glance whether he has hidden any stolen property . ’ |
| 17 | From the ‘ stop-go chart ’ the reservations staff can see at a glance that on Friday 4 May and Saturday 5 May there are no single or double rooms available . |
| 18 | By studying the enclosed repayment table you can see at a glance how much a loan will cost . |
| 19 | The reason for this is so that the recipient can see at a glance what the letter is about . |
| 20 | If the caption does become detached the finder can see at a glance what it is . |
| 21 | Such essential measures as library expenditure per student , per capita computing costs , and many other management data , are now available for the first time in published form , so that universities can see at a glance how they measure up to similar institutions . |
| 22 | In theory , each phase of schooling can see at a glance what is to be built upon it — and can see the size of that future building . |
| 23 | It is an ideal setting in which visitors can see at a glance the high standard of design and quality in keeping with Sweden 's reputation for advanced and stylish design . |
| 24 | ‘ Even I can look at a gauge and make out when it 's on the red ! ’ |
| 25 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
| 26 | We can look at a couple of points : |
| 27 | A set of 3-D viewing glasses will be bound into magazines , so that readers can look at a waiter who appears to be offering them a tray of cocktails . |
| 28 | A thatcher can look at a roof and tell you who thatched it by the pattern . ’ |
| 29 | Perhaps you can look at a book ? |
| 30 | If we 're just talking about the niceties of the way these things are laid out , previous set of procedures say things like page one-o-two , page one-o-three etc , and I think that is probably good practice if you can look at a page number and so you know exactly how many pages to expect so , we can probably do that when we re-issue these procedures as well . |