Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because and Ian Carter can only manage three percent . |
| 2 | I achieved around 18 mpg in the early model but can only manage 15 mpg in the ‘ 84 . |
| 3 | But it can only carry one 1,000lb ( 455kg ) warhead , or a set of 166 bomblets which can be dropped in three batches . |
| 4 | And if you said , well I can only I can only achieve seventy-five percent of what was in my plan one week , then you say well , what was I doing wrong ? |
| 5 | We can only have sixteen people at any one time . |
| 6 | In any event even a convoy of ten trucks can only provide 1.5–2.0 kg per person — enough food for about two days . |
| 7 | Managers can not tell these people what , specifically , to find out . |
| 8 | But , as several dealers told The Art Newspaper , waiving exhibition fees is a concession which makes little difference if a gallery can not make sufficient sales to recoup costs estimated at £10,000–40,000 for taking stock and staff to Madrid . |
| 9 | Although a company can not expect all staff offered transfers to other parts of the country to accept them , it can take steps to improve employees ' attitudes towards relocation . |
| 10 | Ordinary analogue telephone lines used for voice communication have a low band width and can not transmit much data per second . |
| 11 | While we believe that a problem is all someone else 's fault , we are powerless to resolve it , since we can not change other people ; we can only change ourselves . |
| 12 | He can not let this people go . |
| 13 | In classical breeding and in nature , it 's possible to cross some species borders , but you can not cross all species borders as well . ’ |
| 14 | Well it 's a case , I 've got to get rid of that thing cos I can not just I just can not afford fifteen quid a day petrol ! |
| 15 | Some government statements have come perilously close to saying ‘ we can not afford old people ’ and those who care for old people must not be diverted from a moral stand by economic filibustering . |
| 16 | When there is a face-to-face conversation and a third person joins in , the speechreader , who can not see two people at the same time , tends to become isolated while they chat together . |
| 17 | For powders or microcrystalline samples , multiple external reflections among grains destroy polarization , so that we can not obtain useful data . |
| 18 | In other words it can just distinguish stationary 1mm black vertical lines 1mm apart on a white background at a distance of 3m . |
| 19 | You know what can be done elsewhere and how we can best utilize existing staff , it may well be as somebody has said , that I mean we 've got Rachel there , just to pick on one post , where you 're , cos it 's one I happen to know what 's she , what 's she supposed to be doing . |
| 20 | ‘ There are still two more games to go and we can still win this series . ’ |
| 21 | So you can still support those people , and still get the benefit . |
| 22 | But you can always find good people if you look for them . ’ |
| 23 | When we use the words , ‘ brothers ’ and ‘ sisters ’ we usually mean the people in our immediate families , but it can also mean other people in the world who might be in need of our help . |
| 24 | The software can also compare much data of this type to determine the amino-acid sequence . |
| 25 | This approach can also help those people who feel a sense of threat from other people 's opinions and so bulldoze them first so that others are prevented from expressing their views . |
| 26 | You can also include other species of fish in the community tank , that is non-cichlids . |
| 27 | I repeat that there is no system that can automatically preclude evil people getting into positions of power over vulnerable people . |
| 28 | ‘ We ca n't really know what actually goes on in the world , like whether there really is honey : all we really know , and therefore all we can really tell other people , is what we believe goes on in the world . ’ |
| 29 | We now know more about different therapies which can really help older people get the most out of life . |
| 30 | Little fish can now swallow bigger fish . |