Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] at the " in BNC.

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1 However , because ‘ newly-born ’ micelles can only arise at the expense of the preexisting ones ( there is a finite amount of water in the system that must be shared between all the micelles ) , the average radius of the micelles decreases .
2 Thus the cost of a path can not increase , it can only stay at the same level or decrease , and the algorithm is admissible .
3 An audience can only sit at the front of the stage and the hall stretches back for miles .
4 Therefore , high concentrations of soluble calcium can only exist at the relatively low pH of the proximal small intestine , or when no phosphate is present , as can be derived from the observed negative correlation between the logarithm of the solubility product of calcium phosphate and the pH of faecal water .
5 This picture can only hint at the intricacy of the colourful markings .
6 Such ‘ town plans ’ are eminently satisfying but also dangerously deceptive , because in the absence of excavation , they can only hint at the potential complexity involved .
7 So down at squadron level we had this very much in our minds when in time the orders came down through Group , through station , right to the people who had to do the carting and the bombing , I feel I should explain right at the outset that I can only view at the later stages of the war the state of morale as I saw it in the entire Pathfinder Force .
8 Therefore , without looking to the policy of this agreement , I think it is void for want of consideration , and that the plaintiff can only recover at the rate of £5 a month .
9 Unlike so many hotel kitchens , which are completely enclosed , La Rive 's has the unusual feature of being surrounded by windows , with a door on to a magnificent herb garden , where guests can only go at the invitation of the chef .
10 A person who fails to comply with this rule can only appear at the hearing with leave of the court ( r 6.23(4) ) .
11 She confesses her team can only guess at the causes of the bird 's decline .
12 ‘ I can only guess at the reason , ’ Becker said .
13 The police can only guess at the scale of the problem , for stealing from gardens is not treated separately in station crime-books .
14 One can only guess at the reasons for such underreporting ; but it seems possible that exporters understate values in the hope of retaining part of the foreign exchange that they would otherwise be obliged to surrender to the authorities , while importers may wish to minimize their import duties ( and also avoid enquiries into the source of the foreign exchange used for imports ) .
15 The fact that we can only guess at the figures is one of the first clues to their situation .
16 ’ We can only guess at the pain and stress those animals suffered .
17 For one thing , we can only guess at the proportion of actual offences known to the police .
18 Cold comfort for a family that can only shiver at the gas bill
19 One can only ponder at the ethics of an industry which for thirty years slaughtered dolphins in their millions for the sake of saving 2 cents per can , and then requires an ‘ epic ’ debate to change its source of supply .
20 But this can only work at the individual level : it can not work for the economy as a whole since the quantity of nominal money is fixed , and so one person obtains more money by selling bonds only with the result that someone else — the person who buys the bonds — finds himself with less .
21 In total one can only marvel at the numerous stations opened in the 1980s and it is pleasing to note that many more are in the pipeline .
22 One can only marvel at the wisdom of the U.S. government in enabling the Freer to make itself over .
23 I can only wonder at the fish that would have been caught when the river had fully fined down .
24 ‘ I have nothing any more I can only look at the pictures ’
25 I can only look at the pictures .
26 I also set up a room for the program under review , so I can just click at the side of the screen and move to it .
27 You can just see at the end you know at the end , it fills like a , a little little splodge of wee .
28 You can just look at the periodic erm
29 Right okay , so if I can just look at the details for each of them .
30 ‘ We can still look at the arteries on the ventral surface of the brain , ’ he continued .
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