Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometime if we can spare half a day . |
| 2 | It is inexplicable how any tournament player can make such a mistake . |
| 3 | It 's amazing how a few simple changes can make such a difference ! ’ |
| 4 | That one year can make such a difference ca n't it ? |
| 5 | Er but that kind of thing can make such a difference , but people sometimes are , as you say , they 're not prepared . |
| 6 | A dissenting member can not claim material breach of the constitutive treaty by the organisation , since the organisation is not a party to the treaty , although it can make such a claim against other member States . |
| 7 | Quite how the party which has successfully brought us to economic misery and industrial impotence can make such a claim seems to suggest some very muddled thinking . |
| 8 | If a conspiracy theorist can make such a suggestion about a fellow theorist whose views are being closely followed , then there is wide scope for argumentation within the conspiracy tradition . |
| 9 | Perhaps the main question is whether the market in its present state can absorb such a wealth of material over such a short period . |
| 10 | The game is up and you must skulk back to your own area , full of socks and thick hats , and leave the mysterious , metallic things to people who can answer such a query with a number and a knowing smile . |
| 11 | It is preposterous for the Opposition to claim that they can introduce such a tax and then complain about the Government 's introducing a new tax in 1993 . |
| 12 | Who can trust such a Government when they pledge to improve the working of the economy ? |
| 13 | ‘ Financiers and impresarios you can buy two a penny , ’ the documentarist John Grierson lamented in 1931 . |
| 14 | A man — any man — can buy such a place , set himself up as headmaster , and run it as he likes . |
| 15 | You can deploy such a unit beside a core unit to prevent an enemy attacking its flanks and , to a degree , to draw fire away from the main unit . |
| 16 | Such reading is invaluable because it not only consolidates what learners already know , it helps them to develop that general feel for a language which can give such a boost to the learning process . |
| 17 | Only innovative technology can achieve such a pace of construction , which the Soviets say is the fastest in the world . |
| 18 | But if HRT can achieve such a range of benefits , why are n't women queuing up in droves ? |
| 19 | However it may be constructed , the romance formula can ensure such a consistency of product that the texts are marketed through a standing order principle through retail outlets , ranging from supermarket checkouts to station bookstalls . |
| 20 | It may be argued that such distinctions between what machines can do and what only humans can do are of merely temporary interest , since in principle there is nothing that a human can do that a machine might not be devised , some day , to do . |
| 21 | If one parent can do such a thing , can a child really accept that his mother will not disappear with equal suddenness tomorrow ? |
| 22 | Oh well I can do half a pint successfully , but I 've got ta watch . |
| 23 | Er , I can do half a pint |
| 24 | This was the only time that I can remember such a fatality occurring locally during my lifetime . |
| 25 | There is no indication in the Peace Treaty that the United States has such an obligation , or can claim such a right . |
| 26 | But exalted be the man who can use such a creation to pen a thankyou note come Boxing Day . |
| 27 | If you 've ever used one of their guides , you know that even with their excellent directions you can spend half a lifetime driving round vast industrial estates . |
| 28 | One of the four main aims of MEP states that , " … use should be made of the microcomputer to develop the individual 's capacity for independent learning and information retrieval and computerized information retrieval in school libraries can provide such a learning situation through the successful integration of curricular needs and information sources . |
| 29 | PAMELA : That poor gentleman has a great deal to mend in himself before he can begin such a practice in his family . |
| 30 | As for the moral angle , I can hardly see that even muscular Christianity can underwrite such a sport . |