Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [adj] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Violence can make such an impression on children . |
| 2 | No procedural devices can accommodate such an imbalance of skills within what is a procedure requiring party presentation of the issues and the testing of evidence by process of cross-examination . |
| 3 | Now it is for us to determine whether a corporation can bring such an action , and I must say that , to my mind , to allow such a thing would be wholly unprecedented and contrary to principle . |
| 4 | That the court can take such an initiative is well settled and indeed it has been done on several occasions in the past . |
| 5 | It increases the pressure on volunteers and on the phone lines dramatically , because whereas any other sort of information call may take a minute or two , an AIDS call can take half an hour or more because the information may lead into a discussion of the caller 's lifestyle , moral attitudes and emotional needs . |
| 6 | If we can have such an assurance we shall be able , for once , to say that the Bill has bipartisan support . |
| 7 | They did n't bleeding look it , the Well you can have half an hour in the morning and half an hour at night , that 's an hour . |
| 8 | Since ‘ no conceivable policy … can match such an enemy ’ , millions of lives may have to be spent to deny Saddam ‘ his wish to unleash war ’ . |