Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fussell is a past master of gallows humour ; but every now and then one can laugh without any sense of guilt , usually when senior officers are being mocked . |
| 2 | The following is the UK mirror site of ftp.luth.se — probably THE FTP site in the world … anyway , you can log into this UK one anonymously … which basically means there s no account/password needed as such . |
| 3 | if I can comment on that Chairman , the erm , the Authority asked for thirty for next month , along with all the other authorities I think in the country , asked for an improvement in the , in the policing the country , and I think people that live in , in Shropshire , and the people that live in other er , parts of the country as well , would have welcomed the increase in the police force this year , but the government decided not to do that . |
| 4 | Activity-dependent synaptic potentiation occurs within milliseconds and can persist for many hours in the anaesthetised animal or in the in vitro hippocampal slice preparation , and for days when induced in the freely moving animal . |
| 5 | It can persist for many years . |
| 6 | We found that chronic constipation in young children can persist for many years . |
| 7 | In religious organizations reconciliation can persist for long periods of time . |
| 8 | He has limitations of memory ( is there a single pilot who can recall all the instructions in his operations manual ? ) , limitations of response times , limitations to the amount of information he can assimilate at one time and process mentally ; and everyone responds differently and at different rates . |
| 9 | Perhaps the most obvious use you can make of non-ELT materials on video is to introduce topics which are relevant to your students . |
| 10 | On second thoughts , take Shaw and see what he can make of that computer thing . ’ |
| 11 | Eventually they may grow to like each other , especially if there is some other link they can make with each other such as matching colour . |
| 12 | Generally , links with other services are poor and the contribution that doctors and nurses can make to specific treatment is entirely lost . |
| 13 | In this chapter , the discussion focuses on the contribution social policy can make to economic growth . |
| 14 | we know we can make to that standard . |
| 15 | With these points in mind the next section will return to the contribution that liability rules can make to increased management efficiency . |
| 16 | Its role as a regulator and director of development has recently been enhanced , partly in reflection of the contribution it can make to encouraging sustainability . |
| 17 | Previous reports from the study group dealt with the contribution training can make to good safety performance , and the prediction f human error through the technique of ‘ human reliability assessment ’ . |
| 18 | There are , however , contributions that accountants can make to differentiated product strategies . |
| 19 | Perhaps the greatest contribution that fictional novels can make to human rights and changing attitudes is in giving us a timely reminder that all the statistics we 're constantly bombarded with actually constitute human lives , just as valuable as our own . |
| 20 | He points out that we need to distinguish between the contribution that research can make to policy and that which it can make to social work practice . |
| 21 | the contribution that the programme can make to realistic career expectations . |
| 22 | The CC programme has highlighted the vital contribution the private sector can make to urban regeneration . ’ |
| 23 | However , our discussion will concentrate on the contribution each can make to public sector accounting . |
| 24 | I think the only response you can make to any child who 's facing a challenge is that you care , that you will be patient , that you will go on and on and on . |
| 25 | Compared with shifting coalitions of Independent councillors , party groupings can make for coherent policy planning and administration . |
| 26 | But it is arguable that the soundness of statements about wider matters such as authorial style relies ultimately on the statements we can make about particular texts . |
| 27 | To , to make people feel sorry for them and they have no shame at all in breaking limbs and distorting their features and all so that kind to make themselves look as pitiful as they possible can because they 're going to live a life of a beggar and they tell us it 's very profitable being a beggar in some lands , people can make in this country they reckon up to in places like London a hundred pounds a day being a beggar that 's more than you earn a day is n't it ? |
| 28 | It has helped to reinforce the important contribution the Institute and its members can make in this area . |
| 29 | What a difference a few precious centimetres can make in this game of high stakes . |
| 30 | There are not many guarantees I can make in this game , but one thing I can assure you of is that you now have 1,000 shares in. |