Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A problem can arise with the latter type of pod , where the terminals of the batteries used are not very high , and the wrap around casing of the batteries causes the base contact area to be recessed . |
| 32 | It is necessary to keep distinct two issues which can arise under the general rubric of review over findings of fact . |
| 33 | Conflicts between central and local governments are the only serious ones which can arise within the liberal democratic state , and are invariably resolved in favour of the centre , where the executive committee of the national bourgeoisie is located . |
| 34 | Margaret of Carlisle , 47 , was widowed two years ago and knew at first hand the financial problems that can arise from the sudden death of a loved one and the trauma of finding that her partner was inadequately insured . |
| 35 | I walk upstream ; upstream because I can wade to the other bank if I need to and any disturbance will not carry far against the current . |
| 36 | But do n't let anyone get away with telling you that IBM 's problems are all the fault of the world economy : if Hewlett-Packard Co can grow at 20% in the current climate , if ICL Plc can remain in the black , if that former corporate basket case Unisys Corp , which compared with IBM started out under its present management with no advantages at all , can return to profit , IBM 's woes have to be acknowledged to be primarily the fault of the company itself , and only exacerbated by the economy . |
| 37 | The light-bearing principle which they represent ( in Florence Nightingale 's case , she was known as ‘ The Lady with the Lamp ’ ) can remain in the public imagination long after the personality has been forgotten . |
| 38 | This is because creatures are subject to a range of ambient temperatures within which they can exist at the lowest , and hence most cost-effective , level of metabolic activity , known as their thermoneutral zone . |
| 39 | Most patients with effortful , poorly articulated speech will have ungrammatical speech output with good speech comprehension , but not all — any two of these symptoms can exist without the third , so one can not offer a single theory accounting for all three symptoms at once . |
| 40 | This collection of 10 essays is focussed. according to the editors on , ‘ such dialogue as can exist between the current work of feminists on post-structuralist and post-modernist themes , and the political project of what for shorthand we call ‘ 1970s western feminism ’ . |
| 41 | Similarly , ‘ thank you ’ requires a response from them which can range from the cheerful to the stony silence . |
| 42 | One of the main achievements of this thesis is to show that , even with very good input , the search space of possible word strings can range from the large to the impossibly large . |
| 43 | Those of a pike have become elegant filmy sculls , rotating slowly back and forth from a joint within the body , so that the fish can compensate for the tiniest variation of current and hang above a rock as though it were suspended from an invisible wire . |
| 44 | Each golfer can stay at the former home of the Domecq family , one of Spain 's famous sherry dynasties , for seven nights in January for £319 , inclusive of flights and breakfast . |
| 45 | With no inherent mechanism to correct this disequilibrium outcome , the economy can stay on the lower curve of the J with considerable unemployment ; i.e. with the real wage W1/PO the economy might stick at on in part ( d ) with unemployed in part ( a ) . |
| 46 | The existing members were told you can either join the new scheme with its improved benefits , reduced contributions , with certain rules that were operating in favour of the employer that were against them , but it was a balancing act , or if you do n't want that you can stay with the old scheme and continue with exactly the same terms . |
| 47 | ‘ You can stay in the lower divisions in England and be out working every night , only to lose what you have when a new face comes in . |
| 48 | You can stay in the main hotel or opt for one of the bungalows which are spaced throughout the gardens , giving you privacy and delightful surroundings . |
| 49 | Anyone with a home cassette player can testify to the questionable long-term durability of tape recordings . |
| 50 | Congress , any delegate who lives in a university town or who has a son or daughter at college can testify to the special promotions that all banks offer to students . |
| 51 | However , it is Wales that I can paint with the greatest freedom . |
| 52 | If this is so , then the random sequence can evolve into the optimal one in as few as 100 steps , each step being driven by natural selection . |
| 53 | The combination of such marked terms with a widespread use of word play is what we can regard as the typical exploitation of language in the French fabliaux . |
| 54 | Foster , who won the international competition in 1984 , calls his a ‘ calm and classical building ’ which suggests ‘ ways in which the new can relate to the old , can pay respect but can also speak of its own age with integrity and without pastiche ’ . |
| 55 | ‘ They can relate to the light show , ’ says Clint . |
| 56 | Here you can browse through the book-lined shelves , catch up with the day 's papers , or simply relax with an after-dinner liqueur by the roaring log fire . |
| 57 | You can picnic on the spacious lawns whilst the children play happily on the adventure play area , or you may wish to eat in the large cafeteria . |
| 58 | And they can gloss over the social forces that contribute to the appeal of reductionist and deterministic ideas . |
| 59 | Even if you know that the answer can wait until the next day it is far better to deal with it at once . |
| 60 | ‘ Well , I suppose you can wait in the IC reception area , ’ she said doubtfully . |