Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [subord] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You may have a perfectionist on your hands ‘ The problem can arise when a child who is quite bright is aware that she can not express herself equally well on paper , ’ explains educational psychologist Dr Judith Haynes of Child Consultants .
2 Serious difficulties can arise when a contract is varied without proper consideration of the effect of the variation on the expert clause .
3 Many patients have the highest praise for the effectiveness of communication with hospital staff but there is also , undoubtedly , a lot of criticism , and it is useful to outline some of the problems which can arise when a patient is admitted to hospital .
4 Whereas this involvement by grandmothers is welcomed by their daughters , conflict can arise when a mother tends to " take over " the care of her grandchild , telling her daughter what to do , how to do it , what to buy and so on .
5 sometimes that works , though problems can arise when the band gets down to London .
6 A further Schedule E income tax charge can arise when the shares are disposed of " by surrender or otherwise " so that the manager concerned no longer has any beneficial interest in them .
7 Here , a charge under Schedule E can arise where a manager has acquired shares in respect of which a " chargeable event " occurs while he is the beneficial owner of them and the manager is a director or employee of Newco or Target or an associated company of either of them at some time during the period of seven years ending with the date on which the chargeable event occurs .
8 Such a signal can arise as a result of a nonsinusoidal input signal being applied or through the response of a nonlinear component to a sinusoidal signal .
9 Such problems can arise if no jobs equivalent to those held overseas are available for expatriates returning to Britain .
10 Other delays can arise if a country is experiencing a foreign currency shortage ( insufficient export revenues ) and some form of currency rationing exists which prevents importers from settling their debts on the due dates .
11 Beauty features highlight another problem which can arise if the parent company is based abroad .
12 Friction between various groups of workers can arise if the expatriates earn more or less than local staff or if expatriates in one country receive more favourable salaries or tax treatment than those in other countries .
13 Problems can arise if the substrate is too deep and not regularly vacuumed when using external filtration , which could affect the health of your fishes .
14 A legal quandary can arise if the contraceptive is requested by a girl under 16 years of age .
15 At common law , it can arise if the right has been exercised from ’ time immemorial ’ .
16 Clinical waste disposal is one of the areas where many difficulties can arise if the hospital site is ( as many older psychiatric facilities are ) geographically remote and scattered over a wide area .
17 If you 're all right , Nurse Avery , you can stay while the doctor looks at Mrs Toye .
18 ‘ Without knowing what it is I ca n't say — and it 's not something I can rush because the girl wo n't talk if she 's frightened , or she 'll talk but not tell us the truth .
19 They have been fighting a real war , a race war , a class war , a war over resources and territory , a war in which real children die every day , a war nobody can win because no territory is conquered and the body counts do not mean victory .
20 Fortunately , salmonellas die rapidly in storage , although they can survive if the temperature stays below 10°C , and if the slurry contains more than 5 per cent solids .
21 Our problem is that we do not understand how officials can know whether a claim is frivolous until they have looked at it .
22 Cecil 's first winner for Lord Howard de Walden was Beninta in 1971 and there must be now genuine hopes that Pursuit of Love can succeed where the owner 's Kris failed narrowly behind Tap On Wood in 1979 Guineas .
23 No one else can inherit when the Rules apply .
24 Because you , you can feel when the vomit 's coming to go to the toilet .
25 You can feel if the sail is sheeted correctly by the pressure in the arms ( assuming that they are spaced equally about the CE ) .
26 That 's a simple task you can do while the girls are at the dentist .
27 ‘ But carrying on the business of the realm is the least I can do while the King is so wretchedly confined , ’ Matilda concluded .
28 But if you persist in going for the burn , you can do as the Californians , and add to your kitbag a packet of small pieces of adhesive-backed plastic called Frownies .
29 Er , what we can do If the figures are worth eleven and a half days erm seventeen , seventeen days .
30 Similarly , they can persuade other holders of bills to exchange them for time deposits in banks , by offering a higher rate of interest on time deposits ; something they can do if the demand for advances is high and hence higher interest rates can be charged on advances .
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