Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tough action by police and customs in Britain and on the continent has smashed some of the biggest illicit labs , which can earn up to £250,000 a day . |
| 2 | Top goalkeepers can earn up to £50,000-a-year from manufacturers for wearing their gear , including built-in bonuses for Cup runs and television appearances . |
| 3 | Lone parents can earn up to £15 a week before their income support is reduced . |
| 4 | No amount of brilliance can make up for knowledge of the idiom of the field . |
| 5 | You can make up round tables from cheap wood and cover them with long cloths and changeable overcloths . |
| 6 | Potato , you can make out of potatoes |
| 7 | When someone or something stops them from getting their own way , their frustration can build up to explosion point . |
| 8 | The need for a husband and wife to have some part of the evening alone should be discussed openly and accepted as being important , for this is another ‘ danger ’ period when tensions can build up between in-laws . |
| 9 | The radioactive gas occurs naturally in parts of Britain , and concentrations can build up in houses . |
| 10 | The circuit corresponding to locus N exhibits real positive feedback at a frequency corresponding to the point R where and so oscillation can build up in amplitude in this circuit until some nonlinearity reduces the magnitude of below unity . |
| 11 | Some table easels can double up as carriers for wet canvases . |
| 12 | Some table easels can double up as carriers for wet canvases . |
| 13 | ‘ He can double up with Bertie when he gets back . |
| 14 | ‘ The radio set can remain on for hours at a time ; you can enjoy it as background to reading , writing , homework , housework … . |
| 15 | Secondary education is compulsory up to the age of 16 , and pupils can stay on at school for up to three years longer . |
| 16 | ‘ That you can stay on at Sleet as long as you like , but with the new owner , should he wish to take residence there . |
| 17 | erm supporting it , I mean they are just putting their name down so that they can stay out of trouble . |
| 18 | Alternatively they can stay out at night in an enclosed field . |
| 19 | Birmingham can cash in on success |
| 20 | The sooner that idea is introduced universally , the sooner individuals will have the right to a credit which they can cash in for training and further education , and we should be talking of both — of further education colleges and training schemes . |
| 21 | If you can relate back to branches , everybody was just running around , everybody 's had a specific task to do , you were just running round like a , |
| 22 | ‘ He may yet — if he can win back into favour . ’ |
| 23 | The therapist can not win out against death , but he or she can win out for life , for a sense of the real , for the kind of growth that truly matters ; dealing as it does with the evaluation of ways to love and hate , with the meanings of human conduct , an appreciation of human nature , and the succession of the generations . |
| 24 | The short wheelbase model can tow up to 2,300kg , and the longer version can pull as much as 2,580kg . |
| 25 | There is a new VIDC 20 video controller , which can display up to 16m colours , and a new ARM 700 series of the CPU is now under development . |
| 26 | The least interesting material tends to be spun out for far too long , and the composer can fall back on clichés ( like reiterated clusters ) just at the point when a new , arresting thought is most urgently needed . |
| 27 | If we establish a hierarchy of psychological normality , those characters who predominantly speak verse can fall down into prose when they lose their reason : Ophelia , Othello , Lear , Lady Macbeth . |
| 28 | Employees can opt out of SERPS ( with a generous financial rebate ) into a modest ‘ appropriate personal pension ’ ( APP ) arranged commercially on an individual basis by a licensed financial provider . |
| 29 | He is rarely out at night and is largely free to organize his activities so that in bad weather , for example , he can catch up on paperwork in the dry and warmth of the office . |
| 30 | And you can freshen up after dinner with the amenities of a comfort pack . |