Example sentences of "can [vb infin] in [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | It has helped to reinforce the important contribution the Institute and its members can make in this area . |
| 3 | What a difference a few precious centimetres can make in this game of high stakes . |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | For example Each of these is sub-divided , an example being The use of these area-table numbers can be illustrated in the following two examples 624.15109411 Foundation soils and engineering geology in Northern Scotland ( note the use of 09 before the area notation ) 508.6 Scientific surveys in Africa ( since no confusion can arise in this case , 09 is not necessary ) . |
| 6 | In splurge-weed , the new mutation can arise in any cell , in any branch of the plant . |
| 7 | It can remain in this state of suspended animation for at least two years . |
| 8 | Markets allow individuals greater freedom of choice as producers and consumers than they can experience in any system of central planning . |
| 9 | No one considering the outcome could continue under the illusion that the co-operative form of organisation , as it is recognised in the west , can exist in any country the political constitution of which is modelled on the Soviet Russian derivative from Marxism . |
| 10 | Is it not a tidy state of affairs when the best that the 370-odd Tory Members can deliver in this place every Tuesday and Thursday and at other Question Times is a tirade of abuse about what Labour would do ? |
| 11 | We can include in this category empathy or intuition , and also telepathy . |
| 12 | By the same token it is usually middle-class men who ultimately are in the position to make substantial gifts , although when women can behave in this way , they do . |
| 13 | Because some of the systems that exhibit chaotic behaviour are so simple , it seems strange that the realization that they can behave in this way is only recent . |
| 14 | ( Human populations can behave in this way . ) |
| 15 | If a statement is unfalsifiable , then the world can have any properties whatsoever , can behave in any way whatsoever , without conflicting with the statement . |
| 16 | Bad weather can come suddenly , and snow can fall in any month on the high tops , so get properly equipped ! |
| 17 | There are two types of material you can buy in any DIY store — insulating mats , which come in rolls , and loose granular material , which comes in sacks . |
| 18 | It would be foolish to imagine that GIS can assist in all hazard studies , emergencies and disasters . |
| 19 | The nightmare of conductive education is unachievable because nowhere in human history have the different been turned into the normal and neither medical science nor other rehabilitative techniques or educational Interventions can assist in this process . |
| 20 | The HRD practitioner can assist in this task through the use of such means as surveys and interviews . |
| 21 | Otherwise , we can pivot in this column . |
| 22 | It teaches you a lot of hard lessons but erm if you recognize those and build on them erm then you can succeed in this market place . |
| 23 | ‘ Now we can speak in more comfort . |
| 24 | But when he gets round to it , I think he 'll control them a bit more closely , now you can invest in that sort of fund quite safely , and although it wo n't give you any capital growth , because if they 're giving you ten percent income , obviously the capital growth 's going to be limited , but er if it 's the income that you 're after , not a bad thing to do , so I mean at the moment I may actually combine one income-type er P E P with one growth and income , where the , where the , perhaps the yield is about five percent . |
| 25 | I would therefore be very grateful if you could confirm as soon as possible that you can contribute in this way . |
| 26 | see what it can do in that corner . |
| 27 | We know what he can do in that department . |
| 28 | ‘ There 's not much you can do in this storm . ’ |
| 29 | I 'd like to make the observations because I 'm of the opinion that most members came into this chamber this afternoon with their minds completely and utterly made up and there is very little that we can do in this chamber this afternoon to change people 's minds . |
| 30 | But what they can do in this case is the manufacturer 's at C , but the manufacturer can not deliver to the shop until maybe two weeks time they can phone us , the carrier , we will then arrange for someone to go to manufacturer at C , pick it up , bring it to us and then we 'll take to the shop . |