Example sentences of "can [vb infin] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Elaine Rodger , director of health care development for the NRHA , said : ‘ We are striving to ensure that as many people as possible have the opportunity to receive information about this consultation and can comment on the proposals . |
| 2 | The teacher can comment on the images , as in this example ; but with a large part of the class functioning as an audience we have an opportunity for involving them actively in the process and developing the sense that in educational drama the " audience " should be active and responsible . |
| 3 | It is likely , in general , that advertising can build on the strengths , but that it may need improvements to the physical product to eliminate the weaknesses . |
| 4 | Identify how you can build on the strengths and eliminate or improve the weaknesses . |
| 5 | If you can get the composition right at the beginning then you can concentrate on the figures . |
| 6 | If you can get the composition right at the beginning then you can concentrate on the figures . |
| 7 | The use of delegated legislation saves Parliamentary time : ( a ) Parliament can concentrate on the principles and ignore the details which can be worked out elsewhere . |
| 8 | Where the material to be used in enquiry work is audio-visual ( as for instance a filmstrip , perhaps with the accompanying booklet transcribed on to audio-cassette so that the eye can concentrate on the pictures and the slower readers have quick access to the text ) then of course suitable equipment must be available in sufficient quantity for the expected numbers of students at any one time . |
| 9 | Administrative and warehousing functions are now performed by a central unit in Paris , whilst operations in other countries have been replaced by customer service centres which can concentrate on the needs of local customers . |
| 10 | The parliamentary reserve is lifted , and the Government can act on the proposals in the Council without further reference to the House . |
| 11 | The wind shifts mentioned so far are small and fairly frequent so hopefully you can tack on the headers all the time . |
| 12 | In the winter , snow or , more usually , hail can fall on the tops of the highest mountains and yet one hour 's drive down in Funchal people are swimming and sunbathing . |
| 13 | As the authors state , such letters are also of benefit to hospital clinicians , who can focus on the problems much more quickly than by scanning notes ( often untidy or illegible ) plus related correspondence and results . |
| 14 | You can count on the fingers of one hand the times Mr Kinnock has jumped in among the public . |
| 15 | I can count on the fingers of one hand the days when the weather was pleasant during my ten months there . |
| 16 | I can count on the fingers of one hand all the journalists I have met who are committed to telling the truth about my field as well as they can discover it , No one could organise censorship so effectively in America , so the distortions in the press must reflect countless more or less independent decisions by editors and reporters which lead to the perpetuation of a misleading and intellectually fallacious understanding of a serious scientific subject . |
| 17 | I think I can count on the fingers of one hand the men I know who were desperate to experience fatherhood and regarded a woman 's desire for children as paramount when it came to choosing a partner . |
| 18 | The reason for this is that each party can count on the votes of its committed supporters ; what each wants to do is to capture the votes of those perceived as occupying the middle ground between the parties . |
| 19 | The best deal I can do on the airfares is £870 — this includes a small fee for myself for the administration . |
| 20 | " that the highest praise they can bestow on the Masters is merited by them . |
| 21 | There 's a grand bit ham I can see on the tables down there . |
| 22 | ( i ) It can depend on the values of the program 's variables . |
| 23 | The two quantities are related , in the absence of excluded volume effects , for simple chains by but as the actual dimensions obtained can depend on the conditions of the measurement , other factors must also be considered . |
| 24 | These similarities mean that in analysing the behaviour of bureaucracies we can draw on the parallels with the theory of the firm notably on the separation of ownership and control , and on the economics of internal organization . |
| 25 | And s so I can draw on the areas |
| 26 | Teachers who use these books can draw on the banks of ideas they provide to extend and diversify their current practice . |
| 27 | It is important to present a united front ; only you can decide on the values ( and the rules , routines and standards that underlie them ) which are important in your family , and therefore worth insisting on . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , the less energetic can sunbathe on the shores of the pretty Lansersee . |
| 29 | And anyone who has ever seen the devastating effects of alcohol addiction on the alcoholic , his or her friends and family will understand only too well the dramatic and destructive influence it can have on the lives of all concerned . |
| 30 | It is hard to imagine the effect water can have on the lives of normal everyday people , there were about six or seven houses that I knew of that almost completely wrecked . |