Example sentences of "can [vb infin] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Others more qualified than I am in these matters can comment on the economic sense or otherwise of the proposed pit closures . |
2 | You can also colour-code or underline parts of the word which might cause difficulty , and can comment on the tricky bit when you record . |
3 | If we have 2 or 3 good results now I can see this as being a watershed for Leeds , and we can build on the renewed confidence and self belief to challenge again . |
4 | 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 ) . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | A change for the better , for now the Japanese can concentrate on the new industries of Computers and Lasers where , because there is not yet the world competition as in radios and televisions , they can recover better margins making their industries more wealth-creating . |
7 | Several methods of implementing pen.loop control , including a microprocessor.based scheme , are introduced in that chapter , so in this Section we can concentrate on the relative merits of software and hardware.intensive systems for the detailed control of stepping rate . |
8 | The Modular Course uses a two-tier examinations committee structure , the overall strategy being to provide both tiers with relevant information and recommendations in such a way that examiners can concentrate on the important issues relating to student progress . |
9 | ‘ If there 's bandits along any of these sections , ’ he said , ‘ we 'll skip 'em and you can tack on the extra mileage by walking round Kano a few times . ’ |
10 | Travel plans have been curtailed so people can focus on the imminent launch later this month and people who have visited Redmond over the last 11 years say they 've never seen the intensity level so high . |
11 | Travel plans have been curtailed so people can focus on the imminent launch later this month and people who have visited Redmond over the last 11 years say they 've never seen the intensity level so high . |
12 | ‘ We judge our support on the basis of the MPs we talk to , lists that are drawn up , early day motions that are signed , ’ says Robertson , who believes he can count on the public support of maybe seventy Conservative MPs if it comes to a confrontation with John Major . |
13 | We look forward very much to his succession to the Chair , and we wish him very well and I know that he can count on the full support of all the honorary officers , and all of you as members of the Council as he takes on these new responsibilities . |
14 | I mean the main thing is people can borrow on the true price of the house and then they can have an 80 or 90 per cent mortgage and when they come to pay the mortgage they have the £500 subsidy for twelve months or take them into the next twelve months . |
15 | Her friends ' comments are on the level of rhetoric ; no-one can speak on the personal level of hurt . |
16 | Gould , aware Quinn is a player who can capitalise on the exciting skills of Peter Ndlovu , agreed a £250,000 fee with Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan on Friday . |
17 | ‘ He 's proved that he is capable of scoring goals and although he can improve on the defensive side of his game his passing skills are a tremendous asset . ’ |
18 | Richardson 's Garvey colleague Dan Clarke will win his 50th cap in the game , and will be hoping that the Irish can improve on the 4-1 defeat at the hands of England when they last met in the Centenary Trophy staged in Dublin in June . |
19 | ‘ Customers can exchange on the same day , free of charge , ’ says chief dealer John Jackson . |
20 | This way the buyer need not fear a situation in which the supplier will run out of essential stock , and the supplier can plan on the long term to optimise his conditions of supply . |
21 | The town you can see on the other side of the bay is Grange over Sands . |
22 | It will be some time before Stewart can begin on the interior decor , but the furnishings are likely to be medieval in flavour , if contemporary in colour , with heavy tapestries draped from the walls and fittings boxed into the panelling . |
23 | Now we can begin on the first phrase — the most important of the whole theme , for the success of everything else depends upon it . |
24 | Mrs Jacqui Jones , the partnership secretary , says that besides moving ahead in terms of technology , the firm also enjoys a reputation for quality of service and can draw on the wide experience of its partners who , like the firm 's founder , still deal in property conveyancing , wills , probate , trusts and investment as well as commercial and litigation work and much more . |
25 | I 've I 've have been given notice that there is one proposed amendment which I intend to call now because then we can vote on the whole thing |
26 | I can sleep on the outside and he can sleep a against the wall . |
27 | Some people reckon they can sleep on the proverbial clothes line , but most of us need a bed and a comfortable one at that . |
28 | Suppose no two of the processes unc can communicate on the same global channel ( even internally ) , that the list unc contains each free variable that can be input or assigned to by one Pi and used ( in any way ) in another , and that no unc has a free occurrence of any of the channels . |
29 | Ben-Porat clearly shows how literary tradition can prevail on the objective conceptualisation of reality and how it influences the reader 's weltanschauung . |
30 | These things can happen on the smallest scale — within one family , when a husband treats his wife as a breeding machine — or on a national or international scale , when entire ‘ populations ’ come under pressure from the planners , and individual human rights become as invisible as the individual people the word ‘ population ’ conveniently obscures . |