Example sentences of "can [vb infin] on the [noun] " 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 | The teacher can comment on the image , trying to deepen commitment to the work and draw out the significance of what has been made . |
| 4 | Most of this chapter is devoted to a description of five sets of case studies of the new technology , showing the wide variety of different impacts it can make on the nature of work . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Identify how you can build on the strengths and eliminate or improve the weaknesses . |
| 7 | Thus , to the extent of the amount of income available in the year and the following years an income tax charge can arise on the settlor . |
| 8 | If jealousy for the wife 's attentions can arise on the husband 's part , envy of the husband 's relative freedom can exist in the wife and mother . |
| 9 | This one I can answer on the spot ! |
| 10 | ‘ Whichever way she goes we can go more quickly because we can stay on the ride and she dare not . |
| 11 | The camera work can be kept as simple as it is for recording one person giving a talk — it can stay on the interviewee . |
| 12 | However , specialisation agreements are regarded by the Commission as improving the production and distribution of goods , because participating enterprises can concentrate on the manufacture of certain products and thus operate more efficiently , and supply their products more cheaply . |
| 13 | Erm , if you 're prepared you have n't got to fumble with your notes , the ums and aahs are less , the facts flow , you call your client the right name , and you can concentrate on the presentation . |
| 14 | If they do , you can concentrate on the substance , but if not you will need to provide them with background material . |
| 15 | The user , therefore , can concentrate on the structure and behaviour of the system under consideration , rather than on the technical aspects of the modelling process . |
| 16 | If you can get the composition right at the beginning then you can concentrate on the figures . |
| 17 | If you can get the composition right at the beginning then you can concentrate on the figures . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Now I can concentrate on the Christmas cake rush . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | We 're out of the Cup so now we can concentrate on the league … in other words its promotion or bust again … |
| 23 | Now we 're out of the cup , we can concentrate on the league . |
| 24 | Swindon can concentrate on the league , but it 's not easy picking yourself up week after week . |
| 25 | We beat them , so now they can concentrate on the league and not worry about the cup and risk more injuries , because what they want to do most of all is get back in division one and as a soon as they do that they 'll drop back down again , because they 're not that good really . |
| 26 | He has already proved he can win on the ground and he beat Repington five lengths at Huntingdon last week . |
| 27 | We can ready quickly , we can learn things quickly , we can cope , we can act on the whole rather better and rather quicker than the Continentals . |
| 28 | The parliamentary reserve is lifted , and the Government can act on the proposals in the Council without further reference to the House . |
| 29 | The wind shifts mentioned so far are small and fairly frequent so hopefully you can tack on the headers all the time . |
| 30 | If one side of the package is replaced by a glass window , so that light can fall on the memory cells , then it is found that the incident light accelerates the decay process in manner proportional both to the intensity and to the duration of the exposure . |