Example sentences of "it can [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the agouti finds one , it is likely to find far more than it can eat at a single sitting . |
| 2 | We realise , for instance , that there is no ‘ ideal ’ method of birth control and that people 's decisions about it can change at any time . |
| 3 | We look forward in the knowledge that in its native western slopes of the Sierra Nevada in California , it can grow at least a foot a year . |
| 4 | Because of the kudos it can bring at the golf club , once there they are hard to dislodge . |
| 5 | In practical terms , this means that when a yellow-hot lava is first emitted , it can flow at a rate of many kilometres an hour , but lower down on the flanks of the volcano , when it is cooler , it slows to the speed of a run , and then of a fast walk . |
| 6 | P&P Plc has quickly found a buyer for its volume computer distribution business which should mean that it can reverse at least a part of the £8.9m provision it took against its most recent figures to cover costs of closure if a buyer could not be found . |
| 7 | On the fax side , it can handle V27ter and V29 — while it can send at 9,600bps , it can only receive faxes at 4,800bps . |
| 8 | Alternatively , by conditioning in a physiologically isotonic saline solution , it can remain at a constant size . |
| 9 | Assume now that the group can not sell all it can make at the normal price of £120 but division B sees that it could win a large order if it were to offer goods at £80 each . |
| 10 | There is and the County Council has indicated that if circumstances change , er then it can look at this again . |
| 11 | But as a general rule it can happen at any age and time . |
| 12 | This would still leave the vaults of the Prado in Madrid with approximately five times the number of paintings that it can display at any one time . |
| 13 | It can take at least two to three months if not longer to buy a house and any deal initiated during a housing trip may not be complete by the time the expatriate and family arrives in Britain . |
| 14 | Its adaptability means that it can survive at high altitudes , in semi-arid areas , and in rocky areas as well as in forests . |
| 15 | It can come at the least expected time as , indeed , can the end of the world and the Second Coming of Jesus . |
| 16 | It would be quite unrealistic to attempt to draw a line in the dock company 's operation to limit the amount of trade it can permit at the port . |
| 17 | However , it can occur at almost any time from the making of the contract onwards — perhaps months or years later . |
| 18 | Upon reviewing all the comment 's replies to A , it concludes that it can get at least 10 ( hypothetical ) ‘ points ’ with A . |
| 19 | Suppose a company has a training policy that women over 50 and men over 55 will not be reimbursed correspondence course fees because the company does not want to pay for training unless it can get at least ten years benefit from that training . |
| 20 | Despite the fact that it can seem at times as if half the figures on the red benches are comatose — a chastened Lady ( Barbara ) Wootton concluded after eight years in the place that at any one time about ten per cent of the participants in a debate were fast asleep — the quality of argument can be incomparably higher than in the House of Commons , and the pool of expertise available from the ennobled professors , judges , generals and bureaucrats makes for more informed contributions . |