Example sentences of "can [verb] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This one say can conduct two gallons a minute . |
| 2 | In other words , we can make two pointers reference the same variable , or we can test whether or not two pointers point to the same variable . |
| 3 | Very clear , I can make two keys for you . |
| 4 | First , I can make two points about the way in which the political constellation has changed since the beginning of August . |
| 5 | It can wait two minutes till you 've finished , now go and get moving |
| 6 | Starting with 30 monitoring points , the system offers massive flexibility due to the fact that it can substitute two wires , punctuated by individually programmed chips , for the massive bunch of wires which would be needed by a conventional system . |
| 7 | You can buy two pairs of earrings , drops and studs , for £3 and extra bracelets for £1 ( sorry , only one free bracelet per household ) . |
| 8 | Until 31 March , passengers travelling Standard ( second ) class can buy two sleeper tickets for the price of one : the offer applies to all services except those wholly within Scotland . |
| 9 | Readers who want to hear who wins the Peter Pears Award First Prize of £5000 can buy two tickets for the price of one in the stalls or dress circle ( £6-£8.50 ) upon presentation of this page at the Sadler 's Wells Box Office or by quoting this offer on 01-278 8916 Sun 6.30pm Sadler 's Wells , Rosebery Ave EC1 . |
| 10 | Anyone who feels they can give two hours of their time in mornings or afternoons should contact Margaret Fusco at the Centre , 70 North Road , Belfast 0232 654366 . |
| 11 | Broadly speaking , we can identify two types of normality — sentence-internal normality and contextual normality ( it is probably the case that the latter is the stronger determinant of sense selection ) . |
| 12 | Leaving aside here the more extreme version of the theory of elites as expounded by Pareto or by Ortega y Gasset ( 1930 , p. 49 ) in his distinction between the inert masses and ‘ the select men , the nobles , the only ones who are active and not merely reactive ’ , we can identify two types of political theory which , while accepting some aspects of modern democracy , are concerned to limit its significance . |
| 13 | Local Conservatives want to sell to a property developer so he can erect two shops , but lovers of Elgar 's music say the builders would be destroying the peaceful haven where the composer wrote his Enigma Variations . |
| 14 | ‘ Right , ’ said Sean , ‘ we can do two things . |
| 15 | it saves me having to do three weekends , I can do two weekends next term instead of three |
| 16 | Say there we are you can add twelve add twelve or you can do two times |
| 17 | This plea will succeed where he can show two things : ( i ) that he was radically mistaken about the nature or effect of the document ( ii ) that he was not careless in signing it , Saunders v. Anglian Building Society . |
| 18 | And er there was only three classes , there was er I can remember two teachers ' names . |
| 19 | In fact , because of the immense size of the country , those in Melbourne can celebrate two hours earlier than everyone in Perth . |
| 20 | A gaudy earring on one ear can help the effect and you can provide two pistols and a bag for booty . |
| 21 | In this conversation then , we can see two patterns . |
| 22 | There 's a small black and white set , and I can see two people on it , with one of them waving a hand . |
| 23 | You can purchase two kinds of duvet , polyester filled or natural . |
| 24 | when we erm , er when we were doing those projects we erm , we had a comments book and more , more people were in favour of them and saw them as an improvement to the town and so it needs something that 's really interesting actually , it 's er , erm the work 's department have said , as a result of those graffiti projects they can shift two officer 's from the graffiti team to the highway 's team , so it 's actually cut down on the work of actually clearing up unwanted graffiti , so it 's had a positive effect , so we , we 've got these two people work with the other people and we 've got Dorothy who 's working with , with black people and ethnic minorities in the town and erm for people who were here when this presentation was last given , er Robin who used to be in the local The Policy Team of the Local Government Unit is now actually a Community Development Officer , one of the decision 's , Robin use to do video work for the Authority erm , and we decided we asset whether the the need for that kind of , k ind of work to continue , and we thought on balance not erm and he now is running the music rehearsal space over at Latton Bush , that again is a project for young people , to enable , it 's a place where band 's can practice and that 's the problem in Harlow erm and er that 's really exciting project because it 's bringing in a lot of income for the Council as as well as providing the service that people want and , and it , I mean it is important at this time that we are doing limited projects where we are bringing in income , cos at , you know we estimate that erm we can get that erm rehearsal space properly resource , that project could be self financing , so your providing a service but your also getting paid , your getting paid for as well , so erm that is who we are now and were er , where were located , we have an open door policy as people will know . |
| 25 | If I can clarify two things there first of all . |
| 26 | A good example of this is a rose : in order to press it successfully , you have to dismantle it petal by petal , and when you are re-assembling it you really only need half the amount of petals , so you can create two roses from one original flower . |
| 27 | For £25 you can secure two tickets to the dress rehearsal , an LP and personal line credit in the programme . |
| 28 | The counsellor can perform two functions ; first , to help former parents accept and come to terms with their new situation , and second , to encourage them to fill their lives where necessary by developing different interests and pursuits . |
| 29 | RUFs can take two forms : either a single bank acts as a placing agent and arranges for a group of banks to underwrite an issue on a revolving basis ; or a group of banks act as a tender panel for the placement of the notes . |
| 30 | A nerveless downhill rider can take two minutes out of a cautious descender in just 20 kilometres . |