Example sentences of "can [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can earn some money . |
| 2 | You can make some biscuit men |
| 3 | He explains how new technology can make some products , like artificial limbs , lighter . |
| 4 | The collective behaviour of all the inhabitants as well as certain idiosyncrasies and possibly even eccentricities can make some contribution to the overall design . |
| 5 | Today the climate is totally different and a number of us can make some money from athletics — enough , at least , to enable us to devote all our time to it . |
| 6 | And that 's hampering the whole development process because it 's high , high wages , high wages creates migration and the whole resource allocation reflects in the economies er are disrupted and because people are moving out of agriculture because they ca n't make any money from agriculture they think they can make some money in industry like agriculture itself is being starved of capital and er so it hampers the development process , I mean it 's a complicated business but er there may well be some , some sort of strands of sense that we can draw out of this , one of which may be well if the government sectors are too large in these countries essentially it does n't matter who owns these companies whether it 's , they were privately owned or government , erm if they are inefficient they are inefficient |
| 7 | And as there is n't the money available to do it at full commercial price , in my view we should go for what they call cross-subsidy , that is to say that they give erm planning permission on a plot for some commercial housing on which the landowner can make some money , and in , a condition of that would be that part of that plot would be made available for low cost housing . |
| 8 | Well I think we 'll have to re-look at the whole question of village envelopes in certain cases , where it is decided that low cost housing is desirable , and see if in some way , they can encourage the farmer to make land available so that he can make some money which he badly needs at the moment , as agriculture 's going through one of the biggest depressions it 's been through for years . |
| 9 | Gas and air produces a lightheaded feeling that takes the edge off the pain but it can make some women feel nauseous . |
| 10 | They have no means of assessing the reliability of automatic control systems but they can make some assessment of a skilled individual and without knowing very much about his working procedures they will trust his actions if he seems calm , competent and mature . |
| 11 | Er I can make some space , is it nearly dinner time ? |
| 12 | Oh you can make some biscuits as well . |
| 13 | The up-side is that you have reached a stage where you can make some decisions . |
| 14 | I hope that in Committee we can make some progress on that front . |
| 15 | I accept that one can make some criticisms about Labour local authorities , but what I dislike about the Secretary of State 's usual contribution is that it is so cliche d , simplistic and grotesque . |
| 16 | At most we can make some sense of small parts of the pattern . |
| 17 | But what use are visions if you ca n't transcribe them so others can make some sense of them ? |
| 18 | Be because we can make some sense |
| 19 | ‘ Glandular changes can make some people gain weight at the menopause but the commonest cause is eating and drinking more than you need . ’ |
| 20 | However , the relative cost of living in individual countries , even in the West , can make some difference to the overall retail price , as can any local fluctuations . |
| 21 | It does seem fair to contact the child 's existing school before any decision is made so that the school can make some attempt to reconcile differences with the parent and also to avoid the accusation of pupil poaching . |
| 22 | Although the sea is a much more stable environment than the air and the habitat enjoyed by land animals , fluctuations occur which have a special influence on the shore , where the extremes are greater , and cold air temperatures can influence the fauna in winter , and the concentrated rays of the sun can make some pools uninhabitable during the summer . |
| 23 | You can make some men |
| 24 | You can make some men but it just wo n't taste of ginger |
| 25 | I says , well you can make some sandwiches while they 're you 're making a dinner like . |
| 26 | From the open-ended question asked , we can make some comments on the extent to which analysts actively use the information given in the cash flow statement for investment decisions . |
| 27 | A blush , a hangdog posture or a limp handshape can all convey information and experts in so-called body language — horrid phrase — have compiled long lists of postures and gestures from which an observant onlooker can glean some information about the attitudes or intentions of others . |
| 28 | ‘ We hope we can build some sort of normal life again . ’ |
| 29 | And I think that for me , having learnt quite a bit about these differences , I find what I want to do now is go forward to see how we can build some sort of unity and on what basis and whether in fact that is required . |
| 30 | Up to this point , this book has : * introduced the marketing concept and defined the role of marketing management ; * looked at how a company can research and identify its target markets and market segments ; analysed consumer and buyer behaviour within these target markets ; * examined the methods by which a company can construct some kind of demand forecast . |