Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We work well together , I respect him as a professional , I can laugh at his jokes and I can even accept that his genius probably entitles him to live by a set of standards most of us do n't even recognise as standards — but that 's it ! ’ |
| 2 | Portia appears indeed in Act four to be just in her defence of Antonio , and no one can comment on her choice of suitor in Act three , for surely it was the suitors ' luck and character that were the key to her , or so it seemed . |
| 3 | And another five so that you can spunk in my mouth . |
| 4 | There are a number of tests you can conduct in your studio which will reveal one sheet 's attributes over another — in terms of absorbency , texture , weight and colour . |
| 5 | Corporate benefactors are heavily circumscribed in the uses they can make of their link to the museum . |
| 6 | Further to a letter forwarded to me by my colleagues in the Orkney Seven Action Group , I have now confirmed to my local MP , Jim Wallace , that such representations as he can make on my behalf most assuredly have my consent . |
| 7 | The patterns you can make on your machine depend upon your first learning what the machine will do automatically and then experimenting by adapting all that you have absorbed into your own designs . |
| 8 | From this the courts have inferred that , except where the employer is under a statutory duty or there is some other restriction as to the type of contract that it can make with its servants or the grounds on which it can dismiss them , the servant has no procedural protection . |
| 9 | It 's hard to decipher their words in some cases , so atrophied is their control over the shapes they can make with their lips . |
| 10 | It 's the same with shadows : the beautiful thing is n't the alligators or bats you can make with your hands , the beautiful thing is the way the shadow image allows you to see so precisely what the outer contour of your own hand really looks like , those little bunches of flesh under each bent finger joint . |
| 11 | The ability to be ‘ productive ’ is a powerful element of individual status within our society ; according to our particular scale of values , to work and contribute to the national wealth is the largest single contribution anyone can make to their society . |
| 12 | This means that planners should be fully acquainted with and supportive of the school aims and be able to identify the special contributions which history can make to their achievement . |
| 13 | Regular maintenance is the most important ‘ improvement ’ you can make to your home . |
| 14 | Evaluate what contribution the project can make to your grade or course requirement , and also what contribution it can make to your thinking or personal growth . |
| 15 | Evaluate what contribution the project can make to your grade or course requirement , and also what contribution it can make to your thinking or personal growth . |
| 16 | It 's the sort of feature anyone half handy can make for their own water garden . |
| 17 | If it is correct that our trilobite lived above the sea bottom , actively swimming in the water , there are certain predictions we can make about its geological occurrence which can be tested by looking in the rocks . |
| 18 | If we say that characterising the topic framework is a means of making explicit some of the assumptions a speaker can make about his hearer 's knowledge , we are not talking about the total knowledge which the speaker believes he shares with his hearer . |
| 19 | The biggest single change you can make in your lifestyle is to do a personal food and drink audit — an awareness audit of what you eat and drink . |
| 20 | We can make in our favour or we can easily make six thousand crackers favours and we 've made a thousand . |
| 21 | One is the elegant collection of hotels where , as the town 's name suggests , you can bathe for your health just as the Romans did 2,000 years ago , but in much greater comfort and with considerably more expert supervision . |
| 22 | Celsius is a complete range of complementary products so you can build on your scent by degrees , from a stimulating shower gel to a refreshing splash of Celsius Aftershave . |
| 23 | In this way you will not be overwhelmed by too many gaps and can build on your experience one stage at a time . |
| 24 | But I 'm afraid your reputation precedes you , you are renowned for rising to challenges like these and I feel sure that you can build on your previous successes and that together we can and probably will , do it . |
| 25 | You can build in your own bookshelves . |
| 26 | Reforms aimed at refashioning the welfare state , so that it acts as a floor on which the underclass can build by their own efforts , rather than a ceiling through which it is impossible for them to pass , are considered in Part IV . |
| 27 | In contrast , because child benefit is paid irrespective of income levels , it acts as an income floor on which people can build by their own efforts , and from which there is no disincentive effect . |
| 28 | You can direct specific parts of the body — for example , you can think of your fingers lengthening — and you can direct your whole body — by thinking of your whole structure lengthening . |
| 29 | ‘ She 's shown that she can think on her feet , that she wo n't be bullied , even by a Prime Minister . |
| 30 | We are creating a business which can think on its feet and we are committed to building a company of quality . ’ |