Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | SUN AND CA TIE THE KNOT |
2 | BRITAIN 'S Johnny Herbert goes into the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend wondering if he can earn a place on the podium for the first time in 37 formula one races . |
3 | Because it 's there 's if I 'm there for three weeks and they only want a score card done then my potential earnings er total earnings are that but I 'm there anyway so if I 'm getting both of them done then I can earn a lot more money . |
4 | Oh you can earn a lot more money certainly . |
5 | The idea that one can earn a living away from the smoke , perhaps by tele-commuting , are popularised by journalists . |
6 | They begin to feel that the job is there so that they can earn a living , rather than that they are doing the job itself ! |
7 | This complex behaviour requires mechanisms to register the presence of prey or danger and to decide on and make the appropriate response , attacking or contracting into a blob — sensory cells , secretory cells , muscle cells and above all a network of electrically connected cells running right across its surface which can coordinate the hydra 's responses . |
8 | There are many factors which can restrict the choice and ordering of themes in translation . |
9 | Spines can restrict the diffusion of Ca 2+ ( ref. 40 ) ; however , whether they do so in LTP is not known . |
10 | When plasmids coding for an endonuclease enter the E.coli C cells with an unmodified chromosome the K-modification is less effective on the unmethylated DNA [ 30 ] and the endonuclease can restrict the host chromosome [ 31 ] . |
11 | In this way the self-interested use of power can restrict the recruitment of talented individuals to highly rewarded positions . |
12 | Although prima facie s343 TA 1988 will apply to a hive-down so as to preserve the transferor company 's carried-forward trading losses and capital allowances position , s343(4) can restrict the amount of the tax losses and allowances transferred , where the liabilities remaining with the transferor company exceed its remaining assets ( including the consideration for the hive-down of the trade ) . |
13 | You can decree an end to the Cold War , but not to the arms manufacturers like Boeing . |
14 | This is to help ensure nutritional balance in your diet and , in particular , to supply calcium , because dietary fibre can hinder the absorption of calcium to some degree . |
15 | Either of these can hinder an interview in a way which may be difficult to define after the event . |
16 | In essence he is arguing that strain in certain types of underground rock can generate an electric signal , which in turn can ionise a column of air above the rock . |
17 | Right to reproduce the wax model remains with the sculptor , but his hired hand can reproduce the bronze . |
18 | It is not possible to discover even one other sentential context in which the im — /zero alternation can reproduce the contrast we find with impertinent . |
19 | When used for playing full chordal accompaniments they can reproduce the sound of a full pipe organ , or of the string , brass or percussion section of an orchestra . |
20 | No synthetic chemical or compound can reproduce the vibration or pattern of the ‘ stuff of life ’ . |
21 | Anyone who can rekindle a friendship should write to him at Flat 11 , Grove Court , Cooden Drive , Bexhill , Sussex or ring him at 0424–212456 . |
22 | True , Leeds do n't expect to score 10 against Stuttgart , their first round European opponents this season — but Collins believes Wilkinson can plot the downfall of the Germans . |
23 | The more measurements you take , the more accurately you can plot the curve ( fig. 49 ) . |
24 | Family relationship , business connections , and commercial ties , are examples of the interests which can disqualify the decision-maker , as is membership of an organisation interested in the dispute . |
25 | No , I 'll put me trust in strong peppermints while I can , and hope Doctor Lovell can spare a couple of minutes when I 'm real hard-pressed . |
26 | I 'd like you to see it when you can spare a couple of hours . |
27 | ‘ Do you think you can spare the day ? ’ |
28 | I would love to hear from you again , if you can spare the time . |
29 | Perhaps we 'll have some tennis , if old Rodge here can spare the time from his blessed cows . ’ |
30 | If you can spare the time to sprinkle out ½ ounce ( 14g ) every week , that is even more gradual . |