Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An obese person can strive to overcome such feelings by overeating and so gaining size , weight and ( subjectively speaking ) importance . |
| 2 | Or they can opt to take financial risks . |
| 3 | I therefore put it to him that he has really now er a definite choice , he can seek to resist most of these amendments and I have n't a slightest doubt they 'll be put into the Bill er the Bill will be drastically altered thereby er and when it goes back to another place nobody quite knows er wh what will happen to it , or he can use his very considerable powers of conciliation er by taking a little time for further consideration . |
| 4 | No car owner can neglect to check such basic safety features as tyres , brakes , oil and steering . |
| 5 | Some 580 claimants , many of whom came forward after the critical BBC Panorama television programme on triazolam in October , 1991 , can expect to receive limited legal aid to allow for investigation of their claims . |
| 6 | Offerors and target companies can expect to receive formal written advice from their advisers on the more important provisions of the Code and the insider dealing legislation ( see para 7.1.1 below ) . |
| 7 | After their retirement from employment , people in the UK can expect to receive some form of pension . |
| 8 | But in an average week , an Ear , Nose and Throat surgeon , for example , can expect to spend 30 hours actually in an operating theatre , bent over his patient . |
| 9 | The new season is about to start for the NMS outstations and visitors can expect to see many new exhibits and displays . |
| 10 | So Megadeth fans can expect to see this line-up staying together for quite some time ? |
| 11 | We are encouraged by our progress and shareholders can expect to see this process continue . ’ |
| 12 | In the future we can expect to see this technology integrated into the motherboard circuitry — initially for use in portable computers to reduce the unit weight and power requirements . |
| 13 | Although the oil price and economic outlook is uncertain , the productivity increases and cost cutting measures we put in motion in 1992 mean we can expect to see further benefits showing through in our results in 1993 . |
| 14 | As compression techniques improve and storage becomes greater , we can expect to see more and more disc based products which combine , in consumer entertainment , education , training and even in business communications , digital sound , data , graphics and moving pictures to create genuinely multimedia information products . |
| 15 | The province can expect to see leading Danish players on the European team in Belfast , and the All England men 's doubles victory by Thomas Lund and Jon Holst-Christensen was the first European win for 10 years in that event . |
| 16 | This becomes more important with increasing age , when people can expect to lose long-standing friends at an ever-increasing rate . |
| 17 | The sums are complicated by another factor : when a bond goes into default , an investor can expect to recover some of its value when assets are sold off . |
| 18 | In general , women are healthier and live longer than ever before , indeed on average they can expect to live 5 years longer than men . |
| 19 | In general , women are healthier and live longer than ever before , indeed on average they can expect to live 5 years longer than men . |
| 20 | vegetarians can expect to live nine years longer than regular meat eaters |
| 21 | Conversely , many younger people will be the first generation in their family who can expect to inherit substantial amounts . |
| 22 | And as the market process unfolds , with one period of market ignorance followed by another in which ignorance has been somewhat reduced , each buyer or seller revises his bids and offers in the light of his newly acquired knowledge of the alternative opportunities which those to whom he may wish to sell , or from whom he may wish to buy , can expect to find available elsewhere in the market . |
| 23 | J-registered Cavalier SRi saloons and hatches are good value at auction and bidders can expect to secure 1992 cars with under 10,000 miles from company and fleet sources for around £8250 . |
| 24 | In our own case , if we can wash our face on our UK print run we can expect to make some profit from foreign licences . |
| 25 | Schools in ‘ well off ’ areas can expect to raise more money in direct appeals and in fund raising activities than schools serving poorer communities . |
| 26 | Thus those who were in middle-class occupations will almost certainly enjoy larger pensions and more comfortable houses , and they can expect to suffer fewer disabilities , and live longer too . |
| 27 | It is , however , a power which must be used sparingly for the government can decline to debate such a motion where the power is being used to abuse the process of the House . |
| 28 | At Edinburgh we shall also discuss what else we can do to promote economic recovery . |
| 29 | There 's also information about the International Ecumenical Fellowship which is something that you as an individual can do to support ecumenical work . |
| 30 | For details of what you can do to support these sisters contact the Palestinian Women 's Group , c/o 21 Collingham Road , London SWS ONU . |