Example sentences of "can [vb infin] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Foundation 's broad survey , relating world-wide events to the condition and future of the North of England , attempts to show how the Northern home of the Industrial Revolution , which changed the course of civilisation , can earn a reflex benefit from the outside world : to suggest how it should see its continuing importance and the integrity of its peculiar contribution to that world , the value of its own inalienable strengths and their potential . |
| 2 | But the 25year-old , who can earn a reported £5,000 a day , fled barefoot and arrived later at the Speke home of her grandparents , Bill , 80 , and Irene , 72 . |
| 3 | Some varieties are highly prized in Japan and Europe , and a fungus forager can earn a lucrative living . |
| 4 | Between now and early October , shareholders can earn an annualised yield of about 11½ p.c . |
| 5 | Any board , committee or task force can conduct a simple paper and pencil survey among its members to assess members ' perceptions of group performance . |
| 6 | What Mr seems to be directing is that the settlement should be directed to those areas which are at present have pleasant tree cover and things , which theoretically can assimilate a new settlement which in the context of the Vale of York , tend to be those areas which are th are of the better landscape quality . |
| 7 | Therefore in considering the degree to which any er area can assimilate a new settlement , the size which it must reach subsequent to two thousand and six , should be considered in addition to the size it expected to reach by that date . |
| 8 | An act can make a successful first LP which may have taken five or seven years for a band 's songwriters to create . |
| 9 | If your interests are off road , Brooks can make a strong case for your business . |
| 10 | Household and garden equipment is often difficult to repair with nuts and bolts , but a riveter can make a strong , neat repair to metal , leather and plastics . |
| 11 | It considers the way in which we might make a reality of the observation ( by Keith Joseph ) that ‘ the curriculum should be relevant to the real world and pupils ’ experience of it' by considering the range of challenges and opportunities which people face in , say , the domestic environment , often regarded as too trivial for ‘ academic ’ education , but where arguably most important economic , technical and social decisions are made and acted upon : in the community where a host of issues require an informed public to exercise judgment and active commitment to ensure that the quality of the social and physical environment is constantly improved , and so on in other contexts which will require people to make an active and hopefully informed response , underlain by conceptual understanding of general issues to which , if taught effectively , geography , history , physical sciences and design , indeed all academic disciplines , can make a powerful contribution . |
| 12 | First , teacher secondment to industry , if properly planned and managed , can make a powerful contribution to professional , curriculum and institutional development . |
| 13 | It is impossible to say precisely how much of England still lay in open field in 1700 or thereabouts , but one can make a rough estimate . |
| 14 | If you take your music seriously and arouse the interest of a committed writer , the resulting article can make a genuine contribution to people 's understanding of your work and of popular culture in general . |
| 15 | It can make a tolerable situ ‘ There are fewer places for the homeless , particularly as bed and breakfast landlords are closing their door to young people on benefit . |
| 16 | Here is a most revealing instance of the way a difference within the same , teleologically construed , can make a great deal of difference : in effect a difference of degree can be as real as a difference of kind but in a different way : the lesser is inferior and thereby inimical in a way the antithetical can not be , and the same becomes more ditferent than difference itself . |
| 17 | But we do pledge ourselves to undertake the task with energy and determination , confident that in the full-time life of our Parliament we can make a great advance in industrial prosperity . |
| 18 | Layout and design can make a great difference in increasing sales . |
| 19 | Using business software can make a great deal of difference to learning mathematics , because of its flexible open-ended nature as described above . |
| 20 | You can make a great point of the exciting English designer , say something like — a revolutionary departure : English artist brings fresh and startling look to classical Viennese works . ’ |
| 21 | And the enterprises that supply them with goods and services can make a similar claim ; and so on . |
| 22 | An oval-shaped wreath can look very effective if it follows the lines of its oval frame , and you can make a similar style of garland in a heart-shaped design , whether small ( see p. 85 ) or much bigger and bolder and enclosed in a square frame . |
| 23 | You can make a private deal with insurance companies to insure your legs for a million pounds if they are your sole way of earning a living ! |
| 24 | The bus service is erratic out of season but can make a wide variety of walks accessible in summer . |
| 25 | They can make a decent case that economic growth will pick up in the second half of the year . |
| 26 | Not many caddies can make a decent living this way . |
| 27 | You can make a simple , stable frequency-shift-keying ( FSK ) generator by adding an exclusive- OR gate to a standard cmos oscillator . |
| 28 | Can read single or double entry tables and can make a simple comparison with the data obtained . |
| 29 | Others can make a loud noise when stopped and you have to turn the volume down . |
| 30 | Some of the greatest sufferers in this respect are such prized works as Jane Austen 's , where it can make a surprising difference to the price . |