Example sentences of "it can [verb] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can carry 14 insulated boxes , each holding 300 portions . |
| 2 | It can carry three divers . |
| 3 | In Safrane , the engine has been deliberately tuned to favour torque output with the result that it can deliver 115 lb-ft from 1,500 rpm upwards — so producing an extremely flexible power curve . |
| 4 | It can do one of two things . |
| 5 | The makers claim a range of more than 1,000 miles is feasible from its 17.6 gallon tank — it can do 64 mpg at a steady 56 mph ( or 46.5 mpg at 75 mph , and 37.8 mpg on the urban cycle ) . |
| 6 | It can create three dimensional images under ambient , non-destructive conditions . |
| 7 | It can bring hundreds of thousands of people into big-city streets in support of Mr Yeltsin . |
| 8 | St John 's church can not claim to have any outstanding architectural merit , but it can boast two unusual features . |
| 9 | And getting to it can mean one man hauling himself through a two-foot tunnel for half an hour in six inches of water . |
| 10 | At certain points it can reach 10 feet but a few feet is more normal . |
| 11 | It can reach 16 feet ( 4.9 metres ) in length , but the average is between six and nine feet ( two and three metres ) . |
| 12 | There 's also a close correlation by not just the erm the size of the number for G , but how long can it go on pulling that G given the thrust and the aerodynamic capabilities of the machine and we are essentially building this aircraft so that it can sustain nine G and we are providing the pilot with the sort of equipment he requires to be able to survive in that kind of environment . |
| 13 | A86 is an extremely high performance assembler as it can compile 1000 lines per second of assembly language code . |
| 14 | There is nothing technically difficult about this ; if the computer can look one play ahead it can look 20 . |
| 15 | You ca , you can do , it can master five , because you can do this er , if you have n't got the A levels |
| 16 | But at 50°s ; F , it can take 72 hours for food to pass through the gut , and much below that temperature , digestion ceases , Koi fed on a warm winter 's day will then have to pass a cold winter night , when a gutful of even low-protein pellets can turn into a pathogenic sludge causing liver and kidney failure . |
| 17 | If some is present ( bearing in mind it can take 72 hours for food to pass through the gut ) , then continue with sinking wheatgerm . |
| 18 | It can take 10 minutes to get off the train . ’ |
| 19 | But it can take 10 years for a material to get on the list while officials develop a standard , which specifies physical and chemical properties of materials . |
| 20 | Once a laser has put molecules into a repulsive , electronically excited state , it can take 100–1,000 femoseconds for the species to dissociate into independent fragments . |
| 21 | Often referred to as a ‘ bit pad ’ ( although that is the name of a specific device ) it can take one of two forms . |
| 22 | Often referred to as a ‘ bit pad ’ ( although that is actually the trade name of a specific device ) it can take one of two forms . |
| 23 | A tea bush requires constant attention : if not plucked for a year it can take two years to return to normal ; if bushes have to be uprooted , new ones take seven years to come into production . |
| 24 | ‘ It can take two to three years before an agent is in a position to provide accurate intelligence on ops and the movements of his colleagues , bombs and weapons . ’ |
| 25 | Consider this : it can take 50 hours to re-key one megabyte 's worth of data . |
| 26 | It can take 3 days to disappear and is followed by complete peeling . |
| 27 | Once there , it can take tens or thousands of years for that water to emerge from a spring or a well . |
| 28 | It can take three to six months of regular vigorous aerobic exercise to build up a powerful heart and lungs ; and it can take the same period of inactivity to lose it all . |
| 29 | Moreover , the way that question is answered can change the course of history , it can condemn millions to bloody war , or it can do much to ensure that they are spared that misery . |
| 30 | Japan 's fisheries agency claims it can kill 2,000 minke whales a year without harming the survival of the species , and it recently launched an advertising campaign on the benefits of whale meat . |