Example sentences of "can [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , if a bank manager can earn that amount of money , why not a part-time footballer in the Irish League . |
| 2 | The prisoners are allowed out of their cells from around 5.30 in the morning until 6.30 in the evening , during which time a majority of them would be involved in some type of work ; this is because for every two days they work they can earn one day 's remission of sentence . |
| 3 | Mr Duncan Nichol , the NHS chief executive , told the Guardian yesterday that the Government 's negotiating position is that it wants to split the service so crews with medical skills can earn extra money and non-emergency services can be contracted out . |
| 4 | Mr Duncan Nichol , the NHS chief executive , told the Guardian that the Government 's negotiating position is that it wants to split the service so crews with medical skills can earn extra money and non-emergency services can be contracted out . |
| 5 | A skilled wall builder can earn substantial money , he said . |
| 6 | A widow can earn any amount without losing her widow 's pension , although this is taxed . |
| 7 | You can earn some money . |
| 8 | Strangely enough golf clubs actually you you can earn more money . |
| 9 | I am enjoying my writing career and would like to develop it into a full-time career if I can earn enough money . |
| 10 | From its exports it can earn foreign currency , and begin to pay off its huge debts . |
| 11 | His former employer will quite clearly not benefit from this conduct and the courts are concerned with defining how far the employer can restrict such competition . |
| 12 | Poor notation can impair the ability of a scheme to accommodate new subjects and can hinder effective retrieval . |
| 13 | The new machine is reliant on an up-to-date design studio using C.A.D. ( Computer Aided Design ) techniques that can reproduce each design onto a floppy disk . |
| 14 | Nobody can reproduce this intonation . |
| 15 | England would only win ‘ if Gooch , on his 39th birthday , can reproduce last year 's masterful , matchwinning century here against West Indies . |
| 16 | To be fair , the government of Hong Kong has such pressing social problems on its hands that it can spare little time either for passing or , equally important , enforcing conservation laws . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , I can spare more grain — and , indeed , you will have it , cousin — but that 's not the point , is it ? |
| 18 | In theory , you have to ensure that you have at least two trees in flower at the same time so that they can pollinate each other , otherwise you may get no fruit at all . |
| 19 | Finally the groundwork has been laid for obtaining useful rock mechanics data which can aid hydraulic fracture modelling in the Carboniferous . |
| 20 | Field or core studies can give information on some of these features and thin section petrography can aid further evaluation , but care must be taken to avoid diagenetic fabrics in any such analysis . |
| 21 | A large sight vocabulary , acquired through practice , can aid rapid word recognition and leave the reader 's attention free to consider the meaning of the sentence . |
| 22 | It is worth noting that imaginative use of unsophisticated technology ( as discussed in Chapter 7 ) can aid this part of an investigation , enabling a large volume of activities that may be undertaken by specified functional groups to be readily summarised . |
| 23 | If you believe that you can aid this world by standing on your head then I will hold your ankles for you . |
| 24 | It proliferates in winter , but stubborn cases can persist all year round , especially if your water quality is n't 100 per cent . |
| 25 | Particularly in countries where the diet is poor it might be of very considerable significance if the mother can make better milk at some times of the day . |
| 26 | He is , however , frequently contacted by landowners who want to know how they can make better use of their trees . |
| 27 | We will have to be very sure that we know what we 're talking about when we meet them to persuade them that we need their funds more and we can make better use of them and we hope to raise around half of that twenty five million pounds from them . |
| 28 | In the following stages , treatment in standing concentrates on restoring his proper balance mechanisms , so that he can make better quality selective movements using his trunk , leg and arm . |
| 29 | Just a few jottings on an interesting rail topic can make useful copy . |
| 30 | You can make that description properly attention-grabbing . |