Example sentences of "can [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here the examiner will probably have divided up the possible marks in his mind among the component parts , and an answer to one part , be it ever so brilliant , can earn only the appropriate total for that part . |
| 2 | If you are fortunate enough to have a lower level into which you can siphon away the water , that is the easiest . |
| 3 | Flu is a viral infection which can make even the fittest person feel quite ill . |
| 4 | At will we can make even the minutest of movements . |
| 5 | Flu is a viral infection which can make even the fittest person feel quite ill . |
| 6 | An inverted , pirouetting helicopter can make even the most hardened flyer turn into a quivering jelly ! |
| 7 | The experience of tragic art confirms that the relation of pleasure and awareness is two-way ; if a welcoming of the sharpest awareness of things from which we most deeply recoil , without any reservations of the sort of ‘ This hurts but it is good for me ’ , can make even the fate of Lear or Oedipus enjoyable , it would seem that there can be no involuntary quickening of awareness without joy . |
| 8 | But specialist services can make only a fairly modest contribution to an overall plan for services in a multiracial society unless mainstream services are also radically overhauled in those areas with substantial ethnic populations . |
| 9 | There is , however , no clear one-to-one relationship between discourse type and sender and receiver , and for many words denoting discourse type ( song , for example , or article ) we can make only the vaguest connections . |
| 10 | Yeah well you see you can make quite a few nice little pounds for yourself if you can say to your friends I can undercut I wo n't chat while you get across here if you can say to your friends I can do it cheaper than the |
| 11 | In this new lab of his he can knock together a human being out of the unlikeliest odds and ends . |
| 12 | But a FedPol presence can unsettle even the innocent . |
| 13 | ONE can explain satisfactorily the uncorroded condition of Holland 1 , the Royal Navy 's first submarine , after 70 years at the bottom of the English Channel . |
| 14 | Organizations can absorb only a small number of people with these work goals . |
| 15 | Tasmin is something of a vocal find , her strong , pure tones can imbue even the limpest tune with pathos . |
| 16 | But the early morning milkround means he can cover over a hundred miles a week in training … which makes the actual competition more bearable . |
| 17 | Using the bike and the pick-up stick I find that I can cover quite a large area of ground and take some very good exercise at the same time . ’ |
| 18 | There is usually a square grid of lines on the backing , which makes it easy to cut it in straight lines , and a small roll can cover quite a few items . |
| 19 | PTE grants in fact provide a hefty chunk of Regional Railways ' revenue , and within each area the executive can stipulate exactly the services it wants . |
| 20 | We must n't lose heart because continued pressure from a caring public can influence even the most apathetic government — eventually ! |
| 21 | The change of context can influence only an excitatory association and thus the result of Fig. 4.6 , a loss of the CR , can be expected . |
| 22 | Light is often used as a metaphor for God because it can convey both the presence and the unapproachability of the divine being . |
| 23 | True to their forbear , the Renoirs make colour and the moods it can convey almost the leading character in the film . |
| 24 | A determined and authoritarian State can prepare ideologically the ground for repressive legislation by constructing certain forms of criminal personality and behaviour as necessarily outside of reason , and outside of ordinary law . |
| 25 | Parenthetically , the form in which the data may be held can affect dramatically the scale of the problem faced . |
| 26 | ‘ This can affect almost every employee in virtually every type of business — not simply in factories and warehouses but in offices , shops and any working environment where handling a load presents a risk . |
| 27 | An approach to the material world — research — can yield both a theoretical alternative and a concrete rebuttal . |
| 28 | ‘ Flying planes can be dangerous ’ is the type-sentence of semantic ambiguity because it can yield both a passive and an active interpretation , and here a variation is used to demonstrate the danger of paying too much attention to public opinion . |
| 29 | Listing can include both the interior and the curtilage and can therefore cover , for example , outhouses . |
| 30 | These can include either a loss of control or a tendency to freeze in the face of attack . |