Example sentences of "can [verb] [adv] the " 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | But a FedPol presence can unsettle even the innocent . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Tasmin is something of a vocal find , her strong , pure tones can imbue even the limpest tune with pathos . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | We must n't lose heart because continued pressure from a caring public can influence even the most apathetic government — eventually ! |
| 14 | Light is often used as a metaphor for God because it can convey both the presence and the unapproachability of the divine being . |
| 15 | True to their forbear , the Renoirs make colour and the moods it can convey almost the leading character in the film . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Parenthetically , the form in which the data may be held can affect dramatically the scale of the problem faced . |
| 18 | Listing can include both the interior and the curtilage and can therefore cover , for example , outhouses . |
| 19 | These little units boast they can withstand even the fiercest tempest , allowing the owner to remain snug and comfortable inside as the elements rage outside . |
| 20 | Most trainees will be emphatic about their ability to be impartial , unprejudiced , empathetic and to keep confidentiality , but a few hard-hitting video scenes can catch even the most ‘ broadminded ’ trainee off guard . |
| 21 | A built-up surround will have to be dismantled piece by piece , but with the other types , you can chop away the plaster just next to the surround until you find the brackets , after which the screws can be undone ( or the brackets sawn through ) and the fireplace surround levered away from the wall with a crowbar . |
| 22 | For front projection , the projector is still threaded up reversing left and right , as in rear projection ( it is put in the ‘ wrong ’ way round in order to come out correct in the final composite ) ; but instead of being behind a translucent screen it s in front of , and to one side of , a glass beaded screen which reflects nearly 100 per cent of the light falling on it but on y in the direction from which it came Though the projector is at 90° to the camera-screen axis and its beam is therefore initially parallel to the plane of the screen , passing in front of the actors in the foreground this beam is deflected by a half-silvered mirror at an angle of 45° to the beam This semi-transparent mirror is coated at the front ( unlike normal mirrors , coated behind the glass ) with a very thin layer of aluminium — silver tarnishes too easily Alternatively , the layer of aluminium may be spattered on , so that tiny reflective spots of metal are interspersed with tiny transparent gaps So , although it reflects the beam , the camera can photograph both the action and the reflection from the screen through the mirror Though the mirror reflects the still or moving image from the projector on to the actors and any foreground props or sets as well as on to the screen , the level of illumination of the image is much less than that on the actors , so the camera records only that part of the image reflected from the screen . |
| 23 | The problems within the dramatic fiction are dealt with as they arise ; the teacher tries to keep the focus , intervenes as necessary and ensures that there are periods of reflection when everyone can consider carefully the meaning and significance of what has happened . |
| 24 | Here we can consider only the final versions . |
| 25 | It can lighten even the most leaden of social occasions . |
| 26 | The event on the fifth is aimed at teaching beginners biking skills and how they can enjoy more the Calderdale area on their bike . |
| 27 | Paradoxically enough , we can perceive here the germ of an alternative version of democracy to the idea of popular rule . |
| 28 | By doing this , non-craft trained staff can repeat faithfully the correct cooking instructions thereby ensuring a monitor to due diligence and allowing greater management peace of mind . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've spent the last seven months among people who can speak only the most rudimentary English . ’ |
| 30 | Those generous people at Trantec have told us we can give away the very S1000 we reviewed a couple of months back , and we do n't need telling twice … |