Example sentences of "can [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This way , you can make up a ‘ hit list ’ of personnel within companies to whom you want to send your tape . |
| 2 | Each student can make up a package of tests to go for ; he may repeat those that he fails , without the social disaster of being kept down a year ; and he may make up a mix of practical and theoretical according to a plan worked out with his class teacher , and bearing in mind what he aims to do next . |
| 3 | If there are enough of you , you can make up a more formal self-help group . |
| 4 | I 'll find some sheets presently and you can make up a bed in the spare room . |
| 5 | Okay , let's have a break er if you can come back reasonably quickly er we can make up a few seconds . |
| 6 | We still need to make sure that there will be a goodly number participating so if there is any way you can make up a last minute table do n't hesitate to contact either Cecilia or Hilda . |
| 7 | The area had been given an unfair image by ‘ so far as I can make out a group of tearaways who are , at the moment , completely uncontrollable . |
| 8 | As illustrated in Figure 1.9 , we can make out a number of levels more basic than this ; the electronic circuits themselves , the logical functions ( such as gates and flipflops ) , and the functional units ( such as adders and registers ) . |
| 9 | The curving windows at the stern are freckled with spray ; through one of them you can make out a set of fat capstans and a listless macaroni of sodden rope . |
| 10 | You concealed knowledge of a deserter , you actually helped him stay deserted , and They can make out a case for saying you still are . |
| 11 | I am learning how identity , prestige , past victories can flake off a woman as she steps across her threshold , a sheaf of hardware supplies bristling like gladioli in her arms . |
| 12 | Anyone who is reasonably skilful can knock up a mounting without difficulty , and it is possible even for someone who is as clumsy as I am . |
| 13 | For instance , you can knock out a Quick Report simply by filling in the blanks on what looks like the normal data entry form . |
| 14 | By criticizing the Conservative Party mid-term the right-wing press can build up a certain degree of credibility with its readers which it can then use to maximum effect by suspending criticism of the Conservative Party and increasing its attacks on Labour as the election approaches . |
| 15 | We shall never know exactly the sequence of events in St Pierre on that morning , but we can build up a fairly accurate picture from the physical evidence of the ruins , and the reports of eyewitnesses . |
| 16 | This section discusses these pensions , how they can be increased by additional voluntary contributions , how you can build up a pension if you have no access to an employer 's scheme and how divorce affects your right to your ex-husband 's pension . |
| 17 | And its accurate mounting and sophisticated computer-control allow astronomers to scan the infrared detector along a source with such precision that it can build up a detailed infrared picture , line by line . |
| 18 | ‘ If we can map the isotopic composition of lead in the region we are looking at , ie the Mediterranean , ’ said Gail , ‘ then we can build up a database of trade movement ’ . |
| 19 | From evidence such as this we can build up a picture of a society in which child mortality was common ; in which many of the children who survived their first year none the less died before they were twenty , as was still the case down to the early nineteenth century ; in which a serious famine or an outbreak of disease might rapidly depopulate a whole region — and yet in which the expectation of life of those who passed twenty was probably not sensationally lower than it is today . |
| 20 | Many mothers of sons never see them to talk to on their own from the day they marry , because their daughters-in-law always expect to be present on every conceivable occasion , and this is something that can build up a very understandable resentment . |
| 21 | The point to emphasise is that the data is only of help to those who know the patient and can build up a case history . |
| 22 | For instance , you can build up a design that looks as though it has been pressed as a single spray ( see pp. 98–9 ) , although in fact each flower and leaf should be positioned with care to give a natural effect . |
| 23 | The Word-Maker contains the various symbols — consonants , blends , vowels , etc. — printed on separate slips of card , and a pupil can build up a word he wishes to spell . |
| 24 | By patiently watching and recording hits we can build up a probability profile which will indicate how likely it is for a bullet to hit any particular point on the detector . |
| 25 | Most important , you can build up a collection of notes as part of your own library of books , newspaper cuttings , essays and other materials that you should find invaluable for tutorials , essays , projects and exam revision . |
| 26 | This statement may seem nonsense , since you have no idea of how the lecturer is to tackle the subject , but by means of a pattern diagram you can build up a picture of what your studies are to contain . |
| 27 | From the complex reflections it receives , the dolphin can build up a detailed picture of the scene . |
| 28 | okay it 'll be that so you can eventually you can build up a few tricks that 'll help you sort out a lot of the spelling . |
| 29 | — institutions with video cameras and editing equipment can build up a collection of their own materials . |
| 30 | By using overlays , one can build up a picture stage by stage . |