Example sentences of "can [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The Foundation 's broad survey , relating world-wide events to the condition and future of the North of England , attempts to show how the Northern home of the Industrial Revolution , which changed the course of civilisation , can earn a reflex benefit from the outside world : to suggest how it should see its continuing importance and the integrity of its peculiar contribution to that world , the value of its own inalienable strengths and their potential . |
2 | But the 25year-old , who can earn a reported £5,000 a day , fled barefoot and arrived later at the Speke home of her grandparents , Bill , 80 , and Irene , 72 . |
3 | Some varieties are highly prized in Japan and Europe , and a fungus forager can earn a lucrative living . |
4 | ‘ No , you 're supposed to abandon Masquerade just so I can earn a few thousand dollars . ’ |
5 | Why not join our band of Volunteers — even if you can spare a little time you will always be welcome . |
6 | But it 's , we 've got to get them motivated and I 'm asking today , you know , we need more help and if you can spare a few hours a week it would be more than appreciated . |
7 | ‘ I can spare a few days , ’ Jenna assured her , not daring to look at Alain . |
8 | ‘ I can spare a few minutes . ’ |
9 | Whichever substance you use , put it on in as concentrated a form as you can using a large paint brush . |
10 | Any board , committee or task force can conduct a simple paper and pencil survey among its members to assess members ' perceptions of group performance . |
11 | What Mr seems to be directing is that the settlement should be directed to those areas which are at present have pleasant tree cover and things , which theoretically can assimilate a new settlement which in the context of the Vale of York , tend to be those areas which are th are of the better landscape quality . |
12 | Therefore in considering the degree to which any er area can assimilate a new settlement , the size which it must reach subsequent to two thousand and six , should be considered in addition to the size it expected to reach by that date . |
13 | The estate agent might tell you what the seller will accept , but you can make a lower offer . |
14 | An act can make a successful first LP which may have taken five or seven years for a band 's songwriters to create . |
15 | If your interests are off road , Brooks can make a strong case for your business . |
16 | Household and garden equipment is often difficult to repair with nuts and bolts , but a riveter can make a strong , neat repair to metal , leather and plastics . |
17 | It considers the way in which we might make a reality of the observation ( by Keith Joseph ) that ‘ the curriculum should be relevant to the real world and pupils ’ experience of it' by considering the range of challenges and opportunities which people face in , say , the domestic environment , often regarded as too trivial for ‘ academic ’ education , but where arguably most important economic , technical and social decisions are made and acted upon : in the community where a host of issues require an informed public to exercise judgment and active commitment to ensure that the quality of the social and physical environment is constantly improved , and so on in other contexts which will require people to make an active and hopefully informed response , underlain by conceptual understanding of general issues to which , if taught effectively , geography , history , physical sciences and design , indeed all academic disciplines , can make a powerful contribution . |
18 | First , teacher secondment to industry , if properly planned and managed , can make a powerful contribution to professional , curriculum and institutional development . |
19 | It is impossible to say precisely how much of England still lay in open field in 1700 or thereabouts , but one can make a rough estimate . |
20 | If you take your music seriously and arouse the interest of a committed writer , the resulting article can make a genuine contribution to people 's understanding of your work and of popular culture in general . |
21 | It can make a tolerable situ ‘ There are fewer places for the homeless , particularly as bed and breakfast landlords are closing their door to young people on benefit . |
22 | Here is a most revealing instance of the way a difference within the same , teleologically construed , can make a great deal of difference : in effect a difference of degree can be as real as a difference of kind but in a different way : the lesser is inferior and thereby inimical in a way the antithetical can not be , and the same becomes more ditferent than difference itself . |
23 | But we do pledge ourselves to undertake the task with energy and determination , confident that in the full-time life of our Parliament we can make a great advance in industrial prosperity . |
24 | Layout and design can make a great difference in increasing sales . |
25 | Using business software can make a great deal of difference to learning mathematics , because of its flexible open-ended nature as described above . |
26 | You can make a great point of the exciting English designer , say something like — a revolutionary departure : English artist brings fresh and startling look to classical Viennese works . ’ |
27 | And the enterprises that supply them with goods and services can make a similar claim ; and so on . |
28 | An oval-shaped wreath can look very effective if it follows the lines of its oval frame , and you can make a similar style of garland in a heart-shaped design , whether small ( see p. 85 ) or much bigger and bolder and enclosed in a square frame . |
29 | You can make a little money selling off the thinnings from the Norway spruce as Christmas trees . |
30 | You can make a private deal with insurance companies to insure your legs for a million pounds if they are your sole way of earning a living ! |