Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work out , with your child , a list of privileges the child can earn with tokens ( counters ) or accumulated points ( a notebook is necessary here ) . |
| 2 | I think that a sense of humour is a very important quality ( besides honesty , loyalty etc ) because I believe that if you can laugh at things it makes life a whole lot easier . |
| 3 | For aquifers with a high carbonate content this is of little consequence , but in other aquifers the acidity of the subsurface water resulting from its sulphate content can persist to depths of several metres and can result in metals such as aluminium being leached into shallow groundwater . |
| 4 | Repetitive touching of the body surface results in a decrease in the amplitude and probability of withdrawal of the gill and siphon , a decrease which can persist for weeks . |
| 5 | The Save The Children Fund programme with the motorcycles has made a very big difference to the number of visits that health assistants can make to villages . |
| 6 | The difference a good compressor can make to vocals , drums , bass , drum machines and even final mixes should never be underestimated . |
| 7 | Well a variety of views and I think the only generalization I can make about weddings is that you ca n't generalize about weddings , some people think they 're wonderful , some people are sceptical , people have done their own er variations on weddings . |
| 8 | Because this is additional to your rights , the manufacturer can build in conditions , for example returning goods at your own expense . |
| 9 | Once pupils begin to see how activities can build from ideas and objects others bring in , they gain the confidence to bring in things that interest them . |
| 10 | ‘ We can think of neurons as the ‘ chips ’ and the connecting dendrites as the ‘ wiring ’ , explained Koshland . |
| 11 | On a broader canvas , many of us can think of moments of encounter , of blessing , of poetry , of art , of music , of sunsets and dawns which were to us deeply sacramental . |
| 12 | So if you can think of things like this top remember it helps . |
| 13 | I can think of reasons for this , but who am I to say ? |
| 14 | One can think of companies like Hanson Trust which , though still present in transport , its original roots , is now a mighty conglomerate in two continents , or companies like W. R. Grace , far away from shipping now , or Allied in the States where chemical activities are now only a small part of the whole . |
| 15 | Using appropriate scaling factors , one can think of materials as structures and use the analysis appropriate , for example , to the description of the forces and displacements in a bridge or an aeroplane for describing the moduli of a semi-crystalline polymer . |
| 16 | I hope that when you come back , you will set up your own small specialist firm — I can think of examples — and run the elephants off their feet . |
| 17 | Also , if you have any comments on the booklet or can think of ways that we might improve it , we 'd be pleased to hear from you . |
| 18 | Every separatist movement in Europe that I can think of bases itself on ‘ ethnicity ’ , linguistic or not , that is to say on the assumption that ‘ we ’ — the Basques , Catalans , Scots , Croats , or Georgians are a different people from the Spaniards , the English , the Serbs or the Russians , and therefore we should not live in the same state with them . |
| 19 | One of the longest that I can think of spans a lake . |
| 20 | It means that we can think about things that are not present . |
| 21 | If your husband retires on a Friday , it is unrealistic to think that your great new life together will take off with a flourish the following Monday ; but the good news is that if you can think in terms of allowing yourselves time to renegotiate the way you live together , the chances are that you will both have adjusted to the new situation within about two years . |
| 22 | No industrialist can think in terms of a single market . |
| 23 | As with any market , we can think in terms of a source of supply and a source of demand . |
| 24 | Indeed , workers can adapt in ways which support the organisation ( Fox , 1971 , p.33 ) . |
| 25 | The remaining £9 billion they can lend to customers . |
| 26 | There are also probably around 400,000 Vietnamese civilians settled in Kampuchea , many of whom can double as fighters . |
| 27 | Translating aims into specific objectives can assist in removing the confusions that can arise between intentions and practice , but beyond this the case for objectives is less certain ; in fact , it has been one of the most hotly debated innovations in teaching for some time . |
| 28 | In addition to discussion of management problems , these sessions can be used to tackle some of the tensions and frustrations that can arise in teams of this kind , which are dealing with a rapid turnover of patients with acute problems , or problems that sometimes seem intractable , and where drop-out rates may be high . |
| 29 | Other research illustrates the kinds of cross-cultural communication problem which can arise in interviews and other institutional settings . |
| 30 | This can arise in dogs which are house-trained , and does not reflect a breakdown in the training process because it is an involuntary action on the dog 's part . |