Example sentences of "can [vb infin] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't need to copy it down when initially build it but er I might just put a little bit of extra work in I can make so and can copy it down . |
| 2 | • Does the machine have an effective cool zone into which loose particles of food can fall so as not to expose the oil to carbonisation , which will reduce the life of the oil ? |
| 3 | This tells you how much you can borrow so that you can concentrate your search within a given price range . |
| 4 | He or she is trying to get a very clear picture of what you can do so that they can place you accurately and not send you on too many pointless interviews . |
| 5 | They want to feel that they are eating the kind of food which will add to the chances of their remaining in good health , but often they can not see how they can do so if their income has been drastically reduced . |
| 6 | You do not have to include a general model for your allies but you can do so if you wish . |
| 7 | Orbital forcing driving an atmosphere model alone can not simulate the initiation of a glacial cycle , but can do so if the atmosphere is coupled to slow glacial dynamics ( ref. 12 and M.E. Schlesinger , personal communication ) . |
| 8 | The key question is now no longer whether stress accelerates ageing — there is a growing medical consensus that it can do so and often dramatically — but how best to prevent it . |
| 9 | Later dicta leave it quite uncertain whether A can do so where C 's refusal to deliver up the goods amounts to conversion , and they are decidedly against such a view where C's conduct in obstructing A 's entry does not ; and this , too , even where the goods come on C 's premises without any tort on A's part . |
| 10 | Not all of those who want to apply can do so because of various regulations and procedures . |
| 11 | No Government can do so because — and here the argument extends Professor Joan Robinson 's — as monopolistic suppliers of labour trade unions will charge more for it than would be necessary to exhaust the supply , and supply less of it than would be supplied if there were perfect competition . |
| 12 | Home and childrearing commitments dictate the terms and conditions on which women can work so that overwhelmingly at present they are forced into the third leaf of the shamrock as low-paid semiskilled part-timers . |
| 13 | They are prone to silting which slows the current and causes shallows ; water levels can vary so that both in flood and drought rivers can become impassable . |
| 14 | Since men are usually a bit taller than their female partners , it 's easier if the man can stand so that he 's a little lower than his partner . |