Example sentences of "one [noun] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The form of the verb in one sentence can limit the choice of the verb form in the next , and we may be justified in saying that a verb form in one sentence is ‘ wrong ’ , or at least ‘ unlikely ’ , because it does not fit with the form in another . |
| 2 | When just one look can speak volumes . |
| 3 | Examples include E-mail , where one user can send a message over the network to another . |
| 4 | Since the important variable in population size is always the number of females rather than the number of males ( because one male can impregnate a large number of females but any female can only manage one pregnancy at a time ) , selective forces determine that the daytime gelada social structure is one in which a single dominant male forages with an attendant group of females and young . |
| 5 | Since , as has already been shown , all planes or levels of the individual are interrelated , and imbalances or blocks at one level can affect all the others , treatment at the spiritual level can have a beneficial effect also on the mental , emotional and physical levels . |
| 6 | In addition , the edges at one level can bring both left and right contextual information to bear on different interpretations of lower-level information . |
| 7 | One coil can energise an entire farm and its life will vary from six months to seven years — perhaps longer . |
| 8 | One payment can cover both tax and NI contributions . |
| 9 | one advert can last an hour ! |
| 10 | But it 's now widely tipped as one labour can win . |
| 11 | Following the question by the right hon. Member for Tweeddale , Ettrick and Lauderdale ( Sir D. Steel ) , is there not essentially a double standard when one delegation can bring whomsoever it likes to the talks , whether those people were born in the Soviet Union or the United States , and another delegation is told whom it can and whom it can not bring ? |
| 12 | This has important implications for the study of protein-protein interactions because it demonstrates how one protein can bind to all members of a class of highly variable proteins by means of secondary structural interactions and recognition of highly conserved residues . |
| 13 | No one fabric can do this in all situations . |
| 14 | As it takes some time to get the system going and prepare the animal for recording , any one experiment can run for many hours , and as a result neurophysiologists tend , even more than any other lab scientists I know , to be erratic nightworkers and ( at least when they are graduate students ) not well cut out for normal social relations . |
| 15 | Whenever I feel intimidated , I always remember Silvanus Thompson 's dictum in Calculus Made Easy : " What one fool can do , another can " . ) |
| 16 | The triangle lies on a flat two-dimensional " plane " that cuts through the nine-dimensional hypervolume ( what one fool can do , another can ) . |
| 17 | It is best , therefore , to write bass drum and cymbals on the same staff so that one performer can operate both if necessary , e.g. : |
| 18 | One type can get away with near murder , at least for a while , and still shed some weight . |
| 19 | The main objectives of the programme are concerned with the working out and testing of the new theories for actual cities — both for individual sectors and for a comprehensive urban ‘ model ’ , this latter being important because structural change in one sector can trigger such change in another . |
| 20 | Her relationship with one child can seem timeless , eternal , until she is pregnant and gives birth again . |
| 21 | Instead of performing the whole of their improvisation for the others , one child can report back on what has happened — either in or out of role . |
| 22 | How one lesbian can put another lesbian on report I will never know , because as far as I 'm concerned that 's hypocritical , totally and utterly . |
| 23 | If one parent can do such a thing , can a child really accept that his mother will not disappear with equal suddenness tomorrow ? |
| 24 | An A from one parent can combine with an A ( giving AA ) or an a ( giving Aa ) from the second parent , and the a from the first can combine with an A ( giving Aa ) or an a ( giving aa ) from the second . |
| 25 | The decision based on a number of current offspring , larger numbers can be greater benefited with and therefore it 's more likely that if the parent had a lot of er offspring then he would continue with the investment and erm the conclusion from now is that males have a greater reproductive success , therefore they are more likely to desert because they can erm and erm this and erm the basic argument of this is one parent can get away with investing less share of erm resources they 're likely to spend more er then they 're to do it , so in other words erm if , if one of the , of the two is being to get away with having the other they can go out to er pursue their own and therefore erm each partner force the other to invest more . |
| 26 | The work carried a lot of individual responsibility and one error can cost the authority thousands of pounds . |
| 27 | LIFESPAN can be accessed across a network from authorised remote nodes ; ie. a user on one machine can access LIFESPAN on another machine and use the full range of available options . |
| 28 | Some people find their hair looks better if they change their shampoo regularly because using one product can cause a build-up of residue , as dies using too many styling products . |
| 29 | We are ready for the next step in the argument : genes in one organism can have extended phenotypic effects on the body of another organism . |
| 30 | The drag of the cable over one wing can make the aircraft uncontrollable in a turn , making a serious crash almost inevitable . |