Example sentences of "they can [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | If fast-food take-aways want to find their best prospects they can do a lot worse than identify areas which have a high proportion of ‘ households sharing access to a bath ’ . |
| 2 | Now if you know that somebody is a drug addict and they 've just had an injection you keep away from them , erm if they 're having a bad trip , whatever they call it , because you do n't , they become very violent , they can do a lot of damage , now the only time you will step in and help is when they go unconscious , but at the same time remember protect yourself , we 're talking about needles here and probably shared needles , you must be terribly careful that you do not get pricked by a needle , especially if , they have a habit of sticking needles under lapels , so always be aware of this , if a person is a drug addict , in fact if you can find some easier way of turning them into the recovery position , do so , erm , you can then obviously either call the ambulance . |
| 3 | potential employers feel they can tell a lot about a person by their handwriting . |
| 4 | People feel they can tell a lot from a handshake and they are quite right . |
| 5 | They can have a lot respect for the women who are working against male violence and we can just keep it in mind that we 're moving towards , not the same place , but roughly speaking we have the same visions . |
| 6 | ‘ Maybe they buy it for the wrong reason ; they can get a lot of research they would otherwise not carry out . |
| 7 | ‘ Maybe they buy it for the wrong reason ; they can get a lot of research they would otherwise not carry out . |
| 8 | That 's the question being raised by Health and Fitness magazine after speaking to dermatologists who , while admitting they may do less harm than actual sunlight , stress they can cause a lot of harm . |
| 9 | They can cause a lot of apparently . |