Example sentences of "[adj] can [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , Psygnosis hold the rights to produce Lemmings on the C64 ( that was easy ! ) , but ‘ when ’ is a different can of bolted horses altogether ! |
| 2 | If , as was clear from press coverage of the recent retrospective at the Hayward , the art critical establishment is still sniffily disparaging of Magritte 's achievement , this can at least partly be attributed to the disturbing facility with which his images have been appropriated by advertisers and recycled as mere media commonplaces . |
| 3 | There is as yet no common European standard for the classification of hotels , and this can on occasion lead to quality variations between centres . |
| 4 | This can in fact be quite useful in some circumstances such as where a person works in an odorous environment . |
| 5 | For most people though there is a curiosity about the past , about how people lived and behaved , about whether they have changed over the centuries , and this can in part be answered by archaeology . |
| 6 | Providing you resist , this can in itself provide useful learning opportunities : " I 'm not in charge ; I ca n't make decisions for you . " |
| 7 | Speedy can of course you know he 's a good little leaper for a small lad but they 're not just gon na be able to whack the ball up there . |
| 8 | Encouraging self-help , self-motivation , self-action leads to feelings of purpose , relevance and fulfilment , and these can in turn lead to new meaning in the life of the older individual . |
| 9 | Looking at the remaining 16 error cases from our system ( see table 5.4 ) in more detail , it is clear that some of these can in fact be solved by applying some simple substitutions where the recognition has failed . |
| 10 | These can in turn be described in detail by the zonal space and excursion relationships as follows ( see Figure 2.19 ) : A loose pin in a hole may rest on the adjoining surfaces and stand on the bottom of the hole . |
| 11 | However , utterances of ( 38 ) -(40) and the like can in fact convey a great deal : ( 38 ) War is war ( 39 ) Either John will come or he wo n't ( 40 ) If he does it , he does it Note that these , by virtue of their logical forms ( respectively : x ( W(x) — W(x) ) ; p V p ; p — p ) are necessarily true ; ergo they share the same truth conditions , and the differences we feel to lie between them , as well as their communicative import , must be almost entirely due to their pragmatic implications . |
| 12 | The fact that the definitions of these terms are extremely murky can in part be traced to the notion of pertinent effects . |
| 13 | ( One can of course question whether or not the axioms are appropriate if one is trying to model a concrete example . ) |
| 14 | The same can of course be said of a great novel , for if houses are like stories , stories are also like houses . |
| 15 | We need to consider a form of examination that can reflect the ideal of ‘ transferable skills ’ , and of the equal importance of the practical with the theoretical , that can above all reflect the ideal of broad ‘ philosophical ’ understanding within each subject-area , which can come to be respected by those concerned with selection for higher education as an indicator of potential achievement . |
| 16 | But if you say we must share every piece of equipment in those ratios , then you do create management difficulties and the potential for delay and and indeed that can in turn add to costs . |
| 17 | Most can for simplicity sake be loosely classified as one of three types : fantasy goals , long-term goals and short-term goals . |
| 18 | Both can of course eventually be eaten . |
| 19 | Both can to some degree be controlled and both vary in intensity or extent . |
| 20 | Picasso 's extensive series of variations on Las Meninas was produced in 1957 , but even if Gironella knew of them when he himself began to work on versions of Velázquez ( which is highly unlikely , as Picasso 's paintings were not exhibited until 1959 ) ; even though their interest in the art of the past at that point in their careers was for both , perhaps , a rejection of abstraction ; and even though both can in some way be defined as exiled from their Spanish roots , as outsiders looking in — — yet the results are widely divergent . |
| 21 | Parents sampled the linguistic , mathematical , scientific and creative work which the children had done on the theme — and many discovered that activities which often look to be just fun can in fact be quite hard work . |