Example sentences of "can the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Decommissioning work on the reactors began four years ago , but only now can the outside world tell the difference , as giant cooling pipes are lifted out by crane |
| 2 | Decommissioning work began four years ago … but only now can the outside world tell the difference as giant pipes are lifted off by crane . |
| 3 | Not only can the middle classes afford solar cookers , they are also the people that the rising price of petroleum products hits the most . |
| 4 | Can the actual use of deliberate force constitute a threat , or more accurately ‘ threatening behaviour ? ’ |
| 5 | WHAT can the ordinary gardener do to help conservation ? |
| 6 | We hear many reports that the Land Rover 2.5 litre turbo diesel engine is underpowered , drinks oil and needs constant servicing Can the new Discovery 200 TDi turbo diesel engine be fitted into a 110 as a replacement engine ? |
| 7 | And you can the new v village can bring forward with it a park and ride initiative that will complement other such initiatives taking place around York . |
| 8 | Still to come … can the new craze for step aerobics actually damage your health ? |
| 9 | Just as the quality maxim can be flouted for effect , so can the other three . |
| 10 | one for the character name and a extra one point or something for , if you can the other one yeah . |
| 11 | How can the average person get on a big ocean racer ? ’ |
| 12 | Thus the person being cared for must be receiving attendance allowance , in recognition that s/he is ‘ severely disabled ’ ; the carer must not be in full-time education or earning ( from April 1992 ) more than £40 a week ; carers can not take more than four weeks ' holiday in any six-month period , nor can the disabled person be in hospital for more than four weeks at a time . |
| 13 | In none of these cases can the inanimate subject of help be conceived as relaxing , coming round , getting in ahead of someone or discharging duties . |
| 14 | Only through such a position of critical self-evaluation can the restricted epistemological validity of one 's position , and its possible ideological strains , be recognised for what it is . |
| 15 | ‘ How can the Prime Minister achieve her national targets when US corporate plans move in a diametrically opposite direction to compound Britain 's trade problems . |
| 16 | Can the Prime Minister remember those heady , happy days a year ago when his predecessor was tossed out of office ? |
| 17 | As his experiences clearly influence his policies and following his recent interview in The Sun , can the Prime Minister now tell the House exactly when he was unemployed ? |
| 18 | Given the decision to opt out of the social charter in Europe can the Prime Minister confirm that he is planning to fight the next general election on the slogan ’ Vote Tory for the lowest wages , least consultation and worst employment protection in Europe ’ ? |
| 19 | How can the Prime Minister be so complacent and so indolent when he is receiving advice that something now needs to be done ? |
| 20 | Can the Prime Minister confirm that last Wednesday he had lunch with Lord Rothermere ? |
| 21 | Can the Prime Minister tell the House how he squares his vision of a classless Britain with the experience of a constituent of mine from Fulwood , who was told last May that she needed a hip replacement but that she would have to wait 14 months for the operation under the national health service , and who was told that she could have had the operation immediately had she been able to cough up £4,300 ? |
| 22 | Can the Prime Minister really take any comfort from the fact that , bad as today 's figures are , they are slightly less bad than they were in the last Tory slump ? |
| 23 | How can the Prime Minister claim to be seeking the best deal for Britain when he is determined to get the worst conditions for British workers ? |
| 24 | Since yesterday 's decisions are clearly further progress towards European union , can the Prime Minister say whether the United Kingdom has moved any closer to the acceptance of a single European currency ? |
| 25 | If the treaty bears the imprint of our views , how can the Prime Minister explain the acceptance of article 104B , under which present and future Governments of this country would be limited by European authority to a borrowing requirement of no more than 3 per cent . |
| 26 | Can the Prime Minister explain why participation in the exchange rate mechanism is a beneficial discipline for British industry , whereas participation in the social chapter is a damaging discipline ? |
| 27 | The Government 's announced change of policy on export credit facilities for the republics of the former Soviet Union is welcome , but can the Prime Minister clarify the extent and the effectiveness of these changes in practice , as it appears that the conditions limiting the operation of those credit guarantees is likely to make them unusable for several years to come ? |
| 28 | Can the Prime Minister say also whether he has encouraged discussion of the establishment in the new democracies of a payments union similar to that which played such an important part in western Europe 's recovery after the second world war ? |
| 29 | With that in mind , can the Prime Minister tell the House what his response is to President Yeltsin 's call for Britain , France , and China to participate in the process of international negotiations for reduction in strategic nuclear weapons ? |
| 30 | How can the Prime Minister possibly justify spending £23,000 million in capital and maintenance on a missile system which does not work properly , which does not deter , which is not independent and against whom there is now no one to target it ? |