Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it can [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among other things , Christopher said Western assistance must be better co-ordinated and targeted where it can have the greatest impact . |
| 2 | However , as a strategic planning authority , it is through the Structure Plan process that it can influence the protection of natural resources such as peat lands , and the opportunity for this will arise in the current review of the Plan which will be available for public consultation in the New Year . |
| 3 | Nobody has claimed that it can clear the infectious organism , HIV , from a person 's system . |
| 4 | Any animal with even a rudimentary nervous system will be better placed if it can compute the arrival of impending danger or the location of valuable resources such as food or mates . |
| 5 | Because British intelligence has been reluctant to spy on a legitimately elected government and has also been forbidden from keeping ministers under surveillance , MI5 has welcomed the CIA 's intervention and given it a free rein in its British operations , always provided that it can share the resulting information . |
| 6 | The largest questions the members of a management partnership must answer are whether sharing is practicable , whether its members believe in it and how long — if it is a reality — it takes the outside world to believe that it can provide the promised level of quality . |
| 7 | From the group 's perspective , it desires to be involved where it can influence the final shape of a policy so that it maximizes the benefits and minimizes the losses to its members . |
| 8 | One assumes from this that there should be no repeat of the Investment Business Regulations debacle but , until such time as the Institute has had an opportunity to demonstrate that it can resist the temptation to create any further unnecessary bureaucracy , members are likely to be justifiably sceptical . |
| 9 | Although these odours are not discernible by the human nose , the highly developed scenting ability of the dog means that it can detect the flavour easily . |
| 10 | In an air test , stoppers are used to block off the ends of the drain and air is blown into the drain to see whether it can hold the pressure . |
| 11 | BT believes it still has some way to go before it can match the performance of American telecommunications companies and is also anxious to stay ahead of European public sector rivals . |
| 12 | But although the students ' efforts compared well with other universities and schools , the Bristol team has some distance to go before it can match the efforts of the Japanese motor industry entry which achieved 6,142 miles to the gallon . |
| 13 | Like the unit in Pembrokeshire , it has done that because it believes that it can satisfy the Secretary of State on four points : first , that such a move would show benefits for patients ; secondly , that it would improve management capability ; thirdly , that clinicians would be involved in management ; and , fourthly , that the trust has a future of financial soundness . |
| 14 | Labour believes that it can hijack the EC towards the type of socialism that has been rejected throughout eastern Europe . |
| 15 | But Zurich believes that it can make the business profitable with the right package of tailor-made services — for instance , advice on security of buildings and reduction of accidents at work as well as insurance . |
| 16 | Japan , which has no fossil fuel reserves of its own , wants to stockpile plutonium because it believes that it can develop the technology to transform it into plentiful and cheap electricity . |
| 17 | The regional council leaders will argue that it can fulfil the twin aims of overall strategic planning for Highland and making local government more local by producing a scheme of decentralised decision-making and management . |
| 18 | Sir Frank added that Britain had no ‘ power to do anything other than see if it can influence the French or whichever country it may be . |