Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it can [vb infin] [art] " 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 | * Reheating coffee is not recommended as it can develop a very bitter flavour . |
| 5 | The University also says that it can supply state-of-the art fibre to other universities and industry across the world in accordance with specific designs , if required . |
| 6 | If it can be made to work — and time will show whether it can become a reality — that may be the moment to return to subjects such as political and economic union and the benefits of a different defence structure . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It can either refuse to comment on the possibility of a move until some concrete decisions have been taken as to where the company will relocate to and when the move will occur or it can adopt a more open style and keep the staff or union representatives in the picture about developments taking place within the relocation programme . |
| 9 | Alter 10 generations , the phrase chosen for " breeding " was : MDLDMNLS ITJISWHRZREZ MECS P Alter 20 generations it was : MELDINLS IT ISWPRKE Z WECSEL By now , the eye of faith fancies that it can see a resemblance to the target phrase . |
| 10 | The University will first see if it can make an internal appointment . |
| 11 | If the Commission thinks the case admissible and worth proceeding with , it sees if it can achieve a friendly settlement . |
| 12 | But it also makes everything quite difficult to fully understand as it can take a long time to see what is really being said . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It is , however , quite easy to pass the point at which an organisation of this sort feels that it can afford a central staff and from that point onwards the central staff becomes essential and the field staff end by servicing its needs and growth . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The motherboard has a tell-tale row of extra solder holes surrounding the CPU , signifying that it can take a socket for the Pentium OverDrive processor . |
| 23 | In some cases the committee decides that it can see no immediate implications for the firm 's continued registration . |
| 24 | However , in new firms , or in firms in which there is not an established union , the union may not form unless it can provide an excludable good or agency service that is increasing in membership . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Labour believes that it can hijack the EC towards the type of socialism that has been rejected throughout eastern Europe . |
| 27 | Besides this direct funding of research , the Council believes that it can make a more general contribution to the development of science and technology policy . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The health authority , one of the 30 most efficient in the country , is consulting on third-wave trust status because it believes that it can give a better service to patients and local people on that basis . |
| 30 | 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 . |