Example sentences of "[noun] can [vb infin] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iago 's exploitation of trust enables him to make Othello kill Desdemona : all that Othello can say at the end is , ‘ Will you , I pray , demand that demi-devil/Why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body ? ’ |
| 2 | The check is terminated whenever the bounding approach either proves that the specified condition can not occur , or establishes that the condition can Occur at the level of original definition . |
| 3 | A classical physicist can decide at the beginning of an experiment to call that electron over there A and this one over here B. Subsequently they may interact and go through all sorts of complicated convolutions , but because he can in principle follow the motion the classical physicist 's labels have an abiding significance . |
| 4 | ‘ Now , an engineer can look at the car , say it 's okay and rubber-stamp the paperwork . ’ |
| 5 | More leisurely guests can relax at the bar or around the pool , play a quiet game of cards on the large verandah , or just rest in the attractive lounge . |
| 6 | By these means a court can look at the purpose or function of a rule . |
| 7 | And of course And anyway , we got there , it was alright , and erm I had to fill this tractor , where it was , of course they 're going to make fun of me again , first morning I 'd got to get the tractor ready , and you know them , five gallon five gallon , things can happen at the time , and I have been had been supposed to be to get the hole at the top of the can , and not spill it you see . |
| 8 | Teleworkers can operate at the kitchen table with a couple of filing cabinets tucked under it but most prefer to use a separate room they can shut the door on at the end of the day . |
| 9 | At most Clubs , Pirates can sit at the Captain 's table for an early evening meal , often with free lemonade or mineral water . |
| 10 | One of the most intensive ways in which a student can learn at the bedside is from individual tuition . |
| 11 | As will be indicated below , I do not feel that much ( if any ) of the explanation can lie at the door of the police station . |
| 12 | Experimental and theoretical studies of convecting suspensions heated from below show , however , that settling can occur at the base of a suspension even if the convection maintains a uniform concentration . |
| 13 | A preview will tell you what the software can do at the moment — we do n't go too heavily on any minor bugs or inconsistencies at the preview stage , but we do criticise bad design and form an opinion about whether the software will be up to scratch when it gets released . |
| 14 | Peter Schmidt of the Stiftung Wissenschaft Politik at Ebenhausen , a leading expert on European defence and security issues , has identified the formulation of a Common Foreign and Security policy as the product of a ‘ top-down approach ’ which ‘ regards the political union of Western Europe within the framework of the EC as an end in itself ’ , rather than of a ‘ functional or horizontal approach ’ which ‘ asks in a practical way which defence functions can and should be handled in a Western European framework , which ones can remain attached to existing defence arrangements — above all that means Nato — and which ones can stay at the disposal of nation states ’ . |
| 15 | But an estimator can call at the customer 's home , take measurements and quote a price . |
| 16 | All Leeds can do at the moment is keep winning the games we should win and clock the away victories , so that when the Uniteds of this world come along we wo n't be psyched out of beating them . |