Example sentences of "[noun] can [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Burscough boss believes he can put his finger on why his side can consistently beat opposition from higher leagues , as they have done time after time in the past two years , yet struggle at their own level . |
| 2 | Now it is clear that by extending one-member-one-vote to the choice of constituency delegates , Labour can safely inject democracy into the party conference without fearing nasty side-effects . |
| 3 | Notice that the buying and selling of units can only take place between the trust and the original purchaser . |
| 4 | Thinking can only make use of the patterns we have acquired in the past . |
| 5 | Your mind can only focus attention on one area of the swing until it becomes muscle memory and works naturally . |
| 6 | DRP is expressed in fetal and regenerating muscle and may play a similar role to dystrophin in early development , although it remains to be determined whether DRP can functionally replace dystrophin in adult tissue . |
| 7 | Whereas biochemical studies can measure enzyme activities , immunohistochemistry can only provide information on enzyme protein , some of which may be inactive . |
| 8 | Few exporters can now avoid involvement with foreign currencies as they trade in increasingly diverse and competitive markets and a willingness to accept a customers preferred currency can be a strong marketing tool when negotiating a contract . |
| 9 | The application of such a rule can undoubtedly give rise to difficulties in certain sets of circumstances , but so can the suggested rule that economic loss may be recovered provided it is directly consequential on physical damage . |
| 10 | Animals can also transmit infection on their bodies , as can insects ( e.g. flies becoming contaminated with faeces ) and many widespread epidemic infections are transmitted by blood-sucking insects such as the mosquito which causes malaria . |
| 11 | But the brilliant Botha can also turn defence into attack with one raking right-foot kick to touch . |
| 12 | The discovery of it outside the groups identified as apparent risks can only give cause for concern . |
| 13 | This bishop 's ambiguous statements on aspects of Jesus 's biography can still provoke outrage among people who refuse to believe anything but that their saviour was conceived by the Holy Spirit of a virgin . |
| 14 | ‘ They 've just decided Pat can now take care of himself in the outside world . |
| 15 | Even so , the pupil 's motivation to use sight purposefully , his interest in the task in hand , the appropriateness of task lighting and position of work can sometimes enable material to be used with surprisingly little adaptation . |
| 16 | In conclusion , the 1989 Children Act can only go part of the way towards changing the direction and ethos of child care in the nineties . |
| 17 | The Court of Victoria rightly rejected the contention that a careless act can never give rise to a cause of action in negligence unless there is in existence at the time of the act a legal person affected by it who can sue . |
| 18 | Planners can also give approval with conditions appended to the details of the scheme . |
| 19 | Overshadowing ( the observation that the associative strength acquired by a target stimulus A is reduced when another event , B , is also present on reinforced trials ) and blocking ( the observation that prior reinforced training with B can effectively eliminate acquisition to A when AB trials are given ) are primary characteristics of conditioning , found in all training procedures and in almost all organisms capable of classical conditioning . |
| 20 | ‘ No prudent Chancellor can ever regard taxation as something which can only ever be reduced , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ No prudent Chancellor can ever regard taxation as something which can only ever be reduced , ’ he said . |
| 22 | ‘ No prudent Chancellor can ever regard taxation as something which can only ever be reduced , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Paraphrases can only capture part of what these significances represent : A represents something like " things which children have to learn in order to communicate " ; B — " features of buildings ( grand and ecclesiastical ) " ; C — " features of buildings ( plain and domestic ) " ; D — " outdoor terrain for boys ' amusements " ; E — " grand architectural features " , and so on . |
| 24 | Although the borrower is expected to meet the obligations of the debt out of his general resources , in the event of default the lender can only obtain repayment by enforcing his rights against the particular security which is identified in the loan agreement . |
| 25 | And resistance to one pest can often increase susceptibility to another . |
| 26 | Environmental archaeology can therefore throw light on modern as well as ancient ecological problems by providing a set of fundamental ‘ base line ’ data . |
| 27 | New clinical trials show that including garlic in the diet can significantly reduce cholesterol in the blood , according to Dr Jorg Grunwald , a research biologist from Berlin . |
| 28 | The bibliography of Sir Anthony Caro can hardly keep pace with his protean output . |
| 29 | A business general manager who moves up to corporate responsibilities can quickly lose touch with his or her former industry . |
| 30 | Insects can also lose heat by evaporation from their spiracles , but this may lead to desiccation . |