Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] can [verb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any half-blind booby can see it makes no sense . |
| 2 | Thus if two vehicles collide and neither driver can say what happened after ( and there is no corroborative evidence ) , the judge can not simply refuse to make any finding . |
| 3 | Some surfaces can make it bobble a bit , though not enough to put you off . |
| 4 | Some clubs can find themselves playing three to four times a week as they struggle to fulfil the fixture list . |
| 5 | Our sexual condition can help us to recognize how guarded we are , or how self-seeking , manipulative , or fearful we are , instead of being trusting , selfless , kindly , reverent and free in the bonds of love . |
| 6 | So German companies can export anything deemed recyclable by German law to other countries , without giving any formal notification . |
| 7 | In this chapter you have discovered many ways in which foods containing dietary fibre can make you feel more satisfied — and the food has not yet gone down the throat . |
| 8 | This distinction can help us to give the best version of logical empiricism . |
| 9 | This point can help us understand the contradictions within recorded popular music : the fact that there is no simple return to oral techniques ; that the record form carries a vast range of content types ( including ‘ literate ’ ballads related to bourgeois traditions ) ; that production methods also differ widely , often using written components as well as ‘ oral ’ techniques ; that the modern recording studio is actually more suited to producing precisely synchronized rhythms and textures , and complex structural processes , than is notation ( as well as being suited also to other things ) . |
| 10 | We ca n't make any more hours in the day , but careful planning can allow us to use this time-saving piece of equipment as efficiently as possible . |
| 11 | Only a few people can train themselves to get beyond them . ’ |
| 12 | Although the scribes no doubt made ‘ errors ’ , it should be possible to investigate variable texts in extenso to determine the extent to which variation in spelling ( or indeed in other linguistic dimensions ) is in fact orderly , and whether this variation can help us to work out what might have been happening in spoken English at the time . |
| 13 | Few towns can boast they do not have a problem with dogs being allowed to roam the streets and Darlington is no exception . |
| 14 | This formula can help you express messages that make you feel uncomfortable . |
| 15 | Professional punters can make it pay by carefully studying form but the average punter will end up with £81 for every Pounds 100 staked . |
| 16 | How that girl can bring herself to sit there singing it I ca n't imagine . |
| 17 | ‘ Each council can decide what to do and interpret the regulation and law to fit its own area , but we would point out that if the council goes ahead with the plan , it will be ratepayers who are going to bear the cost . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Each council can decide what to do and interpret the regulation and law to fit its own area . |
| 19 | What moral law can compel anyone to stay in prison if they can get out ? |
| 20 | Even if you 've feared this awful outcome for months , the actual moment can send you reeling . |
| 21 | The following exercises can help you identify the criteria you use for assessing others , and in turn how you use them on yourself : |
| 22 | What I 've said is that I 'd like to see the existing C P O's become divisional staff at the division that they are working now so that the divisional commander can allow them to stay there holding hands with the new civilian C P O for up to six months if necessary because it then becomes a local decision as to when the when the two have that umbilical cut . |
| 23 | At least at first , the jump from the Friday pay-packet to the monthly pay-cheque can create what seems like two or three weeks of cash starvation . |
| 24 | In life , however , the light of reason is dusty and obscured , and it is unclear how far this ideal type can help us to explain the course of our social existence . |
| 25 | It will also look at the ways in which these explanations can help us reach an understanding of inequality in higher education . |
| 26 | ( 3 ) There is a modern attempt to defend what is called objectivism in ethics which turns on viewing both facts and values as essentially social constructs which are what they are because they are either what society drills us into accepting or what exceptional individuals can persuade us follow from the procedures we have been drilled into accepting as correct . |
| 27 | All these questions can help you decide whether the ad is right or whether it needs changing . |
| 28 | Understanding these processes can help you prevent your pond or aquarium pH changing sufficiently to cause stress , disease , and in extreme cases death as a result of the pH level itself . |
| 29 | All these players can make me flinch and squirm ; but it 's nothing compared to the complicated torment meted out by the Barometer . |
| 30 | Perhaps other Cory keepers can let us know ? |