Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] can [adv] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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1 | If you do n't have a garage , park as close to your home as possible , preferably somewhere where you can easily observe the car . |
2 | Nearby is Galashiels , a centre for the 19th-century textile industry , where you can still visit the ‘ mill shops ’ . |
3 | Continue on to Noar Hill Hanger where you can still see the evidence of prehistoric field systems . |
4 | you can add all sorts of decorations , ‘ jewels ’ round the neck , sequins on the wings , sequins stuck closely on the head to simulate a cap of curls or you can even make the wings from gold or silver ‘ leaf ’ sprays . |
5 | She 's got thirty seven pounds ninety eight to spend , she gets that amount for every ten pounds , so you want to know how many ten pounds there are in thirty seven ninety eight , so you can write it out as a division sum or you can just move the decimal point . |
6 | Or you can simply sabotage the thing by coughing loudly and exploding all over the place and then of course they simply ca n't use it . |
7 | The LIFESPAN Manager should therefore study the rest of this section , so that he or she can either take the recommended avoiding action , or at least understand what is happening if any of the users become confused . |
8 | Any readers who want to collect aluminium cans can either send them to me or contact local scrap metal dealers and take them there , where they can then donate the cash to a charity of their own choice . |
9 | Human beings have made so much progress since the beginnings of civilization , says Godwin , that nothing can now hinder the ultimate goal — the perfectibility of man . |
10 | Although I can now see the inherent sense in glueing a book to a table , then the point was just beyond me . |
11 | Sometimes I have wondered myself , but have made so many friends and learnt so much that I can never regret the decision . |
12 | ‘ If it comes to that I can always use the excuse that Father needed me , ’ she answered calmly . |
13 | so that I can then confirm the booking . |
14 | Make it clear , too , that she can only have the toy if she gives one of hers in exchange . |
15 | This it is , but the miracle is not that Patricia Routledge can make the old weep with ‘ Roses of Picardy ’ , but that she can still move the young with it . |
16 | ‘ It wo n't get you anywhere , you know — ’ Melissa moved remarkably swiftly , blocking her path ‘ — hanging around Luke the way you do , finding excuses so that you can conveniently stay the weekend . |
17 | However , it is at the CID social functions which are sprinkled throughout the year ( especially at Christmas and any departmental promotion ) that you can clearly observe the CID style . |
18 | Start by loosening the skin of the breasts , and you will find that you can easily detach the thin membranes that join the flesh to the skin of the thighs . |
19 | They say that you can easily spot the tourists in the Big Apple — they are the people walking around gazing at the sky , at the tops of the skyscrapers . |
20 | There is the er the other way of looking at this that you can either change the er sort of C O balance or you can give her some clerical time , because if she can identify clerical work I mean like Diane |
21 | However , the great advantage of a good video is that you can actually witness the process of developing a piece of work , stage by stage , and be shown individual techniques , as well as be informed and entertained . |
22 | You know , so it 's like yo you 've got on this minute camera on the line and everything , you know so it , so that you can actually get the excitement of watching it you know , coming and taking |
23 | Would it be sensible for us to agree that on Monday of next week , we finalise , authorise and reissue procedures , that we discuss whatever Simon 's put to us now , and give feed back so that you can actually take the final documents next week and that Rita and Stella you take |
24 | It is important to understand that you will always remain in ultimate control when relaxing and that you can always stop the proceedings at any time should they become unpleasant or uncomfortable . |
25 | First , it ensures that you can still utilise the database without retrieving BLOBs and suffer no loss of speed in your application because of the presence of BLOBs within records . |
26 | Firstly , plug all the draughts with strips of foam draught excluder , but make sure that you can still open the windows properly . |
27 | Ray Floyd , Tom Kite and Hale Irwin have shown that you can still win the big titles even when you are over 40 . |
28 | Having convinced yourself that you can safely find the ‘ hold ’ switch and abort an autorotation landing , you should beware of making a habit of this . |
29 | ‘ Pretty things , ’ wrote Sawyer and Darton of illustrated books in general , ‘ pleasant to fondle , more ready to display to a bibliophile those tiny points of an exquisite technique over which it is legitimate to gloat … the spot of ink adjusted on a Corinthian 's cheek to a thousandth of an inch , or a black line so thin and firm that you can almost see the metal caressing it on to the honest untimbered white paper . ’ |
30 | Throughout this gargantuan meal the talk was almost entirely concentrated on food , on remembering other great meals , or discussing the quality of the ham and the other salumi : ‘ It must n't just be pink ; it must n't be too fat , and it should be cut so thin that you can almost see the church tower through it . ’ |