Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] it can [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all of this , the Library recognises that it can only advance in the closest possible cooperation and consultation with those organisations , most notably university departments and university libraries , which have already set in place the academic and technological infrastructure to which we hope to make an increasingly useful contribution . |
| 2 | Any movement of the mouse will change the pattern that the chip detects and it can instantly calculate how far it has moved in any direction . |
| 3 | The bee enters the flower to collect the nectar , pollinating it in the process , but then finds that it can only escape from the flower by crawling along a narrow , tortuous channel . |
| 4 | If the company feels that it can largely pass changes in input prices on , it will be more appropriate to focus on productivity changes than on absolute cost changes . |
| 5 | In the second approach , described as interventive , one injects an antibiotic inhibitor of RNA or protein synthesis , trains the animal and asks if it can still remember the task . |
| 6 | The barn owl 's ability to locate a sound in two planes at once means that it can accurately pinpoint its prey . |
| 7 | The residual nature of liberty means that it can never fight back . |
| 8 | What makes them interesting is the interplay between depressed singer and band that is capable of creating subtle guitar and synth textures , providing languid settings for a piece like Free , then pushing into country , or a blues riff ( on Get Out Of My Mirror ) , and proves that it can really stretch out when given a chance , as at the end of New Day Dawning . |
| 9 | He relates it to Lennie so often that he almost begins to believe it himself , although underneath he knows that it can never happen . |
| 10 | He 'll be so glad it 's me that knows and it can only bring us closer together . |