Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [pron] can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By a whiff of the smell you can plainly tell |
| 2 | Notice that the enzyme can do nothing about the difference , h , between the initial and final energy engineer can , by digging a tunnel , reduce the height to which one must climb to travel between them , but if there is a difference of altitude between the cities he can not alter it . |
| 3 | On the field you can not fail to notice him . |
| 4 | As with replacements , there would be a maximum number allowed and , unlike rugby league , once a player has left the field he can not return . |
| 5 | With this in mind members of the schemes operated by the University who can not achieve 40 years ’ pensionable/reckonable service should consider the possibility of making Additional Voluntary Contributions to improve their retirement benefits . |
| 6 | In 1844 the church was declared unsafe , so money was raised from the rates and voluntary subscriptions and a new church was consecrated in 1848 , which is the building one can still see today . |
| 7 | The formula does not contain silicone so it wo n't create build-up on the hair which can sometimes affect the result of chemical treatments carried out in the salons . |
| 8 | Everybody hates a bad leaver but , whereas in the West you can usually close the door on a guest who has finally reached the garden gate , in the islands it is impolite to stop waving and chanting until he is either round a corner and out of sight , or else too distant to be able to see the whites of his eyes . |
| 9 | Let us go , says the second proposition , and find somebody else , some wise man who will be able to answer the unanswerable , who can tell us which are the sheep who can properly raise their prices , and which the goats who ought to keep their prices stable or lower them ; and then , when he tells us , we will all go and scream blue murder at the goats and make them thoroughly ashamed and sorry for themselves . |
| 10 | ‘ Technology can help people who are non-musicians to express themselves , but it annoys me when these people say it 's more valid than the musicians who can actually play their instruments . ’ |
| 11 | Mr. Jeffreys contended that on a fair reading of the subsection it can not have been the intention that every one of an owner 's rights had to be assumed by the alleged thief before an appropriation was proved and that essential ingredient of the offence of theft established . |
| 12 | ‘ If we climb high on the rock we can then drop to flatter ice . ’ |
| 13 | In The Prelude we can easily detect a similar pattern imposed upon experience , though Wordsworth is describing a poetic rather than a Christian vocation ; and though he may appear to use religious vocabulary ( see again the discussion on pages 89–91 ) , he is expounding a secular philosophy . |
| 14 | By completing the card you can also receive advice or help with the following : |
| 15 | Because the two models have exactly the same implications for the data one can not use the data to discriminate between them : the two models are observationally equivalent . |
| 16 | Whatever the result you can not fire the cannon this turn when it MISFIRES . |
| 17 | Even if the defendant himself can plausibly say that he did not intend to use violence , it is sufficient if he uses the language or behaviour in a situation where the addressee is likely to believe that violence will be used against him either by the speaker or by other persons . |
| 18 | In all my years at the club I can not remember such a sensational line up of prizes as are on offer here . |
| 19 | George has asked if Pat could possibly get teaching or worship tapes for the Christians there as they are very short of any kind of material , especially the Filipinos who can not get anything from home . |
| 20 | So the key requirement here is accurate and timely information available across the enterprise to the desktop of the users or the management which can potentially reflect the whole business requirements . |
| 21 | There are times , too , when the class teacher should see the school nurse , the social worker , the educational psychologist and , above all , the parent who can not wait . |
| 22 | By contrast , whenever you have dealings with someone over the telephone you can not see them . |
| 23 | As for the speed of the machine I can not comment as lack of time with the machine did not allow us to perform our usual tests . |
| 24 | To the player it is all too real and even from the prime position in the middle of the fairway he can barely pick out the top of the flag amid the brightly-coloured hues of the spectators . |
| 25 | With the symmetry of the rest of the geometry we can only assume this to be from choice rather than from the limitations of the designers ' technology . |
| 26 | About the armpits one can eternally argue , but the legs — surely ! — the legs … |
| 27 | Thus , a mercantile agent in possession of the registration book but not of the vehicle itself can not confer good title under section 2 of the Factors Act , Beverley Acceptances v. Oakely ( 1982 C.A. ) . |
| 28 | When moistened by even a single drop of urine , the alarm sounds , waking the sleeper who can then go to the lavatory . |
| 29 | When we reach the village we can not find the dispensary . |
| 30 | These are the Comyns and the Bruces who can both reckon amongst their members males of the royal blood , for each claim the throne by descent from David , Earl of Huntingdon , great-uncle of Alexander III and grandson of a former king . |