Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] can [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If harmful insects can protect themselves from attack by displaying special markings that warn away predators , then it follows that harmless insects can benefit by mimicking them . |
| 2 | Thus the plant can , during the latter part of the night , move its leaves to a position appropriate for sunrise ; predatory animals can prepare themselves for the activity of hunting and hunted animals can escape to safety before it is too late . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , in the course of talking and pretending , the sovereign states can harm themselves in the real exercise of real power . |
| 4 | Journalists whose by-lines are on defamatory stories can exculpate themselves by proving that the defamation was added to their copy without their consent ( a common occurrence where the sting emanates from clumsy sub-editing ) . |
| 5 | Frustrated and angry babies can cry themselves into a state of fear as they interpret the absence of their mother as an attack upon themselves . |
| 6 | However it would appear that Hahnemann was a couple of centuries ahead of his time because it is now known that the DNA of certain viruses can incorporate itself into our own genome , our own inherited material . |
| 7 | Clearly , the extent to which the offeror and its financial advisers can satisfy themselves on such matters before the announcement depends on the co-operation which can be expected from the target 's board . |