Example sentences of "[noun pl] can [adv] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've been art celebrities since then and , although the scale of their work has increased — pictures can now include several people , and stretch up to ten metres across — the real subject remains G&G ( as they sometimes describe themselves ) . |
| 2 | The answer may be that some sorts of postmodernist de-differentiation are implicitly ‘ reactionary ’ , and other sorts potentially integral to a reconstructed left political culture , and still other sorts can politically cut either way . |
| 3 | Such preventive methods can clearly have some impact on the incidence of mental handicap , but this is comparatively small compared with the possible effects of screening techniques in conjunction with abortion . |
| 4 | Frey argues that animals can not have any perceptions at all since this involves making judgements , attaching predicates to subjects , of which , lacking language , they are incapable . |
| 5 | Actively to create room for such development work seems essential precisely because field workers who are hard pressed by a burden of routine and less focused casework demands can not create such room for themselves . |
| 6 | Indeed it would be quite absurd if companies can not correct any mistake if all interested parties agree . |
| 7 | But most workshops in developing countries can not meet these tolerances , ‘ so the spares simply do n't fit , ’ says Unwin . |
| 8 | The volume of economic transnational practices has increased phenomenally since the 1950s , as evidenced by the tremendous growth of foreign trade , l and this means that even some quite poor people in some poor countries can now distinguish many consumer goods in terms of their origins and the status-conferring advantages that some origins have over others . |
| 9 | Local commissioners can now accept any complaint from members of the public about maladministration in local government . |
| 10 | Some PCs these days can already offer this type of performance or may offer a one megabyte graphics card as an optional extra for as little as £20 over the price of a 512K card . |
| 11 | But the possibilities can greatly outweigh such things if groups are well taught , and some of these expressions of mutual direction could well offer ways forward out of the isolated , anxious states of living of these days and into the fellowship of God 's people . |
| 12 | Absences from work due to leave , sickness , court attendance , police business elsewhere , or transfers can seriously deplete this number on occasions , leaving the section very understaffed , which is why managers are so sensitive about constables phoning in sick , although this sensitivity is not always communicated in a heavy-handed manner . |
| 13 | Soviet officials can not countenance any neutralisation of Indo-China . |
| 14 | Another disadvantage is that boats can not pass each other during the locking through . ’ |
| 15 | Of course , consumers as individuals can rarely make such choices operative , even if they wished to . |
| 16 | Because males spend less energy in manufacturing each gamete than do females , males can potentially produce more offspring , in a greater number of productive matings . |
| 17 | Non-ruminants can not extract much energy from the hard parts of the plant ; however , this is more than made up for by the fact that food passes much more quickly through their guts . |
| 18 | Managers can not tell these people what , specifically , to find out . |
| 19 | The two types of approach are qualitatively quite different , because in the consultative case , the proposing knowledge source imposes a partial ordering on candidates , and other sources can not alter this ordering , and must evaluate each candidate ( or set of candidates ) in order , without knowing what other , from their point of view better , candidates might be proposed later . |
| 20 | In so far as the population of Africa , and especially that of Somalia , is clearly at risk from internal conflict and where the aid agencies can not deliver any assistance because of that conflict , is it not time for the British Government to urge the United Nations to take a more interventionist and far stronger role in resolving those disputes ? |
| 21 | Since few agencies can readily bring such expertise together unless they frequently make different cross-sectional studies , there is considerable demand for the resources of firms providing market research and attitudinal survey expertise . |
| 22 | In a partnership consisting of several hundred partners — sometimes over a thousand in the US — the partners can not know each other . |
| 23 | Passengers can now enjoy such trips as East Anglia to Liverpool , and Scarborough to Manchester without the inconvenience of having to change trains . |
| 24 | Passengers can now enjoy such trips as East Anglia to Liverpool , and Scarborough to Manchester without the inconvenience of having to change trains . |
| 25 | A public body which has power to construct lavatories can not use that power in order to build a subway under a street . |
| 26 | Although real operational amplifiers can never provide such properties , a modern operational amplifier formed within a single chip of silicon comes impressively close to meeting the ideal specification . |
| 27 | Personal injury practitioners can only make any sort of profit at all if they achieve a realistic cash flow and this can only be obtained by ensuring that payment is made as soon as the case is settled . |
| 28 | The Departments can not accept any liability for inaccuracies or omissions or for any loss or damage in any way connected with or arising out of the publication of this information . |
| 29 | The Departments can not accept any liability for inaccuracies or omissions or for any loss or damage in any way connected with or arising out of the publication of this information . |
| 30 | With a really good discussion leader the various members will all be drawn into the exchange of views and members can thus stimulate each other in a way that does not happen in individual interviews . |