Example sentences of "they can [adv] [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is often quite surprising to discover just how aware children are of their own needs and how they can frequently articulate the type of resource they need . |
| 2 | With respect to the second of these jobs , terms like ‘ subversion ’ often have such elastic definitions that , again , they can frequently provide the pretext for the surveillance of legitimate political activity . |
| 3 | True , the curia regis , de Banco and other rolls contain mainly names of notable , even famous , families , but they can also record the names of more ordinary folk : 1261 , ‘ Thomas Piket and his wife Cristina versus Ralph le Bret and William his son , and Richard de Langlay in a plea that they cut down trees ’ ; 1262 , ‘ Akyma who was wife of William de Reyney versus William de Bekeford for ⅓ of the moiety of the advowson of the church ’ ; 1318 , ‘ The sheriff to have here William de Bradewas , Matilda Bret , Henry de Knyghteton , Walter de Pyneford , John Keneman , John Weryng , Richard North , Thomas Tredy , and Henry Gledy to show by what right … ‘ , and so on . |
| 4 | They can also avoid the rush down to the beach to secure an umbrella . |
| 5 | All these things prevent the body 's energy flowing smoothly , and those energy ‘ road-blocks ’ are not only the result of stress — they can also compound the problem . |
| 6 | They release the teacher for other work by giving the pupil something which he can operate himself without having to have the teacher there ; and they can also enliven the teaching of otherwise difficult topics . |
| 7 | They can also use the medium to explore character or linguistic or structural features of texts . |
| 8 | They can help you with your training needs your child care and your travel and they can also provide the support you need if you 're not confident about going back to learning . |
| 9 | Now they can either award the deal to the lowest bidder or negotiate some kind of split . |
| 10 | They can either discharge the case , or refer it to the Sheriff for Proof . |
| 11 | They can either follow the path of instrumental reason or they can recover their true character as a modern polis , a site of developing communicative reason . |
| 12 | They can either accept the recommendation , admitting that they are in control of what they do and the situations they create , or more likely they will protest that to take such advice will worsen the situation . |
| 13 | That the , the other point to be made about the pessimistic and optimistic theories is , they , because they 're extremely elusive , they can easily suggest the idea of utopias , and you get two different sorts of utopias . |
| 14 | In Jane Austen 's writing allusions of this kind are so succinct , and so well integrated with dramatized events , that they can easily pass the reader by . |
| 15 | Teachers become more efficient at writing objectives the more they practise , so that they can soon reach the stage where the time taken is no more than is required for planning anyway . |
| 16 | They can thus avoid the costs of variety and added risk in a volatile market . |
| 17 | Then provided the authorities control the supply of ‘ cash ’ by , say , open-market operations , it would seem that they can thereby control the creation of credit and hence deposits . |
| 18 | They can even distinguish the scent of other human beings by sniffing the ground where they may have walked . |
| 19 | indoor climbing offers a whole range of challenges … they can even get the mountains to move … the Alps the Himalayas … you can climb them all indoors … for climbers St. Werburgs is simply heaven |
| 20 | Frankly , it is not an adequate response for Labour Members to pretend that they can somehow keep the market for coal at its present level . |
| 21 | If it 's the non-taxpayer owns the account in that case , then she can pay the whole of that thousand pounds into a joint account for them both , and they can both use the income , the revenue are n't going to b bother about where the money 's gone , providing that it 's received by the person who owns the investment . |
| 22 | The BMWs slowly roll down the impressive new production line where the team of mechanics eagerly await their arrival — so they can carefully take the cars to pieces . |
| 23 | But the brain is three-dimensional with inconceivably more cells , and those cells are far more wonderful for not only can they light up in patterns to show pictures representing outside vision , but they can subtly change the material and they can remember everything . |
| 24 | We can not dictate what our children will make of the Community , but we must leave them in a position where they can effectively influence the shape of Europe , and that Europe must be one in which we retain our distinct national identity . |
| 25 | And he he was n't he said they can only stand the water problem so long so what they can do with it I do n't know . |
| 26 | The pair want to hear from anyone who had relatives serving with the Tyneside Scottish even if they can only give the name , rank , serial number and home address . |
| 27 | Write your information on the back and tell them they can only eat the eggs after the instructions have been copied down . |
| 28 | However it has always been recognised that they can only complement the work done in the home and the parish and do not replace it . |
| 29 | They can only contain the characters A … |
| 30 | They can only evaluate the care that they 've had |