Example sentences of "can [verb] [adj] [verb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attention that she has received ( particularly the hype surrounding her tenth anniversary in office in May 1989 ) can tempt one to react and downplay the importance , if not the existence , of Thatcherism . |
| 2 | An environment must be created in which partners can feel free to raise or lower their involvement as is appropriate . |
| 3 | We enthusiastically agree with the proposition that CCW can do much to define and help society achieve high standards of ‘ sustainable environmental quality control ’ . |
| 4 | The significance of these matters for the well-being of individual old people is now much more widely recognised , witnessed by the increasing use of continence advisors , who can do much to prevent and ameliorate the problem . |
| 5 | Developers can use ObjectCenter to create and test an Objectivity/DB application . |
| 6 | They can distinguish between two sounds which are only 18 inches apart at a distance of 60 feet ; they can separate with ease two sounds that are coming from the same direction , but at different distances ; and they can differentiate two sounds that have only a half-tone of difference between them . |
| 7 | A kung fu practitioner can adopt any pose that suits the situation . |