Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [art] long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dawes of Nelson can make the long trip from Surrey worthwhile by plundering the Finishing Post Sprint Handicap at Hamilton . |
| 2 | You can stay a long time in neutral , ticking over — provided nothing happens . |
| 3 | Since very small , light animals can fall a long way without being hurt , it 's quite likely that it survived in the forest world under the tree and had the second most interesting experience any tree frog has ever had . |
| 4 | Erm I do n't think we can spend a long time considering them , it 's just if people bear me whisking through them our brains . |
| 5 | ‘ You can see a long way from up here , ’ said Simon . |
| 6 | When the losses are recognized for what they are then the healing of the pain can begin , but so often the loss is so deeply buried in people 's minds that it can take a long while for it to come to the surface again . |
| 7 | The solvents persist for many years , and can take a long time to be degraded or removed ; the good news is that , unlike some other forms of pollution , spillages of volatile organochlorines are apparently becoming rarer as awareness of the consequences of poor practice increases . |
| 8 | Like a wound in your own flesh , a clean cut heals quickly , but a jagged , ragged , bruised gash can take a long time to heel and is open to infection all that time . |
| 9 | It can take a long time for a woman to rid herself of the automatic assumptions that she has absorbed about home-making , and learn to fashion an approach which suits her and her family . |
| 10 | ‘ Broke , and I can see that 2.1 disappearing over the event horizon , but fuck it ; I 've still got my integrity and my Möbius scarf , and a boy can go a long way with those things . |
| 11 | If employees are provided with detailed information packs on the proposed new area at the time of the announcement this can go a long way to answering some of their questions and thus reducing anxiety . |
| 12 | Keeping up to date with developments in your own specialty can go a long way to adding to your confidence . |
| 13 | In doing so it can go a long way towards lifting the depression which has afflicted too many teachers in recent years . |
| 14 | Analysed , considered and acted upon these facts and the others also available from your sales ledger can go a long way towards helping you make your business more efficient and profitable . |
| 15 | The idea of language function can go a long way towards solving this problem of what binds utterances together as discourse in the absence of formal links . |
| 16 | Schema theory can go a long way towards explaining the sender 's choice and arrangement of information in communication . |
| 17 | We can go a long way in the sociology of culture by studying cultural institutions , formations and means of production . |
| 18 | In addition to the occasional attendance at rehearsals by the incumbent , positive words of appreciation can go a long way in making the musician feel that the job is worthwhile . |
| 19 | You can get a long way with three parts and with four you can conquer the world ! |
| 20 | Most of all , if opposition batsman would like to get out ( the dollier the catch the better ) they can start the long walk to the pavilion in the knowledge that it was in a good cause , and not just that of Barney cricket . |
| 21 | So the little sketchbook doodles I made from the car might be all that is needed : a few slight marks pointing to the lack of incident in a country where you can travel a long way without seeming to get anywhere — which is what I felt about my own artistic journey . |