Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , he tackles , in The Conquest of Happiness , the roots of human unhappiness , and sees them in an excessive introversion , in an excessive concern with the mechanisms of one 's own mind , and proposes various ways in which people can seek to extract themselves from this introverted obsession with their own mechanisms . |
| 2 | The ceiling for exemption from duty varies from country to country , but it is usually fairly low , and you can expect to pay something on most rugs bought abroad . |
| 3 | There is little the High Elves can do to stop them at this point . |
| 4 | Before long no one who aspires to be taken seriously can dare to question it in public . |
| 5 | Since h(n) is not known during the search we can try to estimate it in some way . |
| 6 | If he does not enjoy his previous hobbies because he can not achieve his former standards , you can try introducing him to new , different ones . |
| 7 | I have great admiration for all those involved in the Academy of Culinary Arts and think it a fine , courageous and important creation , but can someone explain how a meal of such ineptitude can be served in its name , and how some of the best chefs and restaurateurs in the world can have eaten it without public comment ? |
| 8 | Not least , as I have suggested , the question arises as to how God can be good if God can have revealed himself through such a history and if such a myth is true . |
| 9 | Only those who were sufficiently moved by piety or curiosity to go on a pilgrimage to the celebrated shrine of Santiago de Compostella , on roads which took them through Aquitaine , can have learned anything at all about the land which was to be the chief concern of Richard 's life . |
| 10 | Our children will suffer — but not those of rich parents who can afford to send them to public schools . |
| 11 | Once you realize this you can start treating it like any other interview , and apply the same ground rules . |
| 12 | ‘ Now then — you can start to dry yourself with that towel , while I heat up the tongs . ’ |
| 13 | Public Liability Insurance can help protect you against this sort of worry and possible loss . |
| 14 | If , like me , you love the country , maybe one way you can help preserve it for future generations is to stay away from it . |