Example sentences of "[conj] can [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem for the research scientist is to devise methodologies that can detect and receive the different modes of action of a therapy without distorting it . |
| 2 | From 9.30 to 5.30pm , 6 days a week , we smother the children with suncream , take them for walks , supervise those that can swim as they play in the water , feed them and entertain them with games . |
| 3 | But there are short- and medium-term measures that can contain and ease the problems . |
| 4 | Furthermore , in so many British bookshops , there is a scarcity of the specialist knowledge that can advise and guide purchasers . |
| 5 | horrible types that can eat and eat and do n't put on an ounce |
| 6 | believe that there is further that can go and that it should be exploited by Mr Major or Mr Reynolds , or by Mr Major ? |
| 7 | The Jeep Wrangler : an eye-catcher that can go where few people would attempt to walk |
| 8 | For a convincing construction of a normal form it is not enough merely to list a few types of equivalence that can arise and show how to deal with them . |
| 9 | Rosen ( 1991 ) classifies the errors that can arise and these are shown in table 1.1 . |
| 10 | The Woonerven experience in Holland was an early indication Or the benefits that can arise when changes in the law accompany changes in physical design , yet these cross-fertilisation benefits are not realised when just one form of speed deterrent is strengthened . |
| 11 | Some writers have described formal groups as official groups , to avoid the confusion that can arise when describing groups operating in an informally structured organization ( eg an organic type of organization ) . |
| 12 | -Oh yes , there are some that can finish and machine together . |
| 13 | It seems clear that the introduction of systems that can complement and help guide good diagnostic judgement and reasoning is worth evaluation . |
| 14 | IBM Corp has a less than impressive record in turning developments in its laboratories into commercial products , but perhaps that will change when an outsider is installed at the helm , and IBM researchers say they have developed a polymer film that can capture and hold vast amounts of data in the form of hologram images at speeds 100 to 1,000 times faster than current Winchester disk drives . |
| 15 | Islands that can sink or disappear for ever . |
| 16 | ‘ What the world wants is a fast and comfortable commuter airliner that can land and take off from helicopter pads and heliports , which are now fairly common in the big cities , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Some misunderstanding exists at present about what it is , and what it is not , and of the processes that can encourage or suppress it . |
| 18 | The FEB will try to build up a £10 million fund to create companies that can develop and licence pharmaceutical products . |
| 19 | One of the most exciting developments in recent years has been the degree of convergence between models of visual function built up by computer scientists trying to figure out how to build machines that can see and physiologists trying to work out what different parts of the visual system do . |
| 20 | You will have some projects that can keep but |
| 21 | The Artificial Intelligence Language uses pattern recognition , a technique used in computers that can hear or see , to decide what question is being asked . |
| 22 | There is no independent level of control that can test or validate the data and that can track the navigation through documents : the design and construction of maintainable links is a major problem . |
| 23 | A protein magic bullet can be linked to a toxic agent and , when introduced into the body , it will act as a ‘ homing missile ’ that can recognise and destroy the tumour with the toxic agent it carries . |
| 24 | At the start of the trial , Mr Curtis said the stabbing was ‘ an example of the tragedy that can follow when people in anger resort to the use of knives ’ . |
| 25 | Neither does it mention the research and testing that can follow or the amount of time devoted to theoretical and documentary investigation . |
| 26 | I think we can point to some of the things that can happen that worry us . |
| 27 | It there a certain number of times that can happen or |
| 28 | What is the worst thing that can happen when organising a tour ? |
| 29 | As with traumatic stress , the sort that can happen when you witness a bomb explosion or serious accident . |
| 30 | What is the worst that can happen if you do not achieve it ? |