Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] can [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It often gets me when I am in a high building or can look down over the city , or sometimes at a station when there is another journey to begin .
2 It is important to identify the settlor because if he or his spouse has retained a benefit or interest under the settlement or can benefit under the settlement he can be taxable upon the trust income .
3 Planning permission can either be complete in itself , normally referred to as ‘ full ’ permission or can require further details to be referred to the authority for approval .
4 If you want more info or can help , contact : Corinna Tomrley , 124 Chesterfield Road , St Andrews , Bristol BS6 5DU .
5 What this means in practice is that through these schemes , monthly repayments are considerably reduced , which means customers save money or can afford a higher specification model if they wish .
6 A ‘ god ’ and corresponding religion that can serve the human need , must be produced by mankind itself , that is , the ‘ god ’ must be created by life and man 's intelligence , not life created by ‘ god ’ .
7 I believe that the creation of the universe and all that that involves , is still a mystery and forms no part of the conception of a god and a corresponding religion that can fulfil the human need .
8 It shows the close association that can exist between organic chemical synthesis and clay surfaces .
9 HyperSoft Europe Ltd , Hassocks , West Sussex , says the Alan Cohen Consultancy Ltd AL/1 pack it markets as Application Browser is not a Cobol-to-C converter , but a code analyser and transformer that can prepare Cobol programs for migration from any system ( CI No 2,103 ) .
10 There are also two proprietary slots — one for a full-length processor card , the other for a 256Mb memory card that can take the system total to a whopping 384Mb .
11 Notice that some are capable of non-interlaced operation which gives a virtually flicker free display but you also need a video card that can work with non-interlaced SVGA .
12 But the underdogs in this north London derby believe their third round victory over Bristol on Saturday , is the omen that can turn about their season .
13 ‘ The popular image of Satan is of this great evil force that can destroy anything , ’ explained a satanist adorned with the title of High Priest of the Northern Order of the Prince .
14 Offering the richest purse on the Tour — with a $50,000 first prize — this is a mobile contest that can take its pick among the numerous world-class waves of the North Shore .
15 Instead he says , success will be measured in the same way as any normal business — in terms of profits and revenue that can come from anywhere , including sales to IBM .
16 ‘ This is a programme that can make a difference by preparing our young people for living in a world of powerful images , words and ideas , ’ says Elizabeth Thoman , the Center 's Director .
17 ‘ Mercedes and the LTA Trust deserve credit for devising a programme that can help to achieve this . ’
18 A mind that can turn faster and keep going longer than that of anyone I know , so Paz , wrote Harsnet .
19 Good classroom planning and organisation and an awareness of the way in which children relate to and use their surroundings can help to reduce at least some of the stresses and confusion that can arise in day-to-day work for children with sight problems .
20 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 ) .
21 All stressed skin structures exhibit a minimum surface tension that can contain the applied forces .
22 Though the turning of oval objects is routinely employed now , it is remarkably difficult to find a textbook that describes how it is done , or a mechanical engineering department that can teach it .
23 It is not official information , it is better that it goes directly to a department that can deal with it .
24 A way to do this is with a switch that can direct the photon to one of two detectors set to measure different directions of polarisation , both at A and at B ( Figure 16 ) .
25 The Italian made Candy turbomatic 38D has a fault that can make it burst into flames , an inquest heard .
26 To determine whether acute smoking has an acute effect on gastric secretion that can explain the findings of the chronic studies , the effect of this on gastric secretion was studied using the same methods as those used in the chronic studies of Whitfield and Hobsley .
27 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 ’ .
28 There are many factors that must be taken into account , and it is often the use of different survey methodology that can cause politicians and others to disagree over particular surveys that claim to show growing poverty or increased prosperity .
29 But striptease is not a practice that can continue forever , and nudity is not a good camouflage .
30 ‘ I 'm a city-based GP , so I need a small car that can cope with narrow roads and crowded parking . ’
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