Example sentences of "[det] can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smokers screw up their eyes and lips when they puff a cigarette and this can surely lead to more wrinkles . |
| 2 | If we add some storage on a second chip , we obtain a complete microcomputer at an extremely low cost and small physical size , and this can economically replace hardwired logic . |
| 3 | But this can just mean patchy regrowth , with bald patches , not the whole leg of hair disappearing . |
| 4 | This can also lead to the development of a wide range of knowledge and skills , as nearly all educational problems are multi-faceted and one problem inevitably leads on to another . |
| 5 | We will also see cases where we do not categorize whole organizations in this way but we separate out those functions within the organization which could be classed as Type A and those which could be classed as Type B. This can also lead to parts of public sector organizations being classified as ‘ profit-oriented ’ , a trend that has been particularly marked during the 1980s with the increasing use of Direct Service Organizations in local authorities , Hospital Trusts in the health service and Executive Agencies in the civil service . |
| 6 | This can also explain why only some people on similar sorts of diet get sick and overweight , while others seem to stay slim and healthy . |
| 7 | This can also affect its working life since a shy ferret is reluctant to leave a burrow after its work down there has ended . |
| 8 | If the exchange then changes the terms of the exchange/member contract , this can also affect the customer/broker contract ( depending on exactly what the customer has agreed to ) . |
| 9 | This can also result in investment of considerable social work resources and therapeutic effort with inconclusive outcomes ( Mattinson and Sinclair , 1979 ; Sainsbury et al . , |
| 10 | This can also happen when a doctor experiences discomfort in the face of death , or an inability to come to terms with his own helplessness . |
| 11 | This can also happen if a pain is very severe and strong such that it makes all the other symptoms pale into insignificance . |
| 12 | Antique or handpainted china Colours are not usually permanently fired and may fade , but this can also happen with hand washing . |
| 13 | If we acknowledge the importance of respecting the child 's own ways of thinking , we need to find ways for that thinking to be expressed so that it can be reflected on , and to know how far doing this can also help learning . |
| 14 | This can also help in maintaining confidentiality in that KPMG are not seen attending meetings with ‘ clients ’ or ‘ management consultants ’ . |
| 15 | ( When used with possessive sense , preceding a noun ; as an object pronoun , this can also occur at the end of a sentence . ) |
| 16 | Loss of balance , dizziness and tingling can result from close contact with the stones , but this can also have a positive effect on the health and fertility of people brought into such contact . |
| 17 | This can also become a vicious circle ; the drain on their emotional reserves means that some people feel less able to cope physically , which , in turn , contributes to a further drain on both emotional and physical resources . |
| 18 | This can easily evaporate leaving the skin taut and parchment-like . |
| 19 | This can easily lead to a straightforward identification of Germany with Europe . |
| 20 | This can easily lead to the impression that it is a scholarly work of only archival interest . |
| 21 | This can easily deteriorate into prudential judgment , worldly planning and manipulation of voting procedures . |
| 22 | Coupled with his appearance , in particular during matches , this can easily raise questions whether there 's something going on in there at all … |
| 23 | Some clinicians make the mistake of giving stickers for staying clean but this can easily cause additional problems of the child 's becoming constipated to stay clean rather than passing motions in the correct place . |
| 24 | This can easily cause anorexia and finally the demise of the stressed subject . |
| 25 | This can again leave the family feeling at a loss . |
| 26 | This can again serve both to confirm their assignment and to allow other modes in the same region to be distinguished . |
| 27 | This can unintentionally cause ‘ stray capacitance ’ around the p.c.b . |
| 28 | If they are allowed to inbreed even further this can eventually spoil the species . |
| 29 | There seems to be a trend this year for ‘ Health Days ’ of various sorts , and these make an excellent platform for us — do n't forget to mention we are an educational charity as this can drastically reduce any charges . |
| 30 | At present this can rarely detect a ΔT of less than with any precision , and the limit of accurate measurement of M n is in the region of 25 000 to 30 000 g mol -1 . |