Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] can [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So once you understand and my calculator can do sort of ten to the minus point four seven . |
| 2 | ‘ If my grandmother can take Sir Hugh Casson to Venice , ’ he had said some months before , ‘ can I take you ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ My dad can fix cars . |
| 4 | At least my Dad can afford plastic bags , that 's all I 'm saying . |
| 5 | The extent to which authorities can achieve gains depends , of course , on their bargaining power , which in turn may be related to current ( and local ) economic conditions . |
| 6 | Therefore , while it is impossible to ‘ reduce ’ rights , status , etc. , to duties , it is possible to explain ‘ authority ’ by explaining the sense in which authorities can impose duties . |
| 7 | Concessions contained within the agreement include the reduction in the number of days on which firing can take place , the replacement of high explosive high artillery rounds with training rounds by September 1998 and the exclusion of training from 400 acres of land at Quintin 's Man and Rough Tor . |
| 8 | Argument for such mediation and user support is not uncontested : indeed much library policy and practical imperatives tend towards the encouragement and support of the ‘ self-service virtual library ’ , where academics at their desks can roam information resources without any intermediary intervention . |
| 9 | Although it is true that some fathers are involved with their children for seconds in a day rather than hours or even minutes , their presence can encourage confidence to make those expeditions and explorations which are vital to the process of child development . |
| 10 | ALAN SHEARER believes both he and Ian Wright have proved their partnership can lead England to the World Cup finals . |
| 11 | Initially people , including health professionals , were slow in recognising the broad spectrum of ways in which AIDS can affect individuals , families and societies . |
| 12 | In the same way that there are rules within sentences , limiting which words can follow others , so there might also be rules within discourses , limiting which sentence can follow another one , and if I write ‘ The knight killed the dragon ’ , then there might be limits , or constraints , on what I can put as the next sentence . |
| 13 | Do you mean that only Nobel laureates and their peers can lay claim to the hallowed occupation of research ? |
| 14 | Education and its management can learn lessons not only from the examples of individual industries but also from the movements which have stimulated the evolution of quality circles ( Nissan ) , employee involvement ( Ford ) and participative management . |
| 15 | What the professional is doing is offering a framework within which parents can learn skills to solve their own problems . |
| 16 | You state that ‘ Japan 's foreign-aid programme directs spending at infrastructure ( which companies can make money out of ) rather than technical health ( which they can not ) . |
| 17 | The Braggs thus showed that the angle of reflection of X-rays could be related to the distance d between the two layers of atoms : This is the Bragg equation A crystal may have several planes from which reflection can take place . |
| 18 | However , since the start of the tax year in April 1992 , people letting out rooms in their home can claim tax relief of up to £62.50 a week ( or £3,250 during the year ) . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , its formation can cause problems , the solids sometimes remaining unpumpable on the bottom of the tank . |
| 20 | For a high inflation country , the ability occasionally to devalue its currency is important and its exercise can yield benefits . |
| 21 | After escaping from the lions ' den , kids and their parents can try water rides and giant toboggans . |
| 22 | A government which business can do business with |
| 23 | The Act includes a " citizen-suit " provision , under which individuals can challenge violations of the law , providing they can demonstrate that they will in some way be harmed by the violation . |
| 24 | This little incident shows the way in which ideas can cross barriers , and is itself an indication of the transcendence of religions . |
| 25 | Another key advantage is insulation , say Potton , who claim that their product can yield heat savings of at least a third over a comparable brick home . |
| 26 | The extent to which males can monopolise females for mating depends upon how females are distributed . |
| 27 | The sweet murmur of their water can provide balm for troubled spirits and their banks offer sweet shelter to nurture true love . |
| 28 | SCODA , the Standing Conference on Drug Abuse , has information on agencies around the country where drug and solvent misusers and their families can get help .. |
| 29 | They live in a world of echoes , and probably their brains can use echoes to do something akin to " seeing " images , although it is next to impossible for us to " visualize " what those images might be like . |
| 30 | Zinreich believes that the sensor significantly improves the precision with which surgeons can excise brain tumours , and enables them to operate through smaller flaps in the skull . |