Example sentences of "[pron] can [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , how can this phenomenon be illuminated by means of the metaphor of levels of programming language , on which view the ‘ lower activities ’ are inscrutable at the ‘ higher level ’ , given that , after a road accident , say , I can by conscious effort retrain myself to walk properly ? |
| 2 | In addition to quartz , which can at prolonged weathering in most environments , the mineralogical composition of the weathering mantle includes a range of secondary minerals ( Table 6.3 ) . |
| 3 | So stick if you can to satin-finish Cezanne |
| 4 | Used like this in an open-end swimfeeder you can feed the swim with the same accuracy and effectiveness as you can with swimfeeder-fed maggots . |
| 5 | I mean I , I was quite fascinated having lunch one day with a journ a Melbourne journalist erm and this was about six months after Murdoch had taken over the Melbourne Sun all this and we were chatting away and I actually threw in the stuff which were saying about how papers are there to make profits these days so that 's what drives them and that journalists journalists on newspapers such as Murdoch 's papers , write what they 're supposed to write and she and I got quite out of with one another and and the bottom liner was that she , she absolutely totally and utterly denied what we were saying and I said to her okay if you were given a story to write you know and it was opposite to how you would view it , what would you do and she said oh well I , I would have to write it and the issue with the Murdoch papers and it 's quite interesting because I mean I 'm sure you can with other newspapers but I , I 've just got a bit more is that Murdoch never ever writes a minute or a memo to his editor or staff saying this is what the line is ever . |
| 6 | Well you can with double glazing , some |
| 7 | Find out everything you can about nuclear energy . |
| 8 | If you ca n't afford , or ca n't find , a good antique table to suit your style , get a secondhand , junk table , cover it with cloths , and invest as much as you can in comfortable chairs . |
| 9 | You are there to do a damage limitation exercise , to do the best that you can in difficult circumstances . |
| 10 | Support this if you can by suitable quotes from local people , local literature or the national conservation bodies . |
| 11 | While it has the advantage of putting slurry at plant root level where it can be used quickly , it can not bury the same volume of slurry or reduce the smell as much as it can with deep injection . |
| 12 | Since any comprehensive peace implies a reduction of influence by , and local dependency on , the superpowers , it can not be assumed that either superpower has a strong interest in a genuine peace , unless it is able to derive greater advantage from peace than it can from continued conflict . |
| 13 | Failing council support therefore , it is up to the Trust to muster what support it can from local enthusiasts , and from local groups and individuals . |
| 14 | We use the phrase " trade connections " rather than " customer connections " because the interest is not limited to customers of the employer ; it can in certain cases extend to potential customers and also to suppliers : see Gledhow Autoparts Ltd v Delaney [ 1965 ] 3 All ER 288 and Marshall ( Thomas ) ( Exporters ) Ltd v Guinle [ 1978 ] 3 WLR 116 . |
| 15 | The new congregation has a heaven sent opportunity to begin again to do all it can in public worship to present Christ in such a way that those who do n't know him can find him . |
| 16 | China is using every negotiating device , and it is master of them all , to carve out as big a place for itself as it can in pre-1997 Hong Kong . |
| 17 | He in turn comforts them as best he can with modern medicine . |
| 18 | After all , unless we can show that we are able to do better with the totality of the sums , and the totality of the business , why should any shareholder believe that we know better how to deal with his money if we are to invest in areas outside our particular expertise , than he can by individual investments ? |