Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] can [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The football authorities say we can now concentrate on what happens on the field rather than the terrace , because hooliganism is being forced out of the game . |
| 2 | An independent charity , the association say they can only hope to continue this level of help to sporting organisations with the public 's support . |
| 3 | The Scots say they can only be driven away by holding up an open Bible in their face . |
| 4 | But if English speakers hear they can usually recognise this as ‘ my turn ’ and not ‘ might earn ’ . |
| 5 | Like the car market you can either buy a second-hand board from a shop or privately . |
| 6 | Here at Club M'Diq you can either do your own thing or involve yourself in the daily and evening activities and events available for free ; you can lazy on the spacious sandy beach , or go off on the optional excursions to see something of what this colourful Moslem country has to offer . |
| 7 | Lower than a thousand units er there 's no immediate affect and one 's tempted to think that erm the er er it 's , that radiation 's therefore safe below that level and that 's not strictly true because there is the possibility of a long term affect it can actually cause cancer in the long term but with very low er ra- er levels of risk cos you can see down at the levels where people actually get radiation doses er like erm members of the public or erm from the actual background of people who work in nuclear power stations , you 're talking about very low levels but the levels , those sort of levels I mean one in three hundred thousand , one in three million , that sort of thing you ca n't actually measure in real er populations because there er any effects that there are can be swamped by other ways of getting er of getting cancer . |
| 8 | Omitting the scanning side means you can only fax things you can produce on a PC 's screen — you could n't easily add your signature to a letter , for instance . |
| 9 | Schools will need mechanisms for doing this ; and the level of professional understanding of the issues and the imperatives underlying them can only improve thereby . |
| 10 | Labour believes it can still secure a clear breakthrough over the next three days and plans to concentrate on its key themes : support for the public services , particularly the NHS , and measures to pull the economy out of recession . |
| 11 | British Rail says it can now accommodate 16- or 18-inch wheelchairs in its passenger carriages , and insists it would be unfair to ask those in larger chairs to sit elsewhere . |
| 12 | If England lose they can still reach the finals as one of the best two second-placed teams in the three four-team European groups . |
| 13 | Some parents say they can barely afford children : living costs rocketed in the late 1980s , and Taipei is now reckoned to be one of the world 's most expensive cities in which to live . |
| 14 | Cypress says it can only speculate that Sun will become a customer for HyperSparc , though Cypress chief , TJ Rogers , has been sending messages via the press to the effect that if Sun does n't buy HyperSparc , then he 's going to turn around and do the Alpha RISC for DEC ( UX No 384 ) . |
| 15 | Katie regrets she can only reply through this page . |
| 16 | Katie regrets she can only reply through this page . |
| 17 | As well as other Yankee tipples you can even get American beer . |
| 18 | At selected Iceland stores you can now buy naturally reared pork and beef . |
| 19 | With the help of guides , technical literature and a few telephone calls you can often determine precisely which pieces of equipment you require . |
| 20 | Increasingly El Al finds it can no longer assume that people will choose to fly with it just because it is a Jewish airline . |
| 21 | Being able to divide a living/dining room into two distinct areas means you can easily create an intimate setting . |
| 22 | If it 's written in BASIC , yes , but if it 's in machine code you can only PEEK individual addresses . |
| 23 | On the other hand , on a computer screen you can only see a small amount of information at any given time , whereas with index cards you can lay them out across a table or on the floor for an overview . |
| 24 | He used to be the boldest man around , of course , but bolts mean he can now earn that living without risking his life . |
| 25 | Are you going to , when you do your care packages say we can only award so much , we 'll have to reduce it , arbitrarily ? |
| 26 | Failure to clear it can only add to the guilt because it is also robbing a relationship the transparency that it lives on . |
| 27 | These are the maximum a negotiator can reasonably expect to get ; for example , the highest price a seller feels he can realistically obtain . |
| 28 | Their lack of routine means you can often encourage them to feed when you want them to — such as just before you set off on an outing . |
| 29 | This time the star of Lethal Weapon believes he can finally do it , using acupuncture . |
| 30 | Mr Cleave says he can only assume it 's a grudge attack : |