Example sentences of "[noun] can [vb infin] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two-stage tendering , for instance , means negotiation with a contractor can progress at the same time as the production of detailed design information , thereby shortening the total period necessary in which to complete the pre-contract work . |
| 2 | Iago 's exploitation of trust enables him to make Othello kill Desdemona : all that Othello can say at the end is , ‘ Will you , I pray , demand that demi-devil/Why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body ? ’ |
| 3 | The check is terminated whenever the bounding approach either proves that the specified condition can not occur , or establishes that the condition can Occur at the level of original definition . |
| 4 | A classical physicist can decide at the beginning of an experiment to call that electron over there A and this one over here B. Subsequently they may interact and go through all sorts of complicated convolutions , but because he can in principle follow the motion the classical physicist 's labels have an abiding significance . |
| 5 | Pupil/peer recognition can hit at the very heart of the learning system and either inhibit or encourage progress . |
| 6 | At birthdays parents can look at the cards as well as the children . |
| 7 | ( 2 ) The loans must be to defray expenditure incurred in acquiring ordinary share capital of a close company complying with s13A(2) as described above , or in lending to such a close company where the money loaned is used wholly and exclusively for the purpose of its business or the business of any of its associated companies provided the latter are also close companies satisfying the conditions of s13A(2). ( 3 ) When interest is paid on the manager 's loan , Newco must continue to comply with s13A(2) — this means it must continue to satisfy the relevant purpose test rather than that it should continue to remain a close company ; in the case of a purchase of shares in Target , the reason why Newco should be close after the institutions commit to invest is to ensure that institutions and management can invest at the same time and that , at that time , Newco is both close and satisfies the relevant purpose test , ie already controls Target ; management can not commit Newco to acquiring Target until the institutions have committed to funding Newco , and once they have so committed the institutions are likely to control Newco under s416 , so a structure is needed whereby management also controls Newco at this point . |
| 8 | Three directors can look at the same page of text and be reading three different pieces . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Now , an engineer can look at the car , say it 's okay and rubber-stamp the paperwork . ’ |
| 10 | Anyway , the old fuddy-duddies can look at the antiques . ’ |
| 11 | More leisurely guests can relax at the bar or around the pool , play a quiet game of cards on the large verandah , or just rest in the attractive lounge . |
| 12 | By these means a court can look at the purpose or function of a rule . |
| 13 | And the craziest things can happen at the last minute . |
| 14 | And of course And anyway , we got there , it was alright , and erm I had to fill this tractor , where it was , of course they 're going to make fun of me again , first morning I 'd got to get the tractor ready , and you know them , five gallon five gallon , things can happen at the time , and I have been had been supposed to be to get the hole at the top of the can , and not spill it you see . |
| 15 | Teleworkers can operate at the kitchen table with a couple of filing cabinets tucked under it but most prefer to use a separate room they can shut the door on at the end of the day . |
| 16 | At most Clubs , Pirates can sit at the Captain 's table for an early evening meal , often with free lemonade or mineral water . |
| 17 | One of the most intensive ways in which a student can learn at the bedside is from individual tuition . |
| 18 | In Saunders 's view , the ‘ local state ’ can not simply be reduced to a functioning part of a national capitalist state , for within certain constraints ‘ non-capitalist interests can win at the local level in a way that is becoming increasingly difficult at national level ’ ( pp. 4 , 11 ) . |
| 19 | Each golfer can stay at the former home of the Domecq family , one of Spain 's famous sherry dynasties , for seven nights in January for £319 , inclusive of flights and breakfast . |
| 20 | Facing the marginal cost schedule LMC , a competitive industry produces at E. If a monopoly can produce at the lower cost LMC ' ; it will equate this to MR to produce Q M at a price P M . |
| 21 | As will be indicated below , I do not feel that much ( if any ) of the explanation can lie at the door of the police station . |
| 22 | Experimental and theoretical studies of convecting suspensions heated from below show , however , that settling can occur at the base of a suspension even if the convection maintains a uniform concentration . |
| 23 | A preview will tell you what the software can do at the moment — we do n't go too heavily on any minor bugs or inconsistencies at the preview stage , but we do criticise bad design and form an opinion about whether the software will be up to scratch when it gets released . |
| 24 | Peter Schmidt of the Stiftung Wissenschaft Politik at Ebenhausen , a leading expert on European defence and security issues , has identified the formulation of a Common Foreign and Security policy as the product of a ‘ top-down approach ’ which ‘ regards the political union of Western Europe within the framework of the EC as an end in itself ’ , rather than of a ‘ functional or horizontal approach ’ which ‘ asks in a practical way which defence functions can and should be handled in a Western European framework , which ones can remain attached to existing defence arrangements — above all that means Nato — and which ones can stay at the disposal of nation states ’ . |
| 25 | But an estimator can call at the customer 's home , take measurements and quote a price . |
| 26 | Rather complicated interactions can occur at the synapses that connect one cell to another , so the dimensions of a synapse are also of interest . |
| 27 | The doctor in the Accident and Emergency Department told them that Sally had been very lucky ; sniffing aerosols can kill at the first attempt , and some people 's hearts are affected . |
| 28 | Such assumptions place limits on the changes in gendered subjectivities which Bem , for instance , hopes can happen at the cognitive level . |
| 29 | All Leeds can do at the moment is keep winning the games we should win and clock the away victories , so that when the Uniteds of this world come along we wo n't be psyched out of beating them . |