Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] can [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any half-blind booby can see it makes no sense . |
| 2 | There are strict rules governing smoking : only those over 16 and with parental permission can do it . |
| 3 | In this chapter I argue that the legislative principle is so much part of our political practice that no competent interpretation of that practice can ignore it . |
| 4 | The religious life of Charles and his contemporaries is not the main theme of this book , but no political study can ignore it . |
| 5 | County court procedure may be simpler and , although there are some difficult aspects , the unrepresented litigant can handle it more easily than High Court procedure . |
| 6 | The Payroll operation is particularly sensitive , and although it would be desirable to have only one X-25 link for the organization , the demands of security , and reduction in cabling costs , suggest that an additional X-25 link be established in 1993/94 through one of the file-servers , so that any networked PC can use it for external communications . |
| 7 | Your course and this hook can provide you with activities and ideas to guide your study , but it is you who have to do the learning . |
| 8 | Whether you feel that your original decision was not very wise , or that you never really made a decision , or you just want to review your situation , this course can help you . |
| 9 | The cost of a funeral or cremation is considerable and many people have the feeling that the dead person should have the very best , but this decision can put them in debt for some time to come . |
| 10 | Indeed , West German officials in Brussels find that the prospect of German unity can make it easier to extract concessions from Bonn : the words ‘ but minister , this will be taken as a sign of German nationalism ’ work wonders . |
| 11 | Our sexual condition can help us to recognize how guarded we are , or how self-seeking , manipulative , or fearful we are , instead of being trusting , selfless , kindly , reverent and free in the bonds of love . |
| 12 | Substitute forms must be approved before the Inland Revenue can accept them . |
| 13 | Because when I was thinking about trying to talking to you today , I thought although we 've worked quite a lot with people along this group , you might be sitting here and thinking well you do n't seem to be doing any specific work for and with old people erm , well I think your quite independent and can work out your right that , but one of the things this front line review erm it erm , it 's considering Council front line services under various headings , one of which is Retired Services that the Council provide as a group , now the leader of the Council wants to erm , get public views on how we look at these services , so , and that 's , that 's individuals and groups and one of the things that you might like to think about and I 'm that we as a local government unit who are servicing this review can help you with , is to consider how you might want to fee in for that review , erm and , and consider this , that the re-services for retired people , that the Council provides that you use and basically whether you use that , or service , we want to hear that , the Council would need to know that cos were gon na be making decisions about whether or not they should continue in this front line review erm , and erm , you know , or what things you would , what , what are your questions on about those services , what other things you would like to see provided , things like that and I thing this group could quite easily make a collective representation , a collective submission to that process then you could do it as individual 's as well , so that , that exercise it , it should be over by the eleventh of October it starts on the sixth of September . |
| 14 | When Kirk Douglas became a target for a drunkard in a bar who 'd seen Douglas as the boxer in Champion , Kirk merely slammed his hand on the bar and shouted , ‘ Anyone in this bar can lick me in a fight , ’ and the drunkard backed off . |
| 15 | In this chapter you have discovered many ways in which foods containing dietary fibre can make you feel more satisfied — and the food has not yet gone down the throat . |
| 16 | This distinction can help us to give the best version of logical empiricism . |
| 17 | Lee Marvin used to do something similar , announcing , ‘ I 'm a coward and I bet anybody in this place can beat me ’ . |
| 18 | For anything up to £500 , this place can fix you up with a fashion accessory in a class of its own . |
| 19 | This point can help us understand the contradictions within recorded popular music : the fact that there is no simple return to oral techniques ; that the record form carries a vast range of content types ( including ‘ literate ’ ballads related to bourgeois traditions ) ; that production methods also differ widely , often using written components as well as ‘ oral ’ techniques ; that the modern recording studio is actually more suited to producing precisely synchronized rhythms and textures , and complex structural processes , than is notation ( as well as being suited also to other things ) . |
| 20 | One bullet in the wrong place can cripple you for life or send your blood gushing on to the pavement . |
| 21 | This weakens the leaf 's connection to the tree so much that even a light breeze can blow it off . |
| 22 | This browsing can give you a broad view of the subject you are studying . |
| 23 | And that 's what 's happening at the moment , because we 're not sitting down and saying , I mean , this is my worry about oh we might do this there , that 's why I want it tightened up because at the end of the day we start , we have various modules at a later date , two , three years time whatever we might decide to sling out but it should really be designed , worked upon so that the incoming person can use it as a basis given their limitations |
| 24 | What archaeology can not do is tell us the names of the people and what great deeds they did , how they influenced each other , and what they thought and believed in — these are things that only historical evidence can tell us . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been trying hard lately but sometimes this game can kick you in the teeth . |
| 26 | We ca n't make any more hours in the day , but careful planning can allow us to use this time-saving piece of equipment as efficiently as possible . |
| 27 | High interest rates are crippling and an unstable economy can produce them at any time . |
| 28 | Although the scribes no doubt made ‘ errors ’ , it should be possible to investigate variable texts in extenso to determine the extent to which variation in spelling ( or indeed in other linguistic dimensions ) is in fact orderly , and whether this variation can help us to work out what might have been happening in spoken English at the time . |
| 29 | You see , as a ‘ home-grown ’ fuel , British Coal can offer you a constant secure supply at competitive , predictable prices . |
| 30 | Nobody , nothing in this world can affect you if you know , really know , who you are . |