Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [pron] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , when a couple claim income support they can choose whether the man or the woman is to make the claim . |
| 2 | ‘ At Board meetings I can make sure that the issues which are being discussed are given a legal perspective . |
| 3 | What happens is , as the R N A strand goes through the the genetic code is read out three bases at a time and this is a , is a table which reproduces all the three base combinations you can have , and shows you which amino acids they code for . |
| 4 | With the help of Uvistat sunscreens you can achieve it more safely than ever |
| 5 | A single keystroke changes between the Mac and PC environments which can run simultaneously . |
| 6 | Erm I 've got the Observer Ghost Story winners we can leave that for another week . |
| 7 | If you take the children and have a family rail card you can get a reduction one third off if it 's a standard fare , a quarter off if it 's a saver . |
| 8 | Pursuing , perhaps riskily , a computer analogy we can argue that while the body resembles the hardware of a computer the mind comprises the software , the programmes that analyse and organize information to produce responses to inputs . |
| 9 | There are now companies in Japan , Europe and the US building computers which can perform over a billion operations per second ( a gigaFlop ) . |
| 10 | Have you got a pound coin I can borrow of you dear ? |
| 11 | But in another variety of comic crime fiction you can take as a chief character , as indeed your detective , a person who is to a greater or lesser extent a figure of fun , someone prone to fall victim to more or less ridiculous circumstances . |
| 12 | And when they go out on a football field they can do something about it . |
| 13 | Under a microscope or with a side light we can see where the paint 's been lost . |
| 14 | He added : ‘ But if they want an AIDS test they can have one . ’ |
| 15 | In certain serious blood disorders it can invade other parts of the body , such as the lungs or central nervous system , with severe , if not fatal , consequences . |
| 16 | With a carefully selected equity portfolio you can get 10 per cent off a room at selected Hilton Hotels ( Ladbroke Group ) , a cut price ‘ exclusive ’ two-week African safari , 15 per cent off two transatlantic voyages on the QE2 ( Trafalgar House ) , and a free centre court ticket at Wimbledon ( All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet ) for every day tennis is played . |
| 17 | You may be aware that there is a blood test which can tell if you have been infected with HIV , the virus that can cause AIDS . |
| 18 | ‘ It shows that the public is beginning to realise that for a few pounds spent on car security they can protect their second most expensive purchase , ’ he said . |
| 19 | ‘ It shows that the public is beginning to realise that for a few pounds spent on car security they can protect their second most expensive purchase . ’ |
| 20 | This sector also includes outworkers for manufacturing and repair operations , who sub-contract work to do in their own homes or small workshops such as shoe manufacturers ( Peattie 1982 ) ; beggars who are often more organised than they appear ( Ruiz-Perez 1979 ) ; prostitutes ; garbage pickers who can sell various types of waste paper , refuse and bottles ; the living-in domestic servants paid low wages and provided with board and lodging who , according to Lloyd , constitute a category which is included within the informal sector by default ( Lloyd 1982 ) , and others who work on some sort of irregular basis . |
| 21 | Erm it can hear from the other side of the of Mike 's living room it can hear the person on the other end of a telephone connection which is is is is |
| 22 | do n't we get a great big saucepan lid he can give them bill ? |
| 23 | For a small administration fee we can issue those who qualify with RYA certificates . |
| 24 | A good deal of expendable material is saved by this small urchin actor who can deafen the upper circle with a single sniff of disapproval and apparently rearrange his features at will . ’ |
| 25 | There you go mister fish you can go for a swim now . |
| 26 | After delving deep through Control key codes you can specify the range of the spreadsheet you wish to link to — support is limited to Lotus 1-2-3 Version 2. x and Excel Version 2. x spreadsheets , which is a trifle ancient . |
| 27 | Engineers at HR Wallingford have built a scale model of part of the threatened coast , they can reproduce the effects of the storm surge floods which can overwhelm the present defences . |
| 28 | We are served up a series of bizarre experiments which converge into a monster mutant which can absorb all human and mechanical objects in its path . |
| 29 | The opposite side of the coin is that group personnel directors or chief executives are moving from the corporate world to join executive search firms which can offer a wholly different but very satisfying way of earning a living . |
| 30 | The Course defines examinations as formal , invigilated , end of term assessments which can take the form of unseen or seen papers . |