Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] can [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The artists do not have to be able to draw , though it helps : they do , however , have to be able to ‘ visualize ’ a design or a film and be able to explain their ideas by words and rough pictures so that a specialized artist or photographer can produce the finished illustration . |
| 2 | I take this to mean that there is an equality , a reciprocity between the aesthetic and the political such that an aesthetic dimension or response can give the lie to a political claim . |
| 3 | A contradiction in style during this change of éaulement or alignment can distort the design . |
| 4 | The point has been made that ‘ abusive ’ and ‘ insulting ’ are semantically very similar , and can be used more or less interchangeably ( the information or indictment can use the blunderbuss language of threatening , abusive or insulting without offending the rule against duplicity ) . |
| 5 | No one person or department can resource the company 's marketing effort . |
| 6 | There are many different ways in which death or divorce can alter the family pattern and there are no ground rules to help us know how to behave , as there are in the case of the traditional nuclear family . |
| 7 | The only way past this into the egg-chamber beyond is through a small hole high in one corner and neither your fingers nor an intruding paw or beak can negotiate the bends and reach through it . |
| 8 | Events like bereavement or retirement can increase the pressure . |
| 9 | Events like bereavement or retirement can increase the pressure . |
| 10 | He answers that first God should be loved with the humility and strength which makes all labour light so that no shame or anguish can destabilise the delight ( 111 – 12.99 – 137 ) . |
| 11 | But , no man or woman can attain the ultimate in relation to such virtue . |
| 12 | If there is a problem the client or assistant can contact the manager who will mediate . |
| 13 | The advent of microcomputers with word processing programs now means that the school librarian or teacher or pupil can have the facilities of the stand.alone word processor without the expense . |
| 14 | As a result of investigating unsolved problems in biology , including how a seed or egg can contain the essence which grows into the new individual member of the same species , he postulated ( something which has long been familiar to those with a spiritual or esoteric background ) the existence of what must , by implication , be a non-physical mould or pattern , what he calls a ‘ morphogenetic field ’ , which survives the death of the physical form , and which shapes the individual tree , animal and flower of each species , just as the individual field around a magnet can create a pattern in a scatter of iron filings . |
| 15 | No synthetic chemical or compound can reproduce the vibration or pattern of the ‘ stuff of life ’ . |
| 16 | Changes in sea temperature or salinity can cause the algae to leave , causing white blotches to form . |
| 17 | While the sound of the doorbell or knocker can trigger the dog to start barking , this can be followed by aggression towards the caller . |
| 18 | But they would agree that anxiety , tension or depression can make the physical symptoms worse . |
| 19 | The official receiver or trustee can require the sheriff to tax his costs where the sheriff is entitled to costs as a result of insolvency overtaking an execution ( r 7.36 ) . |
| 20 | Neither industry nor farming can absorb the population of working age . |
| 21 | Where Parliament imposes a penalty for an offence , Parliament must consider the penalty is adequate and Parliament can increase the penalty if it proves to be inadequate . |
| 22 | Because the interdependence of these parties forms a complex pattern which can not be reduced to exchange relations alone , breakdowns of trust and reliance can jeopardize the existence of the entire retail operation . |
| 23 | Nonetheless the eye of art and experience can interpret the electron micrographic chaos to pick out individual synapses , cell bodies , axons and dendrites and measure them . |
| 24 | Milestone planning and monitoring can indicate the need for such rethinking ; it can not , however , answer all the questions . |
| 25 | Maybe Gedge and Co can fill the vacant Smiths throne after all . |
| 26 | Maybe Gedge and Co can fill the vacant Smiths throne after all . |
| 27 | Other work carried out in the Boiron Laboratories provides suggestive evidence that gelsemium in both tincture and potency can affect the speed with which chemicals which transmit nerve impulses are inactivated in the brain . |
| 28 | If the car costs the employer £6,000 a year while the perceived benefit to the employee is only half that , the employer and employee can split the difference by substituting an appropriate salary increase ( or other benefit ) for the car . |
| 29 | I 'll bring in some of the kids who were there and Jonesy can imitate the preacher . ’ |
| 30 | • Latest research on whether running and exercise can reduce the risk of cancer |