Example sentences of "which can [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There are 30 predator species but many so-called predators have been found with whole seeds in their guts , e.g. Colossoma brachypomum , which can reach 20 kg in weight , with seeds of Astrocaryum jauary ( Palmae ) .
2 You start the game with three Sopwith Camels ( the best Allied aircraft of WWI ) , each of which can absorb four hits before crashing to the ground .
3 The grain is a polyacrylamide called Agrosoke , which can absorb 40 times its own weight in water .
4 For example a unit which can soften 5000 litres of water with a hardness of 200 ppm as CA Co3 would only be able to soften 2500 litres of water with a hardness of 400ppm , since the resin has to do twice as much work .
5 It provides 45 pitches which can accommodate 90 caravans .
6 It provides the power to drive the chain of buckets each of which can lift 7 cwt ( 356 Kg ) of silt .
7 There are two multi-disc players in the new range , the midisized CDP-C325M ( £180.99 ) which can handle five discs and programming of up to 32 selections ( a whole disc can count as one selection ) in any order .
8 With human-like mouth and hands , and enormous eyes in a head which can swivel 180 degrees , the Dyaks of Borneo refer to him as hantu — meaning " ancestral spirit " .
9 By 1992 there will be more than 16 million miles of fibre-optic cable in place , each of which can carry 160 times more information than a copper wire .
10 Consider a firm which initially has a stock of 100 machines , each of which can produce 50 units of output per time period .
11 The car has a Ford V8 4.2 litre engine which can develop 250 brake horse power .
12 ‘ What has been presented as a simple pill-popping exercise is , in fact , an intensely medicalised and painful procedure which can need four clinic visits and last 12 days . ’
13 You can start at bronze for a period as short as three months through silver and up to gold which can take 18 months to complete .
14 They staff a unit which can take six inpatients and functions as a day unit .
15 The patient is asked to attend the Outpatients Department for the biopsy results which can take 7–10 days .
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