Example sentences of "can [verb] a [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Publishing excerpts from material such as planning applications for the purpose of public information , comment or criticism is not an infringement of copyright ; alternatively , you could find someone who can make a reasonable but accurate sketch of the proposals . |
| 2 | Within consciousness one can experience a focal and a peripheral area . |
| 3 | To perceive that fiction can describe a known and shared experience — to accept , in effect , the chief claim of realism — is to perceive that , in the end , no single or simple doctrine , whether Marxist , Christian or other , can do the whole job . |
| 4 | The system 's triumphant enemies need to ask how a Europe without trade barriers ( which , one presumes , they favour ) can survive a large and persistent increase in exchange-rate volatility . |
| 5 | But although anyone can catch a cold or break their leg only women have babies or get cancer of the cervix , and , and some health problems , like osteoporosis and cystitis , mostly affect women . |
| 6 | But although anyone can catch a cold or break their leg only women have babies or get cancer of the cervix , and some health problems , like osteoporosis and cystitis , mostly affect women . |
| 7 | Here you can enjoy a round or two surrounded by the magnificent Highlands , with the RIVER DEE winding its way close by . |
| 8 | The set-up was fine when life expectancy was barely thirty years , but with modern advances in medtech ensuring that all solvent citizens can enjoy a full and active life well into their 100s , one set of milk teeth and one set of adult teeth just is n't enough . |
| 9 | The court can specify a longer or shorter period for investigation . |
| 10 | Evaluation , then , may require prior criteria against which the evaluation can be made ; but that does not mean that we can give a full and detailed account of those criteria . |
| 11 | A new dinghy class with an official imprimatur can expect a long and lucrative life . |
| 12 | You can expect a long and happy life if you give up serious music . |
| 13 | As long as he keeps out of the washing machine , the vet says Pristine Priskin can expect a long and happy life . |
| 14 | And if Jesus is consubstantial with God , the Kingdom of Heaven need not be something that will be inaugurated on earth in the immediate future , but something external — another realm , another dimension , in which one can expect a welcome and a reserved place on one 's death . |
| 15 | Since the player of the white pieces can achieve a small but comfortable advantage against this manoeuvre with very little difficulty , it was a bad choice against Karpov , a player who is past master at exploiting small advantages . |
| 16 | This can comprise a single or double outflow to allow water to be discharged as both fountain and waterfall , although , as intimated earlier , one or the other is more desirable . |
| 17 | Well I ca , I can do a hundred and twenty odd in that thing in four and a half . |
| 18 | To the beginner , the proliferation of academic criticism in particular can present a bewildering and rather daunting picture of competing schools of thought . |
| 19 | It has not sufficiently emphasised that the Church itself is in the process of becoming and through its disobedience can present a distorted or even completely erroneous picture of the Christian life . |
| 20 | Several share KPMG 's view that ‘ the responsibility paragraphs more logically belong outside the report ’ and that ‘ if an uncertainty is properly disclosed in the accounts , such accounts can present a true and fair view without the auditors having to refer to it … a set of accounts should be complete in itself , without having to read the audit opinion ’ . |
| 21 | To those with no operational experience such as MPs , Courts of Enquiry , magistrates etc. , it can appear a sensible and foolproof system , but in practice it has many deficiencies . |
| 22 | The same materials , properly presented , can become a cheap but effective marketing tool for the firm . |
| 23 | This potential for power makes it possible to consider a situation in which decision-making with reference to local development can be backed by cash , and ultimately can become a closed and self-supporting system . |
| 24 | What seems initially unique and disturbing can become a well-known if regrettable fact of life shared with many others . |
| 25 | Terry Venables and Tottenham can claim a tactical and moral victory from this master class of artistic approach work and penalty box profligacy . |
| 26 | And I can keep a secret if I 'm asked . |
| 27 | The restaurant has a loggia alongside for summer dining , and there is an attractive swimming pool around which guests can spend a relaxed and leisurely day , soaking up the sunshine and looking out to the rolling countryside all around . |
| 28 | The experience here suggests that a publicly owned operator can provide a better and more efficient service than private enterprise , given the right conditions . |
| 29 | With over 60 activities each week , free transport , self-selection buffet ( no , there is n't a treacle pudding in sight ) and a strong staff team , we can provide a responsive and non-patronising service to anyone . |
| 30 | It can provide a third or fourth hand wherever needed , and no matter for how long . |