Example sentences of "people can [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The side-effects of some drugs regularly used by older people can lead to mental confusion , incontinence , diabetes , loss of mobility and balance , and even death . |
| 2 | For the mother who finds breast feeding terribly difficult and there are so many of these — the solemn pronouncements she will hear from her own parents and from health visitors , obstetricians and other professional people can lead to real emotional and mental suffering . |
| 3 | We shall use that presidency to end the Tories ' opt-out from the Social Chapter , so that the British people can benefit from European safeguards . |
| 4 | Because if , on matters seemingly of great importance for mankind , different people can entertain with great conviction radically conflicting beliefs , it strongly suggests that nobody really knows what they are talking about , and that the confidence of all of them is misplaced , and perhaps that nobody knows upon what general principles one ought to settle questions of these kinds . |
| 5 | Through this , people can differentiate between similar stimuli . |
| 6 | Not all of these dependent old people can rely on consistent family care . |
| 7 | It is n't an offence in itself to sniff glue , but the effect on young people can result in possible conviction for public order offences such as threatening behaviour or breach of the peace . |
| 8 | VPL 's Reality Built For Two — where two people can meet in Virtual Reality even if physically located in different continents |
| 9 | One way in which other people can help in daily life is by giving us feedback when we have unconsciously lapsed into our familiar stressed pattern . |