Example sentences of "the [noun] [pron] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Aye , very pleasurable , but first we 'll eat , while I describe some of the activities you can look forward to . |
| 2 | In the daytime you can come back and look at the Old State House we 're coming up to and see the cobblestones which mark the place where blood was shed in the great Boston Massacre . |
| 3 | And as anurans , with their soft vulnerable bodies , are much sought after as food , they need all the defences they can muster . |
| 4 | Beginning with the more familiar form of the continents we can distinguish between the continental platforms formed by plateaus and lowlands , and the major linear mountain systems known as orogenic mountain belts , or simply orogens . |
| 5 | Smith said : ‘ We have players all over the park who can score goals for us . |
| 6 | But if we go in the park she can run more , or in the summer we go down by the old railway track do n't we ? |
| 7 | It would probably proceed as follows : from A , go to all the openings you can see ; from each of those openings , go to any further openings you can see ; by continuing this procedure , generate the tree of Figure 10 ; report the shortest sequence starting at A and ending at E. The reason for preferring a computer program to a verbal account ( for example , the one just given ) , is that , when writing a program , you are forced to say exactly what you mean ; if the program works , you know that there are no hidden difficulties with your explanation . |
| 8 | The government , already facing labour unrest and mounting inflation , needs all the sympathy it can get , especially if as some believe , it intends calling an early general election . |
| 9 | When you play the guitar you can understand why the Bass VI was the victim of a life-long identity crisis . |
| 10 | Similarly , getting too close could frighten the animal , although once they are used to the crowds they can regard the bars or the cage or the walls of the enclosure as protection . |
| 11 | Some of you collect all the lanterns we can muster . |
| 12 | Fashion and artistic imagination spread a thick veil of Celtic fancy over the romances ; but through the veil we can discern the real human problems of Wolfram and his like ; in this respect they follow in the footsteps of the twelfth-century humanists , Abelard , Heloise and Ailred . |
| 13 | That 's the one that 's the one danger that I see , that instead of being led by the turnover of the product , we 're being led by the funding we can obtain which I think is a is a weakness in the system . |
| 14 | As you coil the ropes you can soak up the panoramic landscape which stretches from the lush green valleys towards Leek and the Potteries , across to the Roaches and northwards to the wild moors of Axe Edge . |
| 15 | For Clare Short and Jo Richardson , this is undoubtedly accentuated by the support they can give each other in a world where all the benchmarks are male , where rivalry is high and trust low . |
| 16 | Instead , the teacher reinforces the responsibility which she wants the children to exercise over their own learning , and the support they can offer to one another without needing to turn to her for confirmation . |
| 17 | Runners are generally suffering at this stage ( 23.5 6o 24.5 miles ) and will need all the support they can get . |
| 18 | But George — who is donating profits from the record to AIDS charity Red Hot And Dance — says : ‘ The many people around the world who will benefit from the Red Hot And Dance project need all the support we can give them . |
| 19 | Molly is remarkably cheerful and optimistic and she deserves and will undoubtedly receive all the support we can give her . |
| 20 | ‘ We need all the support we can get , ’ Miss Harker went on earnestly . |
| 21 | But then Dolly needs all the support she can get ( boom boom ) |
| 22 | The financial needs of the family , the demands of a career and the needs of a father in his own right directly affect his availability to his children and have an indirect effect through the support he can offer his partner . |
| 23 | No amount is too small for all the women and children who desperately need the support you can give them . |
| 24 | After that , the dust will begin to settle and you must settle your differences , too , since you will need all the support you can muster to make your mark at work or make life more financially secure . |
| 25 | ‘ And he has all the support I can give him to go for it next year . ’ |
| 26 | Please pray for me as I 'll need all the support I can get . |
| 27 | Science is entitled to all the support it can get , to all it needs . |
| 28 | The latter is established partly because of the expertise it can develop , and this expertise is not related solely to fact finding . |
| 29 | On the expenditure side of the accounts I can say that , certainly up to the half way stage of the financial year , the budget is holding . |
| 30 | Before ( and after ) moving your counter around the board you can change your team formation and swap players around to get defence , midfield and attack ratings to match your opponents ' . |