Example sentences of "that it can [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discipline of information science , which attempts to study all the ways in which human beings communicate information with each other and the many facilities which make it easier to perform , is in its earliest formative years , and it will be a long time before we can be sure either that the science of information is a true discipline or that it can deliver its present optimistic promises . |
| 2 | The 1992 UN conference on the environment could be the right place for an analytical look at what the world needs to do to ensure that it can feed its vulnerable populations in the next country . |
| 3 | These set the minimum amount of capital ( free assets , or the amount by which an insurers ' assets exceed the actuarial calculation of its liabilities ) that an insurer must have to reassure customers and regulators that it can meet its liabilities . |
| 4 | The cuckoo can not lay its egg while the future foster-parent is in residence ; it has to pick a time when the parent bird has left the nest — and the eggs — so that it can perform its surreptitious substitution . |
| 5 | The shape of the box is determined largely by the shape and size of the printer and the box is placed around the printer so that it can perform its function of reducing the decibel level emanating from the printer . |
| 6 | That requires the Bill to be revived tonight so that it can continue its progress . |
| 7 | I am sure that West Yorkshire will welcome any assistance that the schemes can give , and will also appreciate that its rate support grant has increased by 16 per cent. , but that does not mean that it can bring its force up to the required standard . |
| 8 | To do this , it will have a derived demand for manufacturing equipment , components , steel , lubricants and the like , so that it can satisfy its own customers . |
| 9 | Now the important thing about the toxin is not so much that it can paralyse its victim , but that biologists can use it , and they can use it because it 's possible to label the toxin radioactively and then employ this to look at the distribution of receptors in patients with miocenia and characterise the receptors in other ways . |
| 10 | Try not to respond the moment it ceases as this suggests to the dog that it can get its own way by behaving in this fashion . |
| 11 | When reclaiming such land , it may be necessary to provide the first pioneer crops with a direct injection of nutrients through chemical fertilizers but it should always be remembered that the aim is to build up the life in the soil so that it can provide its own fertility within the land potential . |
| 12 | If the prey can themselves move , the predator will have to be able to move faster , or with sufficient stealth that it can catch its prey without a long chase . |
| 13 | It means that it can use its paper to finance the bid without using its cash resources or resorting to further borrowing . |
| 14 | ‘ It is of great importance that the UK should not appear to turn its back on Europe , so that it can play its full part in negotiations , ’ the peers say in a report rushed out yesterday ahead of the Strasbourg talks . |
| 15 | A staff function should be positioned so that it can funnel its services to the organisational levels who may be the public face of the organisation to outside groups . |