Example sentences of "they can [adv] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some doctors recommend immediate intervention with steroid injections , but although these can have a dramatic effect in reducing inflammation and relieving pain , they can also create a false sense of security . |
| 2 | They can issue an Enforcement Notice to cease an unauthorised use or remove an offending development and in the latter case , once the Enforcement Notice has been issued they can also make a Stop Notice which requires all work to cease in a short period , often seven days , until the Enforcement Notice is confirmed or quashed . |
| 3 | They can also perform a limited corporate finance function , and provide a mechanism for marketing shares in an unquoted company ( Newco ) , where otherwise the benefit to an employee of holding shares is somewhat illusory , in that he can not realise his shares for cash , unless he remains a shareholder of the company and ( usually ) an employee or director , until there is a sale of Newco or it obtains a listing . |
| 4 | Because catalogues are typically run by someone the mother knows , they can also link a mother to the networks beyond her home ( Cohen , 1991a ) . |
| 5 | The closely packed neutrons form a degenerate gas and , being fermions , they can also exert a degeneracy pressure . |
| 6 | The governors have power and responsibility , with just a little encouragement they can also become a most enthusiastic supporters club . |
| 7 | Not only do books often tend to be rather broad in their approach to a subject , but they can also take a long time to be published after they are written and the information may thus be out of date . |
| 8 | They can also have a go at this . |
| 9 | Amoebae not only provide an important reservoir of intracellular legionellae , increasing uptake of the bacteria in adverse conditions ; warm water systems they can also provide a continuous supply of extracellular bacteria . |
| 10 | They can also produce a loud hissing , screeching noise . |
| 11 | erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it ! |
| 12 | Once bacteria enter through the navel stump , they can either cause a local infection in the umbilical stump or invade the bloodstream and cause infection most commonly in one or more joints of the body . |
| 13 | Human readers usually have little difficulty with most types of ambiguity , since they can effortlessly apply a variety of contextual information . |
| 14 | For example , in art , pupils have to hand in work to be assessed throughout the course , and they can thus accumulate a varied and impressive portfolio as part of their examination achievement . |
| 15 | Couples do not , therefore , have to delay marriage in order to ensure that they can adequately support a larger family . |
| 16 | The country can not be properly served by a Government who pretend that they can somehow call a halt to or defer the agreed purpose of the rest of the Community . |
| 17 | Strongly influenced by their worldwide sales to date of over 60 million ‘ Walkman ’ products , they believe they can similarly capture a huge mass market for personal , on-the-move , multimedia information and games . |
| 18 | Again , these are very dependent on the particular machine , but if used sensibly , and not just as gimmicks , they can completely transform a program . |
| 19 | Of course they can only make a living in this way if they are faster than other dealers in the market . |
| 20 | Never to tell a press man the truth again ( they can only turn a lie into an unplayable one ) |
| 21 | At the end of four weeks , they 're eligible to claim , shall we say , then at the end of that four weeks they can then get a cheque for whatever period they 've been off . |
| 22 | They can then add a Tracker unit , which will monitor the progress of the work , effort and expenditure as the project proceeds . |
| 23 | They dial a special number which faxes flight information to them , they can then book a flight direct — all accomplished , as the publicity handouts say , in three minutes using ‘ phone , fax and finger ’ . |
| 24 | But since then things have changed , and if they are prepared to go to a little trouble and expense they can now acquire a cat that will almost certainly give them no problems . |
| 25 | They can now put a television camera into your stomach . |
| 26 | It is inconceivable that they can now have a secure future in Lebanon , whether or not state authority is restored . |
| 27 | However , it must be remembered that these groups work best at the initial stages of research when concepts still have to be clarified ; they can never replace a properly constituted sample . |
| 28 | Wild animals are used for food but at a level at which they can still reproduce a similar surplus a year later . |
| 29 | ‘ They can still pull a fast one on you , ’ Biddy admitted . |
| 30 | And of course all that is a play-off against you know keeping that franchisee er involved and keeping them feeling that they can still make a profit . |