Example sentences of "can [verb] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Present value : If you delay paying a bill , you can earn interest on the money in the meantime . |
| 2 | This suits other banks because it means that they can earn interest on surplus funds , knowing at the same time that they can get them very quickly , at call , if necessary . |
| 3 | Well that 's where , I mean , you can make money on the food sometimes ca n't you ? |
| 4 | they 'll get into the , they 'll get into that garage right , so they look and see things they did n't know that they can make money on |
| 5 | Tom Robb , a teacher of over 30 years , can lend advice on may technical problems . |
| 6 | Tom Robb , a teacher for over 30 years , can lend advice on many technical problems . |
| 7 | Tom Robb , a teacher of over 30 years , can lend advice on may technical problems . |
| 8 | I need not pursue these issues further here , however , as the results already cited are enough to establish that , given appropriate circumstances , verbal pre-training can influence performance on a recognition task just as it can on a motor task involving discrimination among the pre-trained stimuli . |
| 9 | They can throw dinner on this . |
| 10 | Nevertheless I would claim that the religious life as a phenomenon has insights which can throw light on the question , because the nuns have been wrestling with it for centuries . |
| 11 | The discussion will fall into two parts : an examination , first , of the sort of information that can be gleaned from a study of individual coins , and , second , of how the study of groups of coins can throw light on contemporary propaganda . |
| 12 | Whereas the excavation of settlements can throw light on the useful activities of ancient societies , it is from burials not previously looted by treasure-seekers that archaeologists have recovered artefacts shaped by the finest craftsmen from the most precious substances , veritable trophies of the forces of emulation responsible for the rise of human civilizations . |
| 13 | Recent developments in sociolinguistics and pragmatics , however , have produced work which can throw light on this grey area of literary study . |
| 14 | So spectroscopy can yield information on plasma temperatures . |
| 15 | The group can be asked to respond to what one individual has just said ; or it can focus discussion on one individual at a time ; or the counsellor can ensure that the group discusses general or shared problems , or that it links and compares different problems faced by individuals within the group . |
| 16 | A structured visit from the attached inspector , talking things through as a ‘ critical friend ’ with the head or others , possibly having visited them in their classrooms first , can focus attention on all parts of the School Development Plan and suggest changes of emphasis and ways round emergent problems . |
| 17 | ‘ We can buy food on the way down . ’ |
| 18 | The Yuk Factor sustains through Robert Cullen 's The Killer Department ( Orion , April , £15.99 , 1 85797 070 5 ) , about that demented bald Russian in a cage , the one who murdered 50-odd people and ate them , and nearer home we can enjoy Murder on Ward Four ( Chatto , May , £9,99 , 0 7011 4813 6 ) , Nick Davies ' investigation into the nurse of impeccable credentials who allegedly killed eight children before she was discovered . |
| 19 | You can borrow money on excellent terms for purposes like buying a practice , or a share in a practice , acquiring equipment and furnishings , and extending your business . |
| 20 | You can borrow money on excellent terms for purposes like buying a practice , or a share in a practice , acquiring equipment and furnishings , and extending your business . |
| 21 | A second report , from Christian Aid , another British charity , shows how the West 's policies of subsidised farming can inflict damage on African farmers in good times as well as lean . |
| 22 | I am sure that my hon. Friend will agree that what we are doing through the national curriculum , and especially in the testing of seven , 11 , 14 and 16-year-olds , will ensure not only that we can monitor progress on standards , but that pupils who are falling behind will be given the assistance that they need to improve . |
| 23 | Most of the large banks employ trade promotion experts who can give information on local economies and trading practices . |
| 24 | However , local testing programmes can give information on individual schools . |
| 25 | Local testing schemes , in contrast , can give information on individual schools if they employ ‘ blanket testing ’ i.e. all children in the local authority are tested . |
| 26 | Field or core studies can give information on some of these features and thin section petrography can aid further evaluation , but care must be taken to avoid diagenetic fabrics in any such analysis . |
| 27 | They have a working knowledge of contract law and other legal areas which affect musicians , such as noise levels and music licences , so that they can give advice on anything and everything that affects musicians . |
| 28 | Social workers can give advice on financial help and may arrange for a Home Help to visit . |
| 29 | Elderly people and their families who wish to ‘ go it alone , so far as obtaining outside help is concerned are , of course , quite at liberty to do so , and four of the large organisations who can give advice on a great variety of problems are : |
| 30 | Staff at your local gas showroom can give advice on appropriate low-cost gas heaters . |