Example sentences of "can [vb infin] in their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many elderly people can remain in their own homes even if they are living alone , provided that they can get adequate help with some of the heavier and more awkward chores : cleaning high up , or low down , under furniture or in corners which have become inaccessible to them . |
| 2 | Many of the fish species migrate from one river system to another : they can travel 20–30 km upstream in a single day and seeds can remain in their guts for 1 7 days . |
| 3 | Luckily some friends of mine , who are in Georgia at the moment , have said I can stay in their flat for a couple of nights . |
| 4 | intended to stay , because the immediate reaction to something like that happening is n't necessarily erm , all bad , I mean people are quite glad that they are still alive and they 're quite prepared to put up with the possible fallout of the consequences of that so that they can stay in their own homes . |
| 5 | Although I disagreed with some of what he said , I agree that we should consider whether more people can stay in their own homes . |
| 6 | No local riders in the British speedway final at Coventry , so the Swindon Robins can stay in their nest for Saturday 's meeting with Glasgow Tigers . |
| 7 | A businessman has given five thousand pounds to a dying man so that he and his family can stay in their home . |
| 8 | Though debt-for-equity swaps represent one way for banks to recover part of their developing country debt exposure , they still stand to lose money and look likely to have to wait for some years before they can cash in their equity stakes . |
| 9 | Since the only things that psychologists can measure are stimuli and responses , these are the only things they can include in their theories . |
| 10 | Even when a clear objective has been achieved ( and by a clear objective I really mean a single sentence which everybody can carry in their minds and which everybody can understand ) , it is necessary to ensure that this is known , understood and accepted at every level of the organization . |
| 11 | Teaching the 3 R's is what schools do best , and what no other form of education can do in their stead . |
| 12 | They are output oriented , in that they are based on what individuals can do in their work , rather than what they know . |
| 13 | Two , three , or more teachers jointly plan a project in which their classes work independently of each other , but produce material which another class can use in their own drama . |
| 14 | There are a lot of ways that er both the Councillors can get into the habit and recycling is quite habit forming of recycling and from that er home use of recycling they will learn that there is a lot of products they can use in their councils ; recycled plastic makes very good er roadside signs that do n't rust and do n't need painting . |
| 15 | He reckons there are no shortages of possible uses — farmers can use it to do their accounts , women with child-care responsibilities can work in their own time on the word processors , publicity material for local craftsmen can be produced and so on . |
| 16 | ‘ Edward Wood ? ’ they question ; and one can see in their eyes the effort of the memory to attach this name to some sensational event in Parliament or some haunting paragraph in the newspapers … |
| 17 | But you need a body that can get together at various stages to liaise and swap ideas but whose members can function in their independent tasks . |
| 18 | I can sleep in their tent and go into the forbidden zone with them tomorrow . |
| 19 | Her heart leapt at the words , but she said , ‘ No , thank you — they can recover in their own good time . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Mail Newspapers and other newspaper proprietors clearly attach a great deal of importance to maintaining their goodwill and reputation with their readers by exercising careful control over who can advertise in their newspapers and what kinds of advertisements appear there , ’ the judge said . |
| 21 | just as the ermine changes it coat for winter ; just as the seed can lie dormant for thousands of years ; just as the bacteria and the rotifers can live in their desiccated time capsules for perhaps longer than we can ever envisage , awaiting a change of outer circumstances for the tiny living specks of dust to take on another form — just so , perhaps , may the living forms we know so well have secrets tucked away within them that only the rolling of the aeons can reveal . |
| 22 | Head gardener Matthew Hayes , who trained at Emerson College , Sussex , a leading centre for organic horticulture , says : ‘ We aim to provide a good insight into sound organic practice , which visitors can adopt in their own garden or allotment . ’ |
| 23 | Others were not so clear-cut : for example , when asked whether the nursery had explained the part parents can play in their child 's education , parents seemed a bit vague . |
| 24 | Registered users can load in their own PCX or GIF files so you will never get bored with this program . |
| 25 | It says a lot for our common social perceptions that various observers can agree in their assessments of an individual seen with different people , in different places at different times , but only a detailed inventory , as Robert Cairns and James Green at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , have pointed out , can tell us how actual forms of behaviour are elicited , maintained and organised . |
| 26 | Each customer can differ in their sample requirements which are all itemised and individually recorded . |