Example sentences of "word [conj] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One approach to this problem is to develop a parser that selects the words that can combine to form valid sentences . |
| 2 | Mr Ball , 58 , told a news conference : ‘ There are no words that can fit it — for what they have done . |
| 3 | In Hearsay-II for example , the average number of words that can follow any initial portion of the utterance is thirty-four . |
| 4 | A small word that can mean the difference between happiness and despair . |
| 5 | I know it is a word that can mean various things , but we must ask why some continental politicians refer to the word ’ federal ’ at every opportunity . |
| 6 | ‘ Rational ’ — a word that can take on various meanings and get one into all sorts of trouble — is here being used to describe those models that ignore organizational behaviour and suggest that the decision-maker has near-perfect knowledge , power and insight , needing merely to conduct the necessary analysis and implement it . |
| 7 | Hears a new word and can associate the sounds with the right letters . |