Example sentences of "it can [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has taken a long 10 years ' work to get Australia to where we are now yet it can disappear so quickly . |
| 2 | Should I simply ignore what that delicious mouth is saying , and remember instead how sweet it tastes and how it can mould so beautifully to mine ? ’ |
| 3 | Though the latter can , within limits , create reasons , it can do so only when there is a non-will-based reason why it should . |
| 4 | Whether or not the USSR will increase oil exports and whether it can do so have long been areas of heated debate . |
| 5 | A It can do so at any time . |
| 6 | The IWC is not required to work for more humane killing methods , but it can do so by virtue of the fact that it can recommend particular catching methods that are better than others . |
| 7 | It can do so only through a constant turnover of individuals , whose sole purpose in being born is to reproduce and then die . |
| 8 | It can do so only within five years from becoming aware of the location of the object and the identity of the possessor , and within thirty years of the illegal removal . |
| 9 | Consequently , even if a non-member country may possibly be entitled not to recognise a flag granted in a manner contrary to the Geneva Convention , it can do so only in so far as there is no ‘ genuine link , ’ regardless as to its nature , between the vessel and the state whose flag it is flying . |
| 10 | That is absolutely contrary to the constitutional position that Parliament can alter an Act previously passed , and it can do so by repealing in terms the previous Act — Mr Hill agrees that it may do so — and it can do it also in another way — namely , by enacting a provision which is clearly inconsistent with the previous Act . |
| 11 | The key question is now no longer whether stress accelerates ageing — there is a growing medical consensus that it can do so and often dramatically — but how best to prevent it . |
| 12 | If a court wishes to categorise an error as jurisdictional it can do so by using the ‘ wrong question ’ or ‘ irrelevant consideration ’ formula . |
| 13 | Virgin wants to make itself less vulnerable , and it thinks it can do so by offering even better service to more passengers flying to more places . |
| 14 | Whether or not it can do so is the true test of Thatcherism |
| 15 | It can do so by focusing on five basic questions which are expressed in Figure 4.1 . |
| 16 | But it 's essentially , therefore , that natural selection is only going to produce adaptations if it can do so gradually , that 's basically the guts of Darwin 's position . |
| 17 | It can take so long to get one as well ! |
| 18 | Right Mr Gordon I think the room is now as full as it can get so we 'll kick off today 's proceedings er could you start by introducing your team for the record . |
| 19 | I do n't believe it can taste so buttery . |