Example sentences of "can [verb] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they can coordinate their choices this is the only stable outcome . |
| 2 | According to Scott , finance capitalists are at the very core of the business class , because they can coordinate its activities . |
| 3 | . That 's just the things we do , with the coronary arteries , we do coronary artery by- passes , I can , I can sew like any woman , I can darn your socks , we stick the veins on and we re-establish the the heart going a bit faster . |
| 4 | ‘ Until I can reassure our workers I am a little concerned that Ho might — might not make as many friends as he would otherwise do . |
| 5 | You can reassure your children that there are ways to make love which are safe , and there are many ways of showing love other than sex . |
| 6 | We can , we can badger our MPs and erm until they do and , and because they are oblivious to a lot of things that are going on in their own , you know till we put it in front of them . |
| 7 | The categories in each case are artificial and social rather than self-evident , but they are necessary so that we can conduct our affairs in an orderly manner . |
| 8 | And we can make whatever judgments about that we want to , as a group , I wo n't exclude anything Sue . |
| 9 | It 's also a lot harder to be a rhythm player than it is a solo player , because anyone can make their fingers move really fast and play shitty solos . |
| 10 | One Peruvian veteran recalled that the worst thing about the vampiros is that , because they are such brilliant surgeons , they can make their incisions without even waking the victim . |
| 11 | The new limited company will acquire , after formation , all the BMC 's equally limited assets , but before the move is made , any BMC members can make their views known to Derek Walker and his colleagues . |
| 12 | If that choice is not to the liking of those with voting power , many of whom will be ratepayers , they can make their views evident through the ballot box . |
| 13 | ‘ I agree totally that where fixtures are moved to another day , supporters should be given plenty of notice so they can make their plans well in advance . |
| 14 | Such a libretto can then be handed to a composer or arranger of music and a designer so that they can make their contributions to the total production . |
| 15 | These men tend to be more confident that they can make their desires known to their partners , whereas those who did n't enjoy their introduction to sex are among the most likely to say that they ca n't express what they want . |
| 16 | Elaine explained : ‘ I 've really tried hard not to let Deborah and Jon criticise each other , I think that 's important , some brothers can make their sisters feel awful ! |
| 17 | Decentralisation refers to three main features of central-local government relationships : the range of services for which local government authorities are responsible ; the degree of discretion that local government authorities have in providing these services and the degree to which local politicians and officials can make their voices heard in policy making at the national level . |
| 18 | If they can make their animals lie down , they should do so , and lie down with them . |
| 19 | But in a d within the next day or so , perhaps over the weekend , if you can make your notes about what this was Put it in your own words , what was happening here . |
| 20 | You will probably find that PROCedures offer you all the facilities of subroutines and , by choosing their names carefully , you can make your programs much more readable . |
| 21 | I could go on , but I think that I can make my points simply and graphically by quoting from the documents that I have with me . |
| 22 | In order that I can make my recommendations realistic , how much do you feel you can comfortably invest on a monthly basis to protect your wife and family and make provision for your retirement ? |
| 23 | It appears to have escaped Berkeley 's attention that not all imaginary things , for example a drunkard 's pink rats , are voluntary and lack the vivacity of the real thing , and also that , when I set myself to imagine something , I can make my ideas as orderly and coherent as I like . |
| 24 | And during this time I am on the monitor studying the whole thing so that we can make our plans and adjustments for our filming with the real orchestra . |
| 25 | Already in Out the narrator was obsessed with the mind 's capacity for erasing one version of a story and substituting another : ‘ We can make our errors in a thought and reject them in another thought , leaving no trace of error in us ’ ( 51/53 ) . |
| 26 | So you can see that , without professional help , we can make our problems worse , even with the best of intentions . |
| 27 | Attention to materials and cut can make his clothes ideal for an active , yet stylist life-style . |
| 28 | He can make his birds fly like an arrow — in a straight line , in single file — or can direct them to any place he likes , in any formation . |
| 29 | And so he can make his profits and feel like a philanthropist at the same time . |
| 30 | Do not fix anything so low over a sofa that people can knock their heads on it when getting up or even leaning back ; all the same , try to place everything at a reasonably flexible eye level . |