Example sentences of "can [verb] [prep] other " in BNC.
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| 31 | There is increasingly a feeling that the larger the firm the better it can withstand recessionary periods and the more effectively it can compete with other firms ; and these two sentiments may succeed each other as , say , a regional grouping for mutual protection develops into a nationwide conglomerate for enhanced profits . |
| 32 | Instead of indulging in sterile exchanges of statistics across the Chamber , should not the House decide whether the level of investment in this country is adequate to ensure that our manufacturing base can compete against other countries ? |
| 33 | They can do if they want or they can progress onto other rooms to get time back that way , but anyway , ca n't you ? we have er a target to meet on the programme of X percentage time and they will meet that far Wednesday afternoon so we have n't continued and shown |
| 34 | So the standard feelers for an engineer goes from about one and a half thou up to fifteen thou , the rest you can measure by other things . |
| 35 | In this section we will focus on weathering forms in limestone , although it should be pointed out that similar weathering forms can develop on other lithologies . |
| 36 | If a formal questionnaire is to be involved one can test among other things : |
| 37 | It can take in mortgages , it can take in property , it can take in other values , so that R P I is a very much a , a negotiable figure . |
| 38 | Now expected late next month , the pen-driven handheld computer is said to be able to organise data such as an appointments diary and can communicate with other machines by dialling phone numbers and sending facsimile messages . |
| 39 | Our eyes can detect only certain wavelengths of this spectrum , but we have built machines which can respond to other wavelengths . |
| 40 | Typically an index number indicates the current position of prices ( e.g. UK index of retail prices ) or quantities ( e.g. UK index of industrial production ) of a list of commodities relative to a specified base point ( though the principles can apply in other situations ) . |
| 41 | They are created diagrammatically using high-level software engineering modelling tools , and the environment can interoperate with other tools , such as Texas Instruments Inc 's IEF and KnowledgeWare Inc 's IEW , by exchanging model information stored in the CDE Repository with models stored in their repositories . |
| 42 | They are created diagrammatically using high-level software engineering modelling tools , and the environment can interoperate with other tools , such as Texas Instruments Inc 's IEF and KnowledgeWare Inc 's IEW , by exchanging model information stored in the CDE Repository with models stored in their repositories . |
| 43 | ‘ The same thing can happen in other areas through training if everybody gets involved in the right way . ’ |
| 44 | However it is evident that bleomycin can interact with other sequences which do not contain guanines . |
| 45 | It is embarrassing to know that one is a god of a world that only exists because every improbability curve must have its far end ; especially when one can peer into other dimensions at worlds whose Creators had more mechanical aptitude than imagination . |
| 46 | After accepting payment in dollars , oil-exporting countries can decide to keep their enlarged surpluses in this form , either in deposits or in longer-term investments , or they can switch into other currency assets . |
| 47 | But it is not always easy to decide which is the more appropriate , nor how the two ways mentioned can lead to other versions . |
| 48 | This can lead to other opportunities and commissions . |
| 49 | In the Gravelle and Katz model then , there is scope for a potential improvement in performance to be induced by constraints on the firm , despite the fact that such constraints can lead to other distortions . |
| 50 | The strain and tension created by constant difficulties can lead to other problems and it can be hard to sort out which came first ; it is all too easy to blame the surface symptoms of child neglect or indebtedness on irresponsible parenthood rather than on an unjust social system . |
| 51 | Hence although a larger corpus will alleviate the problem of insufficient data it will not cure it and can lead to other problems . |
| 52 | so I said but I 'm not disappointed but she said just listen to what I 've got to say , she said , erm , because anybody else that 's failed we 've just said I 'm sorry we ca n't have you , but she said with you , we all feel that you 've got so much to offer she said I 'm gon na offer you a relief post which means that you can go into other people 's ho er other homes , all around , all different hospitals if somebody 's short , they can call on you and I said could it be a full time job , will it give me enough money to say that I 'm working ? |
| 53 | Or to provide development capital where your expansion may be limited by the fact that you are nearing the limit of what you can raise by other conventional means . |
| 54 | All they can get from other people is advice , and not instruction . |
| 55 | But at the same time this form of contact can seem to other policemen and women as skiving , as even one member of the public described it to the field-worker ( FN 17/12/87 ) , p. 6 ) , although such a caricature obscures the fact that the contact often has a more meaningful purpose . |
| 56 | You can experiment with other vegetable oils in the blend ( hazelnut , apricot kernel ) as long as they add up to 120 ml in all . |
| 57 | I like it with a filling of apricot and orange , but you can experiment with other fruit fillings . |
| 58 | The style and method of management matter less than the question of whether the headteacher can collaborate with other schools and is prepared to make adjustments and concessions in the way the school is run in order to allow better pooling of time , staff or other resources . |
| 59 | During this delay the microprocessor can continue with other tasks ( including , perhaps , the control of other stepping motors ) , the only restriction being that the time spent on these tasks must be equal to the excitation interval . |
| 60 | ( connoted ) is a signifier which will occur in several places in the text ; it is a shifting element which can combine with other similar elements to create characters , ambiances , shapes and symbols . |