Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [subord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus denote the firm 's security level profit by , the profit level under the agreement by , and the maximum profit the firm can earn when it reneges on the agreement in a single period by . |
| 2 | I can laugh if it 's funny . |
| 3 | Mr Rushdie added : ‘ In any political issue silence is always the biggest mistake you can make because it gives the initiative to the adversary . |
| 4 | in which case we can disregard because it |
| 5 | Whenever I speak of it , he just says it can stay as it is in case I ever want it . |
| 6 | Food can excite before it even enters our mouth . |
| 7 | no you can wait because er you can wait because it 's not going to be that long |
| 8 | You can overtake if it 's safe to do so and you can regain your nearside without danger or or inconvenience to other vehicles coming the other way . |
| 9 | Can you nip in the shops I wan na get something I can suck cos it do |
| 10 | One of the fascinations of the industrial world is that there are no limitations of any sort on what a company can achieve if it wants to . |
| 11 | It is , rather , the example of what a robust and subtle mind can do when it comes to shifting British planning policy around the table a bit . |
| 12 | ‘ Most people in the health service suffer from the feeling there are far too many layers of authority above them and far too many constraints about what people can do when it comes to running their own unit better . |
| 13 | When you meet someone you can see whether it is convenient or inconvenient and act accordingly . |
| 14 | From this analysis you get a precise idea of the level of difficulty of a text , you can compare one text with another text , and you can see whether it fits in with the syllabus your students are working to . |
| 15 | From this analysis , one can see whether it is possible for tax policy to be employed to offset the existence of market imperfections . |
| 16 | So that if you have this view up , you can see whether it 's selected or not . |
| 17 | So I can see if it looks okay . |
| 18 | But it might not be a bad idea to go down that route to see if we can we can see if it can be exploit it at this stage because we have discussed , and I know this is getting off the the the the agen |
| 19 | They say they 'd appreciate knowing what I originally had in mind , so they can see if it still sounds suitable . |
| 20 | Well I can , well I can put it on earlier so we can see if it works . |
| 21 | If we decide on the first then we can decide whether it 's a park or a sports ground or or what shall we do ? |
| 22 | However , a democracy can vote as it feels fit , and the Tories are in very real danger of losing the next election as homeowners desert to the opposition parties . |
| 23 | So you ca n't con you can control when it comes but you ai n't gon na ch you 're not gon na control how much you pay for , for , for almost anything , I 'm afraid . |
| 24 | The photo-sensitive cells can detect whether it is light or dark , but give no other information . |
| 25 | Installation of the card is relatively straightforward , the card can detect whether it is installed in an 8 or 16-bit slot and how much memory is present . |
| 26 | Well erm probably on the back you can select whether it er sends a number by pulse , and you can tell actually cos it 's very you d you 'll dial |
| 27 | I mean , you think you give birth and you 're forgotten , I mean your health visitor visits your baby , and then you 've got the baby blues , and we we are trying to do something to get them to help and warn people about when they are pregnant it can happen because it does start then , not after you 've had the baby , it builds up and them wham , it hits you ! |
| 28 | I I can not see that it can have because it was n't actually put to him but he did mention twice in his judgement that he was aware of this new material and as Neil Bennet said , we 'll have to wait and see what that is . |
| 29 | William Downes ' study of King Lear 's famous question to his daughters is a superb example of the level of depth and insight that stylistics can reach when it draws eclectically from a variety of areas within linguistics in order to relate the surface features of the text to the situational , historical and cultural contexts which are relevant to their effect and interpretation . |
| 30 | As it is now all the more important that Europe should prove that it can walk before it tries to run , may we look forward to a rigid application by our European partners of all those directives that they have so far chosen to ignore ? |