Example sentences of "can [adv] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The broad feature , which we can loosely refer to as a quasi-periodic oscillation ( QPO ) can not be seen directly in the light curve , because many cycles need to be averaged to overcome Poisson noise . |
| 2 | ‘ And in the back row , Tim Rodber and Ben Clarke can justifiably think of themselves as England candidates . ’ |
| 3 | But come away with Club 18–30 , share your precious two weeks with others who , like you , want to make friends and have a good time all the time , and you 'll find out why we can justifiably claim to be ‘ Fun Factor ’ Number 1 . |
| 4 | Sometimes a seller is so financially powerful that he can blatantly insist on such a clause being included in the contract ; he can adopt a ‘ take it or leave it ’ attitude . |
| 5 | Within their firm containment , he can slowly learn about holding mixed feelings — loving and hating the same person . |
| 6 | It is only when the present position has been assessed and the future intentions stated that members of the organisation can effectively plan towards the achievement of purposeful goal-directed activity . |
| 7 | The organ of London 's Royal Festival Hall was built as recently as 1954 , and although this fine instrument also brings no lack of sound spectacle , its most remarkable aspect is the wide lateral layout of the pipes , which means that the music can effectively emerge from various point sources . |
| 8 | At the same time , by virtue of his experience in the Secondary School sector of education he had a valuable contribution to make in how we can effectively communicate with young secondary school adults as potential members of the Catholic University parish . |
| 9 | Women , who apparently thrive on stress , display typically aggressive ‘ type A ’ behaviour , which often includes becoming ‘ hooked ’ on vigorous exercise , hormonal imbalance which can eventually lead to irregular periods and weight loss resulting in an early menopause , brittle bones , thinning and wrinkling of the skin , and falling hair . |
| 10 | A septic tank is an open system and depends on being sited where it can eventually discharge into a natural watercourse or soakaway . |
| 11 | Hypothermia is the cooling of your whole body which can eventually result in death . |
| 12 | The Labour party had no place for pensioners in the past and no promises that it can properly meet for the future . |
| 13 | If the latter makes a search , the priority extends to cover the transfer , too , or the lease where there is a lease instead of a transfer ; but note that the converse is n't true , so the mortgagee must always search , and should n't rely on any search made by the borrower , who can properly rely on the search made by his or her mortgagee . |
| 14 | If you do not feel that you can properly advise without an expert 's report then you must say so clearly . |
| 15 | One of the most fundamental questions which has been posed is whether we can properly speak about the drama as writing . |
| 16 | It is that reason can come to play a central part in one 's life , so that we can properly talk of ‘ a life of reason ’ . |
| 17 | Although overdue , two elements of the bill can properly claim to be breaking new ground . |
| 18 | Various modern human activities ensure , however , that many ecosystems are assaulted with more nutrient than they can properly deal with . |
| 19 | On the contrary they assist the plaintiff to the extent that his case accords with legislative policy and the Act at least recognises the possibility that he has a valid claim at common law — the fact that the Law Commission , whose Report on Injuries to Unborn Children ( 1974 ) ( Cmnd. 5709 ) led to the Act of 1976 , considered this a probability is perhaps not a matter which the plaintiff can properly pray in aid . |
| 20 | But your conclusion can properly come to a decision on one side , and need not remain balanced ( so avoid : " both sides have their virtues and it is difficult to decide between them " ) . |
| 21 | If the Minister checks ’ Erskine May ’ , which I can gladly provide for him , I believe that we can reach common ground on this if there is the will to do so . |
| 22 | Now near retirement after a long career in product development , Mr Dulude can presumably act without fear or favour . |
| 23 | Of course , helicopters can hover , while , so far as I can see , light planes can rarely drop to less than 90 miles per hour , so when there is a choice , it is best to shoot from helicopters . |
| 24 | Mining coal can rarely compete on world markets and the use of it has such a damaging effect on our environment . ’ |
| 25 | THE INSPIRALS move down to the Harbour area and sit on a green patch with the sun beating down like it can rarely do in Oldham . |
| 26 | One can rarely dip into a Pollini recording as a series of edited highlights ( except perhaps as a demonstration of superlative digital execution ) , as he rarely ever plays ‘ for the moment ’ ; one is irresistibly drawn towards hearing the whole work , as only then does the integrity of his vision register with its fullest potency . |
| 27 | It requires a degree of unification which environmentalists can rarely achieve with dignity . |
| 28 | With open-loop control even lightly-loaded motors can rarely operate at speeds of more than 10000 steps per second and therefore the microprocessor need only issue a step command every 0.1 ms . |
| 29 | The problem is to identify those cases that can most benefit from a further investigation . |
| 30 | Subsequently A finds the original certificate and , either because he has forgotten about the sale to B or because he is a rogue , then purports to sell the shares to C. The company will rightly refuse to register C whose only remedy will be against A ( who may by this time be a man-of-straw ) unless he can successfully invoke against the company the so-called doctrine of estoppel by share certificate . |