Example sentences of "can [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | How else can decision making in employment be researched ? |
| 32 | Yes , I think it can part of it . |
| 33 | So by sharing a little of what we have , we can remover the threat of these terrible diseases which , currently , kill three and a half million children a year . |
| 34 | She says we 'll get some old bikes so we can bike to the baths instead of walking . |
| 35 | With respect to the relevant product market , the practice of the Commission shows a preference for relatively narrow market definitions ; for example , in the VIAG/Continental Can case , the Commission undertook a detailed analysis of substitutability of both supply and demand , in order to determine the interchangeability of the various forms of packaging in the world . |
| 36 | This line of attack was argued by the Commission in the Continental Can case , but failed because it was unable to demonstrate that competition was sufficiently restricted . |
| 37 | What what jewellery colours can mum wear with that ? |
| 38 | Or there 's another thing you can mum we 're trying to make that . |
| 39 | Supposedly , when I , when I told Nicola the other day that you reckon that I do n't do enough work , she says cor blimey she was shocked she was , shocked oh do it , do it as near to the microphone as you can mum |
| 40 | Well you can mum . |
| 41 | You can Easter ? |
| 42 | I said to Jes he , the only bird I know that can shit through side of a bloody cage bars and , and get it through ! |
| 43 | We are works of art , belonging to a world that is itself an aesthetic phenomenon ; and this is our highest claim to dignity , " for only as an aesthetic phenomenon can existence and the world be eternally justified " . |
| 44 | The broad principle that " where a power to make regulations is given to a public body by statute , no regulations made under it can abridge a right conferred by the statute itself " is too clear to need justification : R. v. Bird [ 1891 ] Q.B . |
| 45 | The above are all classic instruments by which a Prime Minister can outmanoeuvre the Cabinet . |
| 46 | It can outmanoeuvre any fighter flying today . |
| 47 | To have big car luxury and performance which can outmanoeuvre the opposition . |
| 48 | In recent years people have been asking : does the post need to be filled or can reorganisation be used to distribute the work among existing staff ? |
| 49 | Details have still to be worked out , but Chez reckons that with the aid of his home computer and his Nintendo Boot Sale Blitz game , he and I can milk off a tidy sum whilst still leaving the club with a small profit . |
| 50 | ‘ You can milk well , my girl ? |
| 51 | No other form of cultural representation — not painting , nor literature nor music nor even television — can signify quite as figurally as can cinema . |
| 52 | We supply the hard facts so you can do-it-yourself . |
| 53 | The British reader , who is likely to have been spared certain of the varieties of suffering which are spoken of in the writings of Kundera and Klima , where a joke , or no joke , or nothing whatever , can sequester you for years from the people you grew up with , is in a position , for all that , to know what Sabina means here . |
| 54 | ( b ) Discuss the merits and demerits of using this form of note to reveal the ways historical information can inter-connect ( e.g. the direction of the relationship ) . |
| 55 | Stones that shook the world ‘ Patience , patience , patience ’ said Yasser Arafat this week — the question is how long can patience endure ? |
| 56 | When a barrister comes to address your University or College law society , you can beard him on the subject . |
| 57 | The position is the same if the offender is committed for some offences under Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.38 and for some under Criminal Justice Act 1967 , s.56 ; the restrictions in Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 have no application to the offences subject to committal under section 38 , as the Crown Court can sentence for those offences as if the offender has just been convicted of them on indictment , but do apply to the offences committed under section 56 . |
| 58 | In those circumstances , a magistrate can sentence someone to a maximum of three months in prison . |
| 59 | A lot can change in three years . |
| 60 | How can opposition to reform be contained in other countries if it is so strong in more successful Poland ? |