Example sentences of "[noun] can [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Only on top of a horse can Piggott truly feel on top of the world . |
2 | In his concluding essay , Urwick wrote : The club can catch him , but can not discipline him , the Boys ' Brigade can discipline him to a small extent , but can not catch or keep him when he most needs it ; the voluntary evening school can do neither . |
3 | Also in Bludenz , BMX fans can sign-up for the week-long training camp . |
4 | Blake 's mathematical models predict that dolphins , killer whales and even some penguins can porpoise . |
5 | If a defendant can post bail and presents no physical threat to the community , he should be allowed to await trial at home . |
6 | There is a booking system for the use of the CD-ROMs and readers can book one hour sessions in advance , either in person or by telephone . |
7 | It provides a visible summary of the central affirmations of the Bible : that God indwells his people ( see 1 Corinthians 3:16 ; Ephesians 2:19–22 ) ; that he intends his people to worship him according to his will and not their own whim ( see Mark 7:6–13 ) ; and that only by means of sacrifice and shed blood can sinners ever come to live with the Holy One ( see Ephesians 2:11–18 ; Hebrews 10:19–25 ) . |
8 | Porsche 's engineers reckon that although the car can corner safely at about 85% of gravitational acceleration , most owners will only need about half of that ability for normal , but still very fast motoring . |
9 | Travelling is done on public transport — we have a college minibus which tutors can book for residentials , visits and regular timetabled activities , such as the Leisure Centre . |
10 | For a start , they own that flexible ‘ I ’ ( when I say ‘ I ’ you will want to know within a paragraph or two whether I mean Julian Barnes or someone invented ; a poet can shimmy between the two , getting credit for both deep feeling and objectivity ) . |
11 | It is by making use of this complexity of an extended observing participation I believe anthropology can edge beyond its contemporaries in the other social sciences , so that the ‘ thick description ’ which Geertz ( 1975 ) urged us to use , takes on the ‘ finer grain and detail ’ necessary for an anthropology at home ( MacDonald 1987 : 120 ) where access to the social group or community studied is readily available to any demand for analytic reassessment . |
12 | The number of UK recycling centres has risen from 24 in 1988 to 320 , whilst 163 local authorities registered for aluminium can recycling programmes . |
13 | UK aluminium can recycling rates boosted |
14 | The proportion of aluminium cans recycled in the UK increased from 11 to 16 per cent during the first quarter of 1992 , according to figures released by the Aluminium Can Recycling Association . |
15 | Sweden ahead in aluminium can recycling |
16 | Only by restoring the confidence of these sectors can crime control by the police be successful , and the prerequisite of this is democratic accountability to local communities . |
17 | The Labour Department can cajole companies to break the ceiling themselves before someone does it for them . |
18 | So how many more Beatles songs can Jim and Mike possibly listen to ? |
19 | As the last concert was held in a field in a howling wind , my grandfather sang one of his favourite Burns songs ; O' aa the Airts the Wind can Blaw . |
20 | Only by extending the application of safety counter-measures beyond tiny groups of houses and to large districts can safety be achieved across whole residential areas rather than in fragments of them . |
21 | Trash Can School 's name suggests that here is a most predictable Sympathy band with lotsa grease 'n' grunge 'n' rock'n'roll . |
22 | Trash Can School have , like Crawlspace , an urge to experiment and tinker with new toys . |
23 | Trash Can School are an astonishing accomplishment . |
24 | ‘ Like , we were concerned that the bands we were supporting out here ( The Trash Can Sinatras and The Charlatans — we thought , will we fit into their audience ? |
25 | Qi Can Huang speaks no English and has not been seen since he left the family home in Yarm Road , Darlington , on January 16 . |
26 | Readers in the Republic of Ireland can book by telephoning one of Butlin 's Dublin agents:B & I Line Tel : Dublin 778271 . |
27 | Since moving to New York Jacklin has celebrated the city 's trades and parades , crowds and entertainments in a series of pictures which has no match among contemporary American painters , although the city had captured the attention of the Ash Can School , Edward Hopper and , at the beginning of his career , Mark Rothko , whose subway depictions provide a point of comparison . |
28 | The veil of ordinary thinking drops away ; associations can surface from a deeper level . |
29 | Some help is given at the Driving Instructors ' Association test day , where approved instructors can road test vehicles brought along by manufacturers and importers . |
30 | The southern African countries can salt away their ivory stocks in the bank until the day trade resumes , and watch them increase in value . |