Example sentences of "[noun] can give " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , for really intricate cutting , a machine with scrolling action can give more accurate control . |
| 2 | Moreover , I shall not try to determine what kind of phenomenon consciousness is ; the task here is rather to see whether the machine analogy can give us a way of talking about it , whatever it is . |
| 3 | How many of my readers can give the answer to ⅜ ÷ 15/16 but are unable to explain why the answer is ⅖ ? |
| 4 | What Miandad 's 59 did yesterday was to frustrate England 's struggling bowlers and to set a platform from which Pakistan can give themselves a match-winning lead today . |
| 5 | Each overseas application is considered individualIy and faculty offices can give guidance to potential applicants who are uncertain whether their qualifications are suitable . |
| 6 | Unless the agent can give you figures showing that it really will pay you to cash in your present policy and take out a completely new one , keep it on and top it up with another , smaller policy . |
| 7 | Before the new Spring growth of plants in the pond can give shelter , particularly to newly-introduced fish , I have devised some artificial ‘ lily pads ’ cut from expanded polystyrene . |
| 8 | It can be argued that only believers can give a proper account of their religion . |
| 9 | We know that for people who can already read , the first sight of a foreign script can give the impression that all the words look alike . |
| 10 | A disused shop has been turned into an area where shoppers can give any evidence that they might think useful . |
| 11 | Even so-called non-venomous snakes can give bites that cause a painful reaction in some people . |
| 12 | Nurses : Your district nurse , health visitor or continence adviser can give you practical advice on how to manage . |
| 13 | But within these categories , each cell has a wide range of potentialities : we have already seen that an ectodermal cell can give rise to skin or , if induced by the eye cup , to lens . |
| 14 | People have begun to notice that the initial pleasure can give way to spiritual and psychological disruption . |
| 15 | ‘ Few clients can give us a breakdown but historically we 've burnt up a lot of fuel . |
| 16 | Fit again Barnbrook can give the weight away . |
| 17 | The emission of hydrothermal solutions , steam and other gases without significant quantities of fragmental material or lava can give rise to minor landforms . |
| 18 | Tutors can give the pupils more individual attention , and encourage them to ask questions they might be reluctant to ask the teacher for fear of being thought stupid . |
| 19 | Only such anthropology can give us the all-round vision of primitive man and primitive culture . ’ |
| 20 | Now we come to a time when relationships can give extreme joy or extreme pain . |
| 21 | Staff at your local gas showroom can give advice on appropriate low-cost gas heaters . |
| 22 | This chapter can give only a general survey , intended to place the various methods in some perspective . |
| 23 | It 's a subject whose passion for diagrams and abbreviations and formulae can give nuclear physics a run for its money . |
| 24 | Analysis of d-d spectra of transition metal complexes can give information about three parameters of structural importance : the symmetry of the species ; the magnitude of Δ ; and the magnitude of the Racah parameter B. Identifying the symmetry and coordination number of a complex is obviously important in determining its structure . |
| 25 | Such information is not obtainable for samples in solution , but for optically active species the use of circularly polarized light can give a circular dichroism spectrum ( see Section 6.10 ) . |
| 26 | Several urban planners have also shown that even low-rise homes can give reasonably high urban densities ; it is more a matter of equitable distribution of urban land . |
| 27 | There are four areas in particular where new research and established practice can give you a good framework and background knowledge for your care . |
| 28 | If you are disabled , the Social Services Department can give you gadgets to enable you to operate various appliances . |
| 29 | Barnardo 's ‘ Positive Options ’ or a social worker from the home finding unit of your local social services department can give you more information about how this might work . |
| 30 | The teacher 's aid can give valuable assistance in producing specialised materials under guidance of the teacher or adviser . |