Example sentences of "[adj] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lava flow originating on land can advance considerable distances into the sea in this way , building up a kind of delta of fragmental material on to which the flow proper can advance . |
| 2 | The hook proper can trace its pedigree to the wire ‘ bricoles ’ of the Bronze Age , with thorns and even spiny insect-legs included in its ancestry . |
| 3 | The plotting routines available in most statistical packages are still rather crude , especially those which rely on the line-printer as their printing device ; plots on machines designed for text mean that the resolution ( i.e. number of subdivisions possible on either the horizontal or vertical axis ) is usually poor ; many values that are in fact different can end up being plotted on the same point . |
| 4 | What they advocate is the wholesale transformation of the system so that something quite different can emerge . |
| 5 | Needless to say , on recordings which have a substantial musical output below 50Hz — the organ perhaps the prime example — the effect is felt as well as heard since the 103/4 can move a great deal of air . |
| 6 | is something that might not have been anticipated : the principle finding concerning trends in class mobility since 1972 can stand unchanged even when in … 1983 … unemployment is regarded as a separate mobility status . |
| 7 | Employment with the Council shall be included among the kinds of employment to which a scheme under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 can apply , and accordingly in Schedule 1 to that Act ( in which those kinds of employment are listed ) , at the end of the list of ’ Other Bodies ’ there is inserted — ’ Scottish Further Education Funding Council . ’ |
| 8 | Any 13 to 18-year-olds interested can visit the base between 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays . |
| 9 | The main purpose of fling data is so that you or others interested can make use of it afterwards . |
| 10 | Anyone interested can see her at work at Wellington Country Park craft fayre at Easter . |
| 11 | Those interested can write to Good Life Study Tours , Institute for Food and Development Policy , 145 Ninth Street , San Francisco , CA 94103 , US . |
| 12 | Anyone interested can write to 14 Mulheim Close , Darlington , or telephone . |
| 13 | Anyone interested can contact the ensemble by writing to ‘ Mozart Players ’ , c/o Farnham Herald , 114 West Street , Farnham , Surrey GU9 7HL . |
| 14 | Very few have turned down the offer but anyone interested can contact the operators of the train on for up to the minute information . |
| 15 | Advances of capital and determinations of interest during the life of the beneficiary which have taken place before 26/3/74 can give rise only to a claim for duty or tax in connection with the beneficiary 's death ( a ) If the death takes place before 13/11/74 any claim for estate duty must be made under Section 2(1) ( b ) ( i ) or ( ii ) of the Finance Act , 1894 , and all the present estate duty rules apply . |
| 16 | A similar effect of Oct-1 on the HPV 16 motif was also observed in HeLa cell transfections although to a lesser extent indicating that at higher levels Oct-1 can compete with the cervical protein for binding to the octamer motif ( Figure 6 ) . |
| 17 | For example , Oct-1 can homodimerize or heterodimerize with Oct-2a or Pit-1 , and both the POU-specific and POU-homeodomains are required for these interactions ( 55 ) . |
| 18 | We conclude therefore that DP-1 can exist in DRTF1/E2F complexes that contain either Rb or p107 . |
| 19 | When combined with the need to acclimatise to life at 3,000m ( at Breckenridge or Copper Mountain , for example ) , the after-effects of a journey like this can eat into precious holiday time . |
| 20 | This can eat into the rest of your working day but you must be properly briefed and have given thought to managing the event . |
| 21 | I wonder if this can tell us anything useful about meeting situations which may cause stressful tension ? |
| 22 | This can form part of the deeper work of a support group or a counselling relationship . |
| 23 | This can form the basis for collective political action : in the 1960s and 1970s many middle and working-class blacks united in various organizations under the banner of the Black Power movement . |
| 24 | The regular adherents of the congregation are about 100 ; the average attendance from 150 to 200 , and the number of members as far as can be ascertained about 25 , but this can form no criterion of what the congregation may become under a regular and thorough ministry . |
| 25 | If a critic has a very decided political or religious point of view , this can override other considerations in judgements about art ; the viewpoint may also give a bias to the description or interpretation made . |
| 26 | This can clear the air and leave everyone with the determination to cope . |
| 27 | Originally , rendering was on the inside , but this can flake off and block the drain , so rendering ( if used ) is now put on the outside . |
| 28 | This can progress to bile duct destruction , biliary cirrhosis , and sometimes cholangiocarcinoma . |
| 29 | This can present problems for teachers . |
| 30 | This can present a problem id you happen to be the unhappy owner of a particularly noisy air pump . |