Example sentences of "[conj] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the sufferer or family member may say at times of anger or despair , nobody causes addictive disease or can control it or cure it . |
| 2 | If you are arranging any function which involves the use of video , it is safest to specify as precisely as you can both the format and the colour system you will need or can offer . |
| 3 | But it will be hard to accept that these people are serious about democracy — or can do much more to further its cause — so long as they stay in the same party as democracy-haters . |
| 4 | To estimate whether you have this power ask yourself : ‘ What do I have , or can do , that the other person wants and needs ? |
| 5 | There are also times when you need to find out how much your students know or can do with language . |
| 6 | Now of course these sort of situations do cause a few problems , because , or can do , because erm the extroverts expect everybody to share , you see . |
| 7 | can do your work can do your work or can do your work , whatever , maybe that 'll maybe that 'll mix it up a bit |
| 8 | everyone has something they want to do or can do . |
| 9 | I do n't know if umm Jeff or , would know anybody or can do anything with this . |
| 10 | Thus if someone is planning to move offshore or can realise such a gain in a year when their income is low such investments are worth looking at . |
| 11 | If there is anyone out there who is using or can advise on joining two touring canoes to make a low tech catamaran in the Wharram tradition , enabling sailing to estuaries and creeks , dismantling and then exploring the local rivers ? |
| 12 | Also , if you have any comments on the booklet or can think of ways that we might improve it , we 'd be pleased to hear from you . |
| 13 | Unless you have some experience in cutting clay pipes ( or can arrange the layout so that no cutting is necessary ) , it is probably best to stick with the easier-to-use uPVC . |
| 14 | Once you know or can guess the reason , and this should be obvious from your conversation , you can decide what action to take . |
| 15 | He knows or can guess , just as much about me as Mahoney , and yet I 'm not frightened . |
| 16 | It should be free of weeds or seeds that are poisonous or can damage a horse 's mouth , such as barley grass . |
| 17 | If you can afford them , or can make your own , rough-hewn granite water basins and lanterns are far preferable to mass-produced items of reconstituted stone , though even these will mellow with age . |
| 18 | The forms also ask workers and carers to check whether a child knows how to cross the road safely or can make an emergency phone call . |
| 19 | Tell me when , when we when we s started our discussion of the planning the future document I did say that er there was one or two things you could do for me and er one of those of course was to ask you if you could , during the course of our discussion , if any names came to , to mind , anybody who you would find that you could er you could recommend me to or can refer to me to if in fact you found our discussions were of benefit |
| 20 | Using all of the system 's facilities , management can analyse sales and staffing levels in multiple bars on a single site , or can view an entire operation remotely from a head office . |
| 21 | The widower will receive many more invitations out to meals in other people 's homes in the early days too , and he will have the advantage of never having to feel trapped in the isolation of an empty house in the evenings ; for if his emotional condition after his wife 's death is reasonably steady and he feels the need of company , he can always stroll out to the local pub for a drink , where he can remain in complete control of the amount of conversation he wants , or can endure , and can head for home again just when he feels like it . |
| 22 | Each year , new machines are produced which either have more functions or can carry out existing functions in a quicker and cheaper fashion . |
| 23 | The sign in the utterance , therefore , does not function as a symbol but as an index : it indicates where we must look in the world we know or can perceive in order to discover meaning . |
| 24 | Hand-cutting of hay by scythe is almost a thing of the past , as people either have their own tractor-driven machines or can hire someone to do the job . |
| 25 | If you own one ( or can hire one ) , an angle grinder would make a neater job . |
| 26 | The rest of this paper will look at the care programme approach in practice , to judge how far it meets , or can meet , its goals . |
| 27 | Will you give this matter serious thought and see if you can either consider standing yourself or can nominate a ‘ willing ! ’ candidate . |
| 28 | So physical dull metals are malleable you can beat them into sheets or can mould them . |
| 29 | It is important to identify the settlor because if he or his spouse has retained a benefit or interest under the settlement or can benefit under the settlement he can be taxable upon the trust income . |
| 30 | Adultery can arise from problems within the family or can disrupt it . |