Example sentences of "[noun pl] can at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walkers can at least jump to the side . |
| 2 | In this respect , lawyers have a greater disadvantage compared with , say , auditors whose clients can at least see the teams of accountants around their offices . |
| 3 | Any matters referred to in the replies , which will need to be taken into account on completion — eg details of the title deeds that will be handed over , the standard requisition as to production of last receipts , a requirement that an outstanding mortgage should be discharged on or before completion , an undertaking of some sort to be given on completion — should be marked " Completion " so that when you come to prepare your completion agenda , these matters can at once be picked out , and no further lengthy perusal of the replies will be needed . |
| 4 | Please retain your ticket stub during the event as Crystal Palace officials can at any time carry out security checks . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , it 's hoped the organisers can at least be persuaded to divert flight paths away from local villages in time for the next tattoo . |
| 6 | The Uranus-Neptune conjunction of February 2 , August 20 and October 24 indicates that at one end of the scale your dreams can at last come true , while at the other your illusions will be shattered . |
| 7 | Hardly any Iraqi combat aircraft have been destroyed , which means that they may still try to intervene in the land battle , or to hit harder than Scud missiles can at Israel and Saudi Arabia . |
| 8 | But forewarned , the difficulties can at least be acknowledged and discussed . |
| 9 | Prest ( 1968 ) notes that studies can at least be consistent , so that situations where all income tax is allocated to labour ( plausible if Fig. 9–9(a) applies ) and all indirect taxation borne by consumers ( plausible if Fig. 9–9(b) applies ) should be avoided because they involve contradictory pictures of the supply side of the economy . |
| 10 | It is a visible sign of Nizan 's recognition that abstract literary theories can at most act as general guidelines for the creative writer , and that the cultural specificity of the French national context can not be obliterated beneath a hegemonic Soviet model . |
| 11 | Two such distinct behaviours can at times be observed , either by the participant himself or by an outside observer . |
| 12 | If paragliders can at least get away with their sport when safely airborne , since they then take on some element of grace and beauty , the mountain biker will always look a clod . |
| 13 | ( 1987 ) point out that stock market prices can at times be dependent on the increase in profits derived from the contribution holiday , which could at times increase volatility , and lead to inefficient pricing of shares . |
| 14 | If the mother is traced police can at least make sure she has recieved the correct medical attention , as well as finding out what led to the tragedy . |
| 15 | But just as some marriages can at times feel suffocating , so they may at others feel uncomfortably distant . |
| 16 | As the child 's mobility increases , accidents are often related to play , and when constant adult surveillance can not be assured , young children can at least be protected by being put in a playpen or securely fastened in a bouncing cradle ( placed on the floor ) , highchair or pram . |
| 17 | In many marriages the commitment to children can at times be in conflict with the earlier commitment to the partner . |
| 18 | Attempts to examine survival and replacement rates in rural society and in towns other than London have made it clear that conclusions can at best be tentative . |
| 19 | Services can at least do better by parents with learning difficulties in the future than they have in the past . |
| 20 | Perhaps a commercial squeeze on popular recreational forms can at least be seen in London and possibly other growing urban centres . |