Example sentences of "[noun pl] can of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Companies can of course sell their shares directly to the public but this is likely to prove a costly and risky exercise . |
| 2 | But the elements can of course be variables . |
| 3 | The details of the cakes can of course be adapted to suit your own inclinations , ability and time available . |
| 4 | ( The films can of course be bought individually elsewhere , at around £11 each . ) |
| 5 | Colours can of course be mixed together for an infinite variety of results . |
| 6 | Treatment at these emotional and mental levels can of course also be obtained using homoeopathy and/or Bach remedies . |
| 7 | Corporates can of course purchase the SCP of other corporates . |
| 8 | If an offence has been committed against the person , the police can of course bring charges and , under certain conditions , make an arrest . |
| 9 | Any list of utterances can of course be drilled separately . |
| 10 | As Lévi-Strauss himself acknowledges , all social phenomena can of course be said to possess or exhibit ‘ structure ’ ( i.e. some degree of orderliness and patterning ) , just as , with almost equal plausibility , they can be claimed to have some functional significance . |
| 11 | Wishes can of course be fulfilled or remain unfulfilled and things may or may not be as people with certain attitudes would like , but it would be thoroughly misleading to speak of truth or falsehood here . |
| 12 | In the short term , such equity based investments can of course be volatile , however , over the medium to long term they have consistently provided excellent returns compared with deposit-based savings . |
| 13 | Hedging instruments such as swaps , options and financial futures can of course be used by financial institutions to limit risk , but these also contain ( often unknown and unlimited ) risks of their own — witness the losses of Midland Bank in its interest rate risk hedging in 1990 . |
| 14 | Cultures can of course be changed but it usually takes longer than the organisation is prepared to wait . |
| 15 | Union representatives can of course , also make representations direct to the headteacher and/or governing body . |