Example sentences of "[det] can [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Many managers like to think that while they must inevitably bargain this can surely be without any real element of conflict .
2 Smokers screw up their eyes and lips when they puff a cigarette and this can surely lead to more wrinkles .
3 If we add some storage on a second chip , we obtain a complete microcomputer at an extremely low cost and small physical size , and this can economically replace hardwired logic .
4 This can largely be avoided by careful handling , and many connoisseurs believe that a slight structural asymmetry adds to the rug 's overall character .
5 This can simply be described as a flat panel display that is written on with a stylus ( pen ) .
6 This can even be scientifically counter-productive as the psychologist , Stephen Walker , warns :
7 But this can just mean patchy regrowth , with bald patches , not the whole leg of hair disappearing .
8 This can also be treated biologically in a greenhouse by deliberately introducing a predator mite , Phytoseiulus persimilis , which feeds on red spider mite .
9 By raising and lowering the handle it is possible to follow the contours of the shape , and though this can also be said of a normal chisel , I enjoyed being able to concentrate solely on the chisel edge , as if whittling .
10 This can also be done on a medium grit oilstone .
11 This can also happen when a doctor experiences discomfort in the face of death , or an inability to come to terms with his own helplessness .
12 This can also be seen with evening primrose oil ; though not an essential oil , it appears to work better when applied externally for the treatment of hyperactivity in children .
13 This can also happen if a pain is very severe and strong such that it makes all the other symptoms pale into insignificance .
14 But this can also be true of educationalists who are seconded to a new project outside their own institution .
15 Craving for sweet foods ( this can also be caused by hypoglycaemia , see p 130 )
16 It follows that this can also be the only source of power available to parents or guardians faced with the task of civilising a new-born infant .
17 Loss of balance , dizziness and tingling can result from close contact with the stones , but this can also have a positive effect on the health and fertility of people brought into such contact .
18 This can also affect its working life since a shy ferret is reluctant to leave a burrow after its work down there has ended .
19 Antique or handpainted china Colours are not usually permanently fired and may fade , but this can also happen with hand washing .
20 Shaping like this can also be done on a plain ‘ V ’ neck cardigan by working the cable next to the front edge on the straight and leaving the pattern as it is during the shaping , working the decreases on the inner edge of the cable pattern where it will not show .
21 This can also be useful in rolling some models , but may require compromises elsewhere , if you run out of available pitch ranges .
22 This can also be achieved by : use of film and video recordings , visits to live theatre performances , participation in songs and dances , dramatic improvisations , activities in which Shakespeare 's language is used by pupils interacting with each other .
23 This can also be granted for machines purchased or leased .
24 This can also be seen in the responses to a series of sentence-completion test items directed toward eliciting cultural values .
25 This can also be shown to be true in BSL , indicating that surface features of languages may be used in different ways to express conceptual material but that these differences should not be seen as deficits .
26 This can also result in investment of considerable social work resources and therapeutic effort with inconclusive outcomes ( Mattinson and Sinclair , 1979 ; Sainsbury et al . ,
27 Fecundity is determined by the ovulation rate ; this can also be low where feeding is poor but is also lower in young and old females , and is genetically influenced too — so always try to breed from twins or triplets .
28 This can also lead to the development of a wide range of knowledge and skills , as nearly all educational problems are multi-faceted and one problem inevitably leads on to another .
29 This can also be expressed in terms of arrest rates — the numbers arrested over the six month period per 100 in the resident population .
30 This can also be said of many of the larger species of Cichlasoma which often end up as pets for a number of reasons .
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