Example sentences of "[Wh det] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The solo madrigals lean now toward declamatory monody , now toward coloratura song , often fusing both as in ‘ Amarilli ’ , and in his preface Caccini has much to say about the types of graces — trilli and gruppi-which can heighten expressiveness . |
| 2 | an elaborate algorithm which builds a directed graph of concepts incrementally , and which can decide where to concentrate its effort to best effect . |
| 3 | It is perhaps appropriate that in an age which can design its high-speed trains to resemble aeroplanes and its low-speed trains to resemble buses , its stations should equally have no identifiable association with the railways . |
| 4 | A police force is testing a new laser gun which can lock onto a car from almost half a mile away . |
| 5 | One reason for this limited ability of central banks to intervene in foreign exchange markets is that , generally , official reserves of gold and foreign currencies have not increased in line with the size of the flows which can disturb exchange rates . |
| 6 | Unlike mercury-gilding , there is no positive analytical evidence which can identify gold leaf , but it can often be recognised when viewed in cross-section at high magnification . |
| 7 | The search for animals which can identify kin has now led to the discovery that honey bees discriminate between full and half sisters . |
| 8 | The United Kingdom contributes nine rural monitoring sites to this programme , and in addition has its own Secondary National Acid Deposition Monitoring Network of 50–70 rural sites which can identify regional patterns in precipitation acidity ( figure 4.7 ) . |
| 9 | I shall need a first-class advertising agency which can identify the main market and come up with a good campaign to target it , woo it with words and obtain a high conversion rate of sales . ’ |
| 10 | The distribution of highly cited papers — which can identify those groups responsible for key discoveries . |
| 11 | When you undertake research you will find that the CIB has many specialist books , journals and research reports as well as databases which can identify sources of research in banking and current activity worldwide . |
| 12 | Darlington 's Memorial Hospital will be among those to receive a body scanner which can identify brain tumours and liver complaints much earlier than conventional X-ray equipment . |
| 13 | He says : ‘ In the sectors we are targeting , the need is for a highly specialist sales force which can identify and respond to ever-changing demands . |
| 14 | The company which can embrace these new ethics will be ahead of others who do not . |
| 15 | A deeper analysis of religion is therefore needed — one which can affirm , instead of being rather dismissive of , the intuitions behind the confessional approach which has the merit of taking religious claims to truth seriously . |
| 16 | Dragon Project researcher , Don Robins , has shown that stone has a ‘ defect structure ’ , which means that it has gaps which can trap electrons . |
| 17 | Polyester fibres are treated in various ways to produce fillings which can trap a great deal of air . |
| 18 | Repetitive touching of the body surface results in a decrease in the amplitude and probability of withdrawal of the gill and siphon , a decrease which can persist for weeks . |
| 19 | A NEW blood vessel ‘ drill ’ which can relieve blocked arteries supplying the heart has been used successfully for the first time by surgeons in Britain . |
| 20 | Given the size of large corporations , this is impossible , owing not only to the cognitive limits of human beings , which can tolerate only a severely bounded form of rationality ( March and Simon , 1958 , ch. 7 ) , but also to ‘ process limits ’ . |
| 21 | ( Notice , however , that there is no anomaly if the reference of horses is EXPLICITLY restricted : Mary prefers mares to horses which can sire foals or Mary prefers mares to these horses uttered in a situation where only stallions are present . ) |
| 22 | There is now considerable knowledge from research in the behavioural sciences about body or non-verbal language , use of which can enrich the AL of communicating . |
| 23 | The Loricariids often possess beautiful eyes : and all have an ‘ iris flap ’ which can adjust to limit the amount of light that reaches the inside of the eye . |
| 24 | It looks for formal arrangements such as size and frequency of union conventions or conferences , selection and voting methods for the union executives and the existence of intermediate union governing bodies , that is , the devices which can facilitate , when full advantage is taken of them , the development of power bases independent of union leaders . |
| 25 | There is a different form of automatic teaching device called a pacing machine which can facilitate the development of motor skills . |
| 26 | Their research resources clearly play a vital role , and the firm takes a great interest in the latest technical developments which can facilitate this department 's work . |
| 27 | There are a lot of organisations which can facilitate these concerts . |
| 28 | To finish the planting scheme , there are tiny species which can eke out an existence in a teaspoonful of soil . |
| 29 | There is also a large group of words which can refer to either sex — words like driver and friend ; they are said to have ‘ common gender ’ , and the question of concord is decided in each specific instance ( that is , driver will sometimes be she , other times he ; there is also the problem of the unspecified , generic driver , the appropriate pronoun for whom is a major linguistic headache for today 's speakers ) . |
| 30 | Microsoft Corp says its Multimedia Viewer Publishing Toolkit Version 2.0 will be available early this month for $500 : the new generation supports several emerging multimedia systems and brings content-based title development within reach of publishers that might not know programming languages , the firm said ; Viewer 2.0 replaces the Multimedia Development Kit , the registered users of which can upgrade for $200 . |