Example sentences of "can [verb] [Wh det] " in BNC.

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1 In these circumstances , mothers have described how they turn to collective items where they can restrict what they consume .
2 But in some cases a person of the age of 16 can make what is in effect equivalent to a disposition by will : a member of a Trade Union or Friendly Society may , for instance , at that age nominate in writing a person to receive moneys payable on his death by the Union or Society .
3 Whereas in the classic Italian historical novel , Manzoni 's The Betrothed ( 1827 ) , much admired by Eco , the omniscience of the author consists in his ability to probe at will into the psychology of his characters and , at the same time , to link this to broad historical movements and even some sense of a providential ‘ plot ’ in history , in Eco it is closer to the power of the master craftsman who can make what he will with the materials to hand , and unmake it too .
4 THE parties can make what agreement they wish about the time , place and manner of delivery and payment .
5 I can make what is perhaps not a usual boast in Scotland : I can claim that some of my best friends are Conservatives .
6 Clanness can characterize the vessels used in the Eucharist or the goblets which serve men and women of exalted dignity in their banquets ; it blurs the edges of earthly things with a nimbus of heaven , in other words , and yet it can make what is celestial seem clearer to human sense .
7 There are all sorts of comparatively small changes you can make which will transform your kitchen 's looks out of all proportion to the time and expense .
8 The 1938 Act was repealed and replaced by the Inheritance ( provision for Family and Dependants ) Act 1975 , which increases the range of dependants who may apply for provision on death and gives the court wider powers than previously existed so that it can make whatever type of order may be most appropriate in the circumstances .
9 And we can make whatever judgments about that we want to , as a group , I wo n't exclude anything Sue .
10 The hon. Gentleman can make whatever he wants of it , but it will still not save his seat .
11 The court can make whatever order it considers appropriate and can impose conditions .
12 SERAFIN : So we can prefer what we 're not aware of enjoying to what we are aware of enjoying ?
13 They can think what they like .
14 He can think what he likes , she stormed silently , under the tingling needles of water in the shower .
15 Now let me think if I can think what it was .
16 The child needs to learn how and why to use a potty and parents may need to be encouraged to take their child to the lavatory with them so that the child can imitate what happens , have a potty around , tell the child what it is for , and encourage him or her to get used to it by sitting on it .
17 And I think it 's both important for N C V O itself , to ensure that it 's working on issues , equal opportunities issues that affect itself , and that it 's helping the sector as a whole to do that , and and we 're very conscious of that , and er , certainly just in the last few weeks , have been looking at how we can upgrade what we 're doing in that sphere .
18 There will be someone on the staff at your antenatal clinic who can explain what benefits you can claim .
19 the ‘ fiction theory ’ must remain unsatisfactory unless it can explain what are the real facts in terms of individual rights and duties which underlie the fiction , and this it seems unable to do .
20 Finally , as we have shown earlier , what is defined as criminal varies across time and place , thus making it difficult to argue that in-built differences between the sexes can explain what is a variable phenomena .
21 The ward sister can explain what she expects the nurse to learn during the allocation , and can set objectives .
22 ‘ I can explain what resources I 've got and what I can do with those resources — which includes looking after the bands I already have on board . ’
23 Perhaps I could at least stay until she wakes up and I can explain what 's happening . ’
24 It is simply that adaptation and ancestry can explain what adaptation alone can not .
25 Even if the early 1980s mark the trough of the latest Kondratiev cycle we have little idea of what is happening to the UK economy unless we can explain what gives rise to these long waves , Long-wave theorists rely upon fluctuations in innovation by firms for most of their explanatory power .
26 In order to reassure the House and the public , perhaps the Minister can explain what is the procedure when a police officer uses the powers given in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to stop someone in the street or someone driving a car .
27 When applying for a place on a re-entry course keep the following questions in mind so that you can compare what is on offer to your own best advantage .
28 We must find some way of ‘ taking out ’ of our calculations that fraction of brain that can be attributed simply to body size , so that we can compare what is left over as the true ‘ braininess ’ of animals .
29 You will need to ensure that you get job satisfaction , and problems can arise which will need to be faced .
30 Circumstances can arise which are difficult to anticipate ; for example , one site with which the author was involved was situated over a mile from the sea , but part of the site was on ground made up from Elizabethan times and included a harbour wall .
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