Example sentences of "can [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Repeatedly interviewing the same people can sensitise them to the research , and this may have unknown effects on their responses . |
| 2 | In reality children usually start to lose interest after about two weeks once they realize that they can earn them relatively easily . |
| 3 | Now that I know the genetic formula of my insects , I can reproduce them at will , and I can tell the computer to " evolve " towards them from any arbitrary starting point . |
| 4 | ‘ We can spare them , ’ Jessica told her , smiling . |
| 5 | This can insulate them from considering it in more political terms . |
| 6 | The association and others criticise what I describe as independent inspectors , but we can reassure them in the Bill and elsewhere by showing how powerful HMI will be in ensuring that standards are up to the required level . |
| 7 | We can reassure them that everything is alright . |
| 8 | Monitor : Midwife Robin Rootes'We can reassure them that everything is alright' |
| 9 | Radio waves are useful as we can make them carry information by modulating them — for example , changing the amplitude of the fluctuations so that the change represents information . |
| 10 | Environment Guardian analyses this week 's proposals All muck but little money POLLUTION : The plans read well , says Julie Hill , but there is little evidence that the Government can make them work . |
| 11 | WHEN it comes to mounting a defence against hostile bidders , big German companies can tap an influential old-boy network which , together with legal takeover barriers , can make them all but impregnable . |
| 12 | You do n't want to go to the police , because you 're afraid they 'll simply get involved in another siege — if you can make them believe you in time , which seems doubtful . |
| 13 | But , Pascal tells us , we need to make the effort : ‘ Imagination can not make fools wise , but she can make them happy , to the envy of reason which can only make its friends miserable . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Aye , a heavy blow , or a deep blow — but a long knife can make them that little heavier , or deeper , and never be noticed . |
| 15 | If you are employed by a company , you can make the contributions yourself , the company can make them , or they can be shared . |
| 16 | They can take their minds off it , but it can make them irritable or ‘ difficult ’ . |
| 17 | By simplifying and emphasizing the features of major strokes we can make them easier to teach but paddle strokes are only copies of the real thing . |
| 18 | The child who has been moving boats and other objects that float on the surface of the water , suddenly discovers that he can make them sink by holding them down or pouring water on top of them . |
| 19 | ‘ Surely Davey can make them say — ‘ ' |
| 20 | I can make them disappear too . ’ |
| 21 | Cover the bloom with a polythene bag — or better , if you can make them up , fine muslin bags that will let the air in but keep the insects out . |
| 22 | And children facing troubles have a right not to be subjected to the ‘ system abuse ’ that may arise because of clumsy or inadequate professional intervention which — however well intentioned — can make them feel even more vulnerable , manipulated or ‘ kept in the dark ’ . |
| 23 | Quite rightly , professionals are struggling to understand the pressures of caring , and their sympathy for carers can make them ignore or misread signs of abuse , or even to interpret abuse as a response to the difficulties some elderly people present . |
| 24 | They will have suggested topics which will bind the poor as a class together ; topics which will excite them against the rich ; topics the discussion of which in the only form in which that discussion reaches the ear will be to make them think that some new law can make them comfortable … — that Government has at its disposal an inexhaustible fund out of which it can give to those who now want without also creating elsewhere other and greater wants . |
| 25 | On the other hand , feeding deer can make them half tame and easy to see . |
| 26 | Only later are unanticipated costs and benefits visible ; hindsight can make them appear deliberate all along . |
| 27 | Comment If these results seems rather too trivial to bother about , let's see if we can make them more impressive ( and less " obvious " ? ) by stating their conclusions in words : ( i ) The product of the additive identity with any integer always yields the additive identity . |
| 28 | Ah , yes , find that and you can make them tick . |
| 29 | The children of the Indians are saved , to be sold or given away as servants , or rather slaves for as long a time as the owners can make them believe themselves slaves . |
| 30 | ‘ Where the occupier of premises agrees for reward that a person shall have the right to enter and use them for a mutually contemplated purpose , the contract between the parties ( unless it provides to the contrary ) contains an implied warranty that the premises are as safe for that purpose as reasonable care and skill on the part of anyone can make them . ’ |