Example sentences of "but can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bank credit card ( Access , Barclaycard , Trustcard ) Flexible credit facility up to an agreed limit averaging £400 ) , for cash loans or credit purchases from the 100,000-plus shops etc. taking the cards ; must pay at least ( say ) five per cent of what you owe each month , but can choose to pay more ; no interest if you pay in full within 25 days of monthly statement ( except for cash drawings ) , interest on rest of debt changes periodically if bank base rate changes much . |
| 2 | Doctors do not have to stick to the schedule fee but can choose to bill the Medicare administration directly , rather than the patient . |
| 3 | Users need not work through the exercises sequentially , but can choose according to immediate need . |
| 4 | The bottom line is , however , that an amp with an effects loop which could n't be used properly before , not only handles one processor but can feed four with no trouble at all and with no signal corruption . |
| 5 | ( Employees may opt for the higher quote but can expect to pay the difference themselves . ) |
| 6 | The submissions may be drawn together but can appear anywhere in the judgment or they may simply also be scattered through the judgment amongst the judicial reasoning , which may itself be discursive . |
| 7 | Remind yourself that relaxation costs nothing but can pay dividends in better health and in better speechreading . |
| 8 | Thus contempt is wider than simply breach of any of Parliament 's privileges but can consist of any conduct which interferes with the workings of Parliament or is likely to bring Parliament or its members into disrepute . |
| 9 | She likes a glass of beer , but can control all her appetites . ’ |
| 10 | The provision of the equipment does not ensure the mathematical experience , but can create opportunity for it . |
| 11 | Another seems to know much less but can pass , and may even show a reasonably acceptable standard . |
| 12 | and we are hopefully turning out some of those generalists , people who can look at things not just from the physics angle , or from the chemistry angle , but can cope with things from both . |
| 13 | The program warns the user but can cope by assigning the LB-level , the higher value obtained , as the chosen exposure . |
| 14 | Orbital forcing driving an atmosphere model alone can not simulate the initiation of a glacial cycle , but can do so if the atmosphere is coupled to slow glacial dynamics ( ref. 12 and M.E. Schlesinger , personal communication ) . |
| 15 | When the weather is very cold they can not fly at all , but can warm themselves by deflecting their wings at right angles to the Sun ( as do , for example , locusts ) . |
| 16 | Carbon tetrachloride with a dilatational velocity of does not attack epoxies for example but can form carcinogenic vapours ( trichloroethane is the next best choice ) . |
| 17 | Similarly , though from a different historical perspective , Adorno and Horkheimer , confronting the massive extension and technical development of that rationality , acknowledge the possibility , and even the residue , of difference and negation in the nonsense of eccentric entertainment — a residual refusal of official meaning — but can place no faith in its capacity to survive as anything more than fun , as anything other than acceptable difference within the logic of capitalist culture and the totality of the culture industry . |
| 18 | It is , of course , easier to start a new business , whether co-operative or conventional in organisation , which does not demand the investment at the outset of large sums but can build up its capital assets from a modest beginning . |
| 19 | Most timber colours are of somewhat muted hues and generally very subtle ( though not often dull ) , but can vary enormously from one another in tone value . |
| 20 | This combined emphasis — that doubt is not the same as unbelief but can lead naturally to it — directs us to a mature handling of doubt that avoids the extremes of being too hard or too soft on doubt . |
| 21 | If however the party affected is not present or represented , then the following , which has slight variance , must be used : Unless within [ 14 ] days of service of this order [ then continue as above ] The form of order " Unless within [ 14 ] days from today … " can still be used where the party is present or represented , but can lead to argument how the time is to be reckoned , and is not suitable for consent orders , for which the wording " unless by 4 pm on etc … " should be used . |
| 22 | Human capabilities to reason about complex systems states and the propagation of failure and associated systems are all available within the trained diagnostician , but can break down or fail for a variety of reasons including data overload , incomplete information and fatigue . |
| 23 | Tomorrow 's products all boast both H&J and kerning , terms which reassure the cognoscenti but can deter or confuse the potential customer . |
| 24 | 1 — in west half of room , stunned , unable to move or attack or cast spells for D4 rounds , but can parry with a -20 penalty . |
| 25 | = Awkward , but can conceive of saying it |
| 26 | This also applies to low risk patients , who need not participate in formal programmes but can perform exercises at home with the help of rehabilitation manuals and audiotapes . |
| 27 | It runs at the same speed — 8.33 MHz — but can handle 32 bits of data instead of 16 . |
| 28 | Varies : much as for The Rational if you have the binge in your own home and do n't serve champagne ; but can go through the roof if you hire a restaurant and insist on Moet all the way through . |
| 29 | The term of the loan is approximately 7 — 12 years for industrial projects but can go up to 20 years for infrastructure investments ( these are investments in areas such as energy , transport , and communications which are beneficial to economic expansion in general ) . |
| 30 | ‘ These changes are not panaceas but can give a one-year useful boost to earnings , ’ said investment trust expert Robin Angus . |