Example sentences of "they can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They welcome the opportunity to compete and are confident that they can prosper . |
| 2 | Most writings seem to agree that leadership vision , or ‘ visioning ’ , as the process has sometimes been called , can be broken down into three distinct stages : ( 1 ) the envisioning of ‘ an image of a desired future organizational state ’ ( Bass , 1987 : 51 ) which ( 2 ) when effectively articulated and communicated to followers ( Bennis and Nanus , 1985 ; Tichy and Devanna , 1986 ; Gluck , 1984 ) serves ( 3 ) to empower those followers so that they can enact the vision ( Sashkin , 1987 ; Srivastva , 1983 ; Conger and Kanungo , 1987 ; Robbins and Duncan , 1987 ) . |
| 3 | They may , indeed , deliver another painful lesson in what promises to be a fascinating derby match but Alex Ferguson 's team go into that encounter with pressure eased in the knowledge that they can drop a minimum of six points on a seven-match run-in . |
| 4 | Sudjic implies this when he explains how architects of office blocks have to dress up the imperatives of mechanical engineers , and when he examines , and rejects , attempts to tie the design of tower blocks to the social ills they can contain . |
| 5 | Such visions may have a sadness ingrained in them , for they can contain the knowledge of ends as well as beginnings . |
| 6 | They can contain good examples of language put to a very precise use , and are particularly likely to yield examples of some kinds of language — the language of description and the language of persuasion are two obvious examples . |
| 7 | The limitations of QACs are of less significance when they are compounded with other products with which they can exert a synergistic effect . |
| 8 | We should remember that homosexuals form part of society , and they can exert their influence on the prevailing norms and values and therefore also on legislation . |
| 9 | It is , however , generally known that many trade unions choose the winter months for strikes because they can exert more pressure on employers than during other periods of the year and not so much because their members can claim tax rebates . |
| 10 | The above reference to large and powerful retail chains implies that they can exert a strong influence in the marketplace . |
| 11 | Some present-day achievements are motivated by the hurt of being ignored in the past ; they can represent an attempt to go backwards in time to recover early special relationships in the family . |
| 12 | They make the most noise — singing , chanting and shouting imprecations against the opposition fans — they run the most and they can represent a rather awesome spectacle to their rivals . |
| 13 | models are : ( a ) they take time to be developed , and are thus less useful for producing quick answers , ( b ) they can represent an over-simplified picture of a particular set of conditions , and therefore may suggest only partial solutions , and ( c ) they may be resisted by line managers on the grounds that such models are too theoretical to be put into practice . |
| 14 | The idea of the bill was to keep them going for two weeks , you know , so they can change their mind and … |
| 15 | After one or two attempts they can change over until all join together for a big finish . |
| 16 | What comes across , to us , is that workers , on the whole , do not feel they can change the principal features of their world of work … |
| 17 | They go in to have a laugh and they come out feeling they can change the world . ’ |
| 18 | They go in to have a laugh and they come out feeling they can change the world ’ |
| 19 | Tell people what they do that you do n't like — so they can change . |
| 20 | The attention of individual members can be drawn to small , practical ways in which they can change the dynamic processes within the family . |
| 21 | They are what they are and I do n't see how they can change their style . |
| 22 | Recently some people have been trying a different approach , seeing if they can change the nature of the atoms such that fusion can occur at a useful rate even at room temperature . |
| 23 | The participants will provide advanced adaptive lighting of complex interiors with support for dynamic lighting and environmental modelling , so that designers and customers can enter a realistic virtual building where they can change the placement and intensity of light fittings and even modify the environment . |
| 24 | Among the various choices available to electors in different countries are the following : they may vote for one candidate , or a specified number of candidates , or for as many candidates as there are members to be elected ; they may cumulate two votes on one candidate ; they may cast votes on more than one list ; presented with lists on which the parties have arranged the candidates in an order of preference they can change that order . |
| 25 | In an earlier film directed by Tim Burton , Beetlejuice ( 1988 ) , there are recurrent cuts between the model village built by the Maitlands ( Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis ) in their attic and full-size sets of parts of the model when it is inhabited by the eccentric spirit Betelgeuse ( Michael Keaton ) and at times by the Maitlands too — being ghosts , they can change size rather easily , if involuntarily . |
| 26 | People should be given opportunities to see whether they can change . |
| 27 | I mean they they can change in a year . |
| 28 | They can change . |
| 29 | As they propagate they can change — mutate . |
| 30 | A widespread myth among personal , personnel managers is that they can change terms and conditions by simply giving notice of intent . |