Example sentences of "it can [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , to continue with Ortner 's words , ‘ the distinctiveness of culture rests precisely on the fact that it can under most circumstances transcend natural conditions and turn them to its purpose . |
| 2 | But it can at least hope it will not be handicapped by its inability to control events on its own side of the frontier . |
| 3 | From a woman , it can at most indicate availability . |
| 4 | The West may be reluctant to become involved in the fighting but it can at least leave Belgrade in no doubt that the price of aggression will be diplomatic and economic isolation . |
| 5 | If things get nasty on Planet Terra it can at least beam itself up on to the Starship Astra . |
| 6 | All the rotaries , as with any noise gate , take a little time to get into using and effective gating comes about through practice , although it can at times appear something of a black art . |
| 7 | To be as fair to her as is possible , it can at least be said that the work which she had plagiarized on her behalf ( since she had neither the time nor the inclination to copy it herself ) was generally of good standard . |
| 8 | While the geographical map may be helpful to ensure a measure of blanket coverage , it can at the same time be very misleading if used as the only planning model . |
| 9 | For all its faults , it can at least be said for the modern world that it has produced a substantial body of articulate opinion that blends passion with compassion in its concern for the impoverished and starving peoples of the world . |
| 10 | However , I hope it can at least be envisaged . |
| 11 | It seems to me therefore , without laying down the proposition that the Moray Firth is for every purpose within the territorial sovereignty , it can at least be clearly said that the appellant can not make out his proposition that it is inconceivable that the British legislature should attempt for fishery regulation to legislate against all and sundry in such a place . |
| 12 | Often girls in this situation are not only skilful in concealing their pregnancy through the loose style of clothes they wear , but remain physically small — that is , until finally the truth is out , and suddenly their pregnancy also seems to expand , as if with relief that it can at last be public . |
| 13 | It is too early yet to say how useful the discourse approach will be , but even if it achieves nothing else , it can at least be claimed to have shown the inadequacy of attempting to analyse the function of intonation on the basis of isolated sentences or tone-units , removed from their linguistic and situational context . |
| 14 | I reckon it 's done all it can for me now . ’ |
| 15 | Easterners are especially dissatisfied with the EC 's claim that it is doing the best it can for them . |
| 16 | Now , according to Lorenz , the dichotomous distinction between instinctive and learned behaviour can not be made for development , but it can for adaptation . |
| 17 | In some cases , vibrational progressions may be observed , and careful analysis of the nature of the vibrations involved can give us an idea of both the symmetry and any changes in structure associated with the transition , just as it can for a band in a valence photoelectron spectrum ( Section 6.6.2 ) . |
| 18 | Clearly this Government has a political and moral duty to do all that it can for Shetland , ’ she added . |
| 19 | The computer which can move blocks around to instructions represents , in contrast , a few facts and does what it can with them . |
| 20 | But the only answer to that is for the West to build the most solid alliance it can with the only Germany it 's got . |
| 21 | While it has the advantage of putting slurry at plant root level where it can be used quickly , it can not bury the same volume of slurry or reduce the smell as much as it can with deep injection . |
| 22 | In reaching 24 processor configurations , Pyramid says it has gone as far as it can with the R3000 . |
| 23 | The horned toad of South America has a gape so big that it can with ease engulf nestling birds and young mice . |
| 24 | I need not pursue these issues further here , however , as the results already cited are enough to establish that , given appropriate circumstances , verbal pre-training can influence performance on a recognition task just as it can on a motor task involving discrimination among the pre-trained stimuli . |
| 25 | It can on demand change this to either Start to Start or Finish to Finish . |
| 26 | It is then left to the individual local authority to make the best use it can of the sum granted to it , under an overall obligation to maintain standards of services by comparison with those in other areas . |
| 27 | Once such a formulation is proposed then it can of course be applied to other phenomena ( other than those originally used ) and these are explained as additional instances of the abstractions that have been established . |
| 28 | It can of course be no more than speculation to consider whether this total concern with instalment size makes people less likely to keep up conscientiously with the payments than they would be if they had a clear idea of their total commitment . |
| 29 | It can of course be drawn in the Fair Isle option as is shown here . |
| 30 | Even when it is near the zenith , as it can of course be from the southern hemisphere , it still twinkles quite noticeably . |