Example sentences of "can [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Duncan Nichol , the NHS chief executive , told the Guardian yesterday that the Government 's negotiating position is that it wants to split the service so crews with medical skills can earn extra money and non-emergency services can be contracted out . |
| 2 | Mr Duncan Nichol , the NHS chief executive , told the Guardian that the Government 's negotiating position is that it wants to split the service so crews with medical skills can earn extra money and non-emergency services can be contracted out . |
| 3 | A skilled wall builder can earn substantial money , he said . |
| 4 | From its exports it can earn foreign currency , and begin to pay off its huge debts . |
| 5 | Poor notation can impair the ability of a scheme to accommodate new subjects and can hinder effective retrieval . |
| 6 | The radius of the circle is determined by the reach of our fists and feet , the weapons with which we can repel unwanted guests if necessary . |
| 7 | Advances in technology mean that desktop publishing machines are now available which can reproduce precise legitimate invoices and estimates which may appear to be in order . |
| 8 | As Peter Conrad has put it , ’ Karajan doubles as director so that he can reproduce musical motifs on-stage . ’ |
| 9 | Alexander , God knows for what reason , always spurned them ; now he is gone , Philip can weave fresh webs , gain an ally with a knife at England 's back . |
| 10 | Finally the groundwork has been laid for obtaining useful rock mechanics data which can aid hydraulic fracture modelling in the Carboniferous . |
| 11 | A large sight vocabulary , acquired through practice , can aid rapid word recognition and leave the reader 's attention free to consider the meaning of the sentence . |
| 12 | Such thoughts should help them to understand how attitudes , right or wrong , can persist unchanged for endless generations if they are taught to be dictated by unassailable imaginary ‘ gods ’ who are never ‘ wrong ’ . |
| 13 | Although insulation and draught-proofing are the best ways to save money on heating bills , there are many other things you can do which , when combined , can make substantial savings . |
| 14 | Regular theatre-goers can make substantial savings by buying a Saver Ticket . |
| 15 | The business schools also provide recruits for domestic industry , and in many Third World countries the government gives young graduates from such institutions posts with high degrees of responsibility in national development agencies where they can make substantial contributions to the welfare of their nations . |
| 16 | Unless you can make private arrangements , the company will foreclose . |
| 17 | But even the blind can make certain demands for consistency upon those with sight . |
| 18 | Without detailing these problems and their solutions in a reduction in dependence on car use , one can make certain observations . |
| 19 | I still believe that three-day cricket can make certain players lazy , as opportunities come round thick and fast and failures are overtaken very quickly by the next match . |
| 20 | Supervision is by a social worker , who can make certain requirements such as that the supervised person resides in a specified place or participates in specified activities . |
| 21 | That document — I now quote from it so that I can make certain that I am not misleading the House — states : ’ Special software packages are being developed commercially and will be available before April 1991 . |
| 22 | It 's scientifically proven that foods can make certain susceptible children very ill , and this can manifest itself in various ways , but one of the most common ways is that children behave badly ; they become aggressive and disturbed . |
| 23 | Just a few jottings on an interesting rail topic can make useful copy . |
| 24 | There is no one solution to sociology 's empirical reference , no clear idea as to whether there ever could be , no one canonical method for all sociological research , and no one conception of data : data are whatever a researcher can make useful for meeting his/her research objectives , aims or problems , which is not to say that just any old thing will do . |
| 25 | Postnatal problems can make breastfeeding difficult because sitting is so painful ; for example , if you have haemorrhoids from bearing down during delivery or long labour , or stitches in the perineum . |
| 26 | Picture frames can make striking displays on occasional tables , window sills or other low-level areas . |
| 27 | What Roddick is at most pains to demonstrate is that honesty and commercialism can make compatible bedfellows . |
| 28 | Of course you can make appalling howlers if you set out for some reason to portray life in a social area unknown to you . |
| 29 | He has to be able to reduce the tension ( technically tonus ) in his muscles before he can make controlled movements . |
| 30 | November 13 : In Paris Diana shows she can make successful lone royal tours . |