Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] can [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the lavatory is inaccessible , down a corridor , or dark and cold , the child may be reluctant to use it but if the parent accompanies the child and waits , he or she can gradually learn confidence . |
| 2 | i Hero : This child believes that he or she can only obtain love and appreciation through achievement . |
| 3 | There are two main methods of measuring costs : one can either include only public expenditure costs , or one can also include opportunity costs . |
| 4 | And I can also say sir , I think without fear of contradiction , that of the hundreds of enquiries that I have done , this is the only enquiry sir which will have la left a lasting impression . |
| 5 | I 've done various things on my computer today and I can successfully make ASCII files . |
| 6 | Most insects have fairly predictable behaviour and you can often adjust sowing dates to avoid peak periods of egg-laying or migration , and deny colonising pests a favoured habitat by , for example , pinching out the soft tips of broad beans or applying a protective insecticide . |
| 7 | The basic rules of self-defence are quite simple : keep your eyes open and you can usually avoid trouble . |
| 8 | Started automatically , they free the terminal for other uses ( e.g. compiling , editing ) , so that work is not held up and you can still use LIFESPAN interactively while they take place . |
| 9 | It is a friendly , helpful organisation and you can always get assistance from more experienced people . |
| 10 | Is he aware that many people who work part time , for less than 24 hours a week , and who can currently claim income support , will lose out substantially in terms of mortgage interest relief ? |
| 11 | However she lost 1½ inches from each thigh and 2 inches from her hips , and she can now wear size 12 clothes instead of size 16 . |
| 12 | We have no way of recording and replaying the sense of balance , and we can barely manage sight and sound with our present technology . |
| 13 | This will generate capital for further developments and we can almost guarantee market dominance for a very long time . ’ |
| 14 | We should be looking to educate and train all people a lot more than we do at the moment where driving is concerned , so that from the very moment you pass your test you can feel confident , other people can feel confident and we can all have confidence on the road . |
| 15 | The cows are always milked by members of the family and they can usually spot mastitis in the first 24 hours . |
| 16 | Put Kurt Cobain , Dave Grohl and Chris Novoselic on a stage or in a rehearsal space or in a studio and they can still wreak magic , the three losers who took on the world and won . |
| 17 | Companies seem happy to talk to him and he can still give advice internally . |
| 18 | Motherhood can be a remarkable giver of confidence , and it can also demolish arrogance . |
| 19 | Not only do you know where you are trying to get to , but you can also give attention to attempting to discover the fall back position of your opponent . |
| 20 | Maxi-Read allows any text file and path directive to be specified for analysis , but you can also input text directly into the program for consideration . |
| 21 | Not only is the amount that you can borrow flexible , but you can also choose haw to pay it back . |
| 22 | Bleach is best , but you can also use washing-up liquid or , as a last resort , cold water on its own . |
| 23 | With regard to your August and September editorials on guitar design , the majority of your comments were perfectly fair but you can hardly blame guitar manufacturers for turning out what the public seems to want ( currently , vintage lookalikes and the so-called superStrat ) . |
| 24 | But you can still show interest in them in little ways by : |
| 25 | erm which we do , which we have n't got in stock at the moment , but we can always get hold of |
| 26 | But we can always have faith that we will rejoice in what is going to happen in the future . |
| 27 | It is little known that poll tax collectors not only have the authority to arrest those they suspect of defaulting on poll tax and strip them naked for the purposes of search ( without any obligation to mend or replace clothing which is destroyed in the process ) , but they can also apply torture in cases where they have reason to believe poll tax is being withheld — at any rate until such time as the defaulters reveal where their money is hidden . |
| 28 | But they can also cause havoc to buildings . |
| 29 | But they can never satisfy desire . |
| 30 | Caterpillars have eyes on the sides of their body but they can only tell dark from light . |