Example sentences of "can [verb] [pron] on the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I reject the hon. Gentleman 's criticism , and I can reassure him on the present position .
2 Hopefully , YTS permitting , the rest of the country can catch them on the forthcoming Teenage Fannies tour .
3 Hopefully , YTS permitting , the rest of the country can catch them on the forthcoming Teenage Fannies tour .
4 we want it done in both directions , there 's no way you can do it on the main line
5 There are a whole lot of players who can go out there and knock balls in all over the place , score wonderful great big one four sevens and centuries and things of this nature , but what makes the , the good player an excellent player , is the player who can do it on the big occasion .
6 If you need any further information you can contact me on the above telephone number after 4 p.m. most days .
7 and he convinced them he did n't need an operation , he was , he was cured , he 'd had his treatment , psy psychiatrist that seen him and he was all right thank you , he said , and they 're so clever they can convince anybody on the outside
8 There are peel-off labels for the long holiday dates , something with which you can amuse yourself on the next bank holiday .
9 I hope you can join me on the 3rd .
10 According to the Court of Appeal in Tagro v Cafane this requires the valuer to assume that he can sell it on the open market to a willing buyer , and in so doing to ignore any covenant against assignment which restricts alienation of the landlord 's interest .
11 Erm y'know even if it takes them quite a while to fill out y'know go through all eighty items y'know which could be erm y'know kind of , well depending how quickly they work y'know , sort of half an hour or something but if you if you get some er er a sort of type-written draft run off um I du n no , next Tuesday 's quite a quite a short deadline but maybe the Tuesday after that er we can try them on the first years if you like ?
12 But in a world where nature left to its own devices is as grim as it is in much of the Soviet Union , the belief that you can bend it on the heroic scale is unlikely to go away .
13 The other thing that is important is that I do n't think you can get anything on the cheap .
14 These are all roads where the pedagogical tradition has pointed signposts in the wrong direction , making us search for English ( the nature of English conversation , at least ) where it is not — and where only a careful analysis of natural conversational data can get us on the right road again .
15 Your local Crime Prevention Officer can advise you on the best type to buy to suit your specific needs .
16 He can advise us on the best brochure layouts , promotional photography , video or slide presentation — the whole package .
17 After development the shots appear in the left-hand window , and you can place them on the main picture by moving them around and pressing fire .
18 I think I can help you on the particular limited point of deaths and their effect .
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