Example sentences of "can [adv] [vb infin] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It maintains that they can only benefit if it secures the return to Turkey of the so-called Lydian hoard : Lydian , Archaemenid Persian and other Anatolian artefacts dating back to 600–500 BC which , it contends , were looted in 1960–66 from tombs in the Ushak region of Turkey . |
| 2 | If you liken the body to a computer for a moment , the computer can only function when it has the correct date and commands fed to it ; otherwise it refuses to work or breaks down altogether . |
| 3 | Lothian Highways can only survive if it operates as a TEAM . |
| 4 | There is tremendous customer loyalty involved in the fortunes of Champagne , but this loyalty can only survive if it has a two-way traffic . |
| 5 | ‘ So Ryan 's stuck with a piece of land he ca n't develop and can only sell as it stands at market value ? ’ she asked , beginning to enjoy the irony of it . |
| 6 | And though I can not return until it pleases the gods to end the world , I have never ceased to long for it . |
| 7 | I understand from the promoters that the project can not fail because it qualifies for tax reliefs under the business expansion scheme . |
| 8 | This is the spirit of truth whom the world can not receive because it does not know him , does not behold him or know him , but you know him because he abides with you and will be in you . |
| 9 | It is a disequilibrium situation which can not survive as it offers investors a profitable arbitrage opportunity . |
| 10 | I can not remember whether it soared off into space from time to time , though I guess it must have . |
| 11 | I think a business can hardly fail if it 's got that sort of spirit . |