Example sentences of "[noun] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " We do n't see people suffering immediately from drinking water , so the EPA can decide it 's not a problem they have to deal with right away " , he said , adding that , " the programme is a shambles " . |
| 2 | Lounging in bed long after waking can leave you feeling only half-awake all day . |
| 3 | The basis of the book is that we are unfulfilled because we 've grown too sophisticated for God , we 're lonely , we 're morally confused , and I think God is the answer for this , it fashions , religion fashions the kind of community in which you 're redeemed from loneliness , it gives you the sense that when you come close to the end of your life you do n't have to panic that you have wasted your life because religion can show you that you have made a difference to the world . |
| 4 | His rejection of the right of a religion to claim superiority for itself over other religions underlines his claim that no particular religion can embody what he calls the one , true and perfect Religion . |
| 5 | So said Freud , it 's no wonder that people believe in religion , because religion can provide you with a lot , with a lot of gratification , but the fundamental psychological explanation for this , says Freud , is that these feelings that religion gratifies in adult life , are transferences of feelings that we all had in infancy . |
| 6 | ‘ You may think it is doubtful that any words can express what he did to that young girl , ’ he told the jury of eight women and four men . |
| 7 | Words can do something . |
| 8 | Although the evidence of seditious words can tell us something about the range of motives which led people to Jacobitism , it can tell us little about how prevalent such sympathies were . |
| 9 | It is as explicit as words can make it that the defendants are to hold ‘ upon a weekly tenancy at a weekly rental , and that the tenancy is to be determined by either of the parties on giving a week 's notice to the other . ’ |
| 10 | And when words can manage something of this , and manage it in a moment in time , and in that same moment make out of it all the vital signature of a human being — not of an atom , or of a geometrical diagram , or a heap of lenses — but a human being , we call it poetry . |
| 11 | And you , and with Steve , Ellen can pick it out . |
| 12 | ‘ If Dino Zoff decides to pick him then he must be confident that Gazza can handle it . |
| 13 | Amazingly , Gazza can remember nothing about one of the great goals of his career because he was still suffering the debilitating effects of flu . |
| 14 | Finally the women of Buntong Tiga can stand it no longer — they take matters into their own hands . |
| 15 | Should they break this code of conduct , their association can strike them from the register and ban them from practising medicine . |
| 16 | Our association can help anyone with debt problems with advice and support . |
| 17 | ‘ If Clem can make it , that is . |
| 18 | With three relatively easy home fixtures remaining , player-coach Ivan Whitfield is confident his side can make their top-eight target . |
| 19 | But Wilkinson is convinced his in-form side can do it . |
| 20 | They taught me what I still believe ( and no amount of misogyny or gynophobia or general bad behaviour on either side can shift me ) that though there is much that is different for lesbians and gay men , there is also much that is common . |
| 21 | WALES skipper Gareth Llewellyn hopes his side can reach their target of six wins out of six when they bring down the curtain on their African tour against the South African Barbarians in Windhoek today . |
| 22 | The horse can move its lower jaw from side to side when eating , and the jaw muscles drag the lower teeth inward in a grinding motion . |
| 23 | Your horse can feel your mood and will act accordingly ! |
| 24 | I would also advise that a plain salt lick ( not one of the mineralised ones ) should always be available in the stable , so that the horse can help himself to salt as and when he needs it . |
| 25 | A musician can fool himself and say , ‘ Yeah , I 'm doing great because I 'm getting all these write-ups and my career seems to be looking good , ’ but what it boils down to is what you 're actually doing — whether or not you 're breaking any new ground in music . |
| 26 | Management and support skills like those Joseph strives to build are vital to our artistic future — any musician can tell you they 're not a strong point here . |
| 27 | Skipper Colin Jeffrey , another talented batsmen , is hoping Brigade can end their recent run of disappointing batting displays . |
| 28 | But a short labour can take its toll on the mother . |
| 29 | If I am wrong , Labour can prove it by helping the Local Government Finance Bill on to the statute book . |
| 30 | If the opposition can get their hands round the ball in a maul or ruck , they it will be a huge gain to them . |