Example sentences of "[verb] can [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'm told some of those craft can make the Mars trip in forty days . ’ |
| 2 | Neither crowning nor anointing can change the nature of truth . ’ |
| 3 | Neither the foundationalist nor the solipsist can make the first move . |
| 4 | Rubbing or pressing can relieve the situation . |
| 5 | 9.9 A computer with graphics software installed can process the data from a surveying instrument and reconstruct a three-dimensional impression of the land surface . |
| 6 | In any event , nothing partners do or say can prevent the court entertaining an application by one of their number for a dissolution on appropriate grounds ( see Chapter 9 ) . |
| 7 | The way this is done can affect the award of interest . |
| 8 | In trusting God we are living out our assumptions , putting into practice all that we say he is in theory , so that who God is and what he has done can make the difference in every part of our lives . |
| 9 | There may not be many opportunities to aviate in winter , but those that do appear can provide the best flying of the year — light winds , excellent power and density altitude conditions and a razor sharp horizon . |
| 10 | Moreover , the way that question is answered can change the course of history , it can condemn millions to bloody war , or it can do much to ensure that they are spared that misery . |
| 11 | Nothing that they can do can alter the fact that they are our responsibility . |
| 12 | Sentencing Clarke to 21 months in prison and a 3 year driving ban , Judge Francis Allen said , ’ nothing this court can do can remedy the harm that you caused by your decision to drive that day . |
| 13 | Judge Allen told Clarke : ‘ Nothing this court can do can remedy the harm caused by your decision to drive on that day . ’ |
| 14 | Once stage three gets underway , however , the librarian finds that bibliographies of the subject tend to cut across classification boundaries with impunity , particularly in the humanities and social sciences , and a too rigid adherence to classification numbers means that a good deal of the material which is not easily pigeon-holed can escape the selection net . |
| 15 | The effectiveness of the arrangements made can affect the trust in the social worker , and the likelihood of services being acceptable and useful . |
| 16 | The phase at which a fixation occurs can determine the form in which a neurosis appears in later life . |
| 17 | Women who have been away from work for some time and are seeking to re-start can take the first steps to a new career at a Women Returners Event to be held tomorrow in Middlesbrough town hall crypt . |
| 18 | The Profitboss will resign if he is instructed to recruit someone he does n't believe can do the job . |
| 19 | The athletes , often fell-runners , who are out to win can cover the three miles in just over fifteen minutes . |
| 20 | Extensive experience at interviewing can help the manager develop a sense for the good candidate but the danger is that the interviewer finds people whom he/she regards as sympathetic and compatible . |
| 21 | And if the recording remains sadly dim and dated noting can lessen the impact of what is re-created as an elemental game of tag , each player in hot pursuit of the other . |
| 22 | It might only save seconds , but seconds can make the difference between missing a train and getting to work . |
| 23 | Studier and Bandyopadhyay suggest that DNA with only one enzyme bound can translocate the DNA and this process eventually might stall . |
| 24 | But in this instance , the exception is more apparent than real , since if the person insulted or abused can read the display from his garden , the offence is committed ( assuming , of course , that it satisfies the other requirements of the section ) . |
| 25 | Dryness and thinning can leave the vagina vulnerable to infection , so anyone with a history of cystitis , itching or pruritus needs to take extra care with hygiene ; but avoid over-enthusiastic washing . |
| 26 | While the law may require publication , the form this takes can reduce the damage that results cause ; in this respect Michigan provides a contrast with California ( a point made earlier ) . |
| 27 | It is agreed that an appropriate vehicle for the transport of the plaintiff in the future is a vehicle called a Nissan Serena , the plaintiff claims for a cost of conversion of such a vehicle at six thousand , two hundred pounds , it would need to be renewed of course from time to time and allowances made for that , the defendant says that a firm called can convert the same vehicle for less than the tenth of the price , six hundred pounds , Mr says that such advantages , if any , of the conversion for which the plaintiff claims are so minimal that it can not possibly be right to spend ten times the money on achieving them . |
| 28 | If , contrary to this sworn determination , the defence of justification is not proceeded with when the matter comes to trial , his conduct in recklessly signalling a defence which does not materialise can inflate the damages alarmingly . |
| 29 | In the end , it may come down to who makes the better speech at the convention — and who the delegates believe can beat the Liberals in the election , probably in September . |
| 30 | One must allow the darkness and period of waiting to be ; probing and prodding can cause the embryo to abort . |