Example sentences of "[verb] it can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On first encounter it can sound pedestrian , but there 's always something not quite right about the melodies they produce , and the more curiosity that provokes , the more you 're sucked in . |
| 2 | This uses the technically-defined Ocean as above , except that all the hiccups that interrupt the passage of its boundary have been removed by the relatively simple process of granting to it all of the so-called ‘ marginal seas ’ to which logic ( and political reality ) suggest it can lay claim . |
| 3 | This particular aspect of thematic organization is of special relevance in translation because understanding it can help to heighten our awareness of meaningful choices made by speakers and writers in the course of communication . |
| 4 | I expect it can hear this . |
| 5 | So like you say it can cause |
| 6 | Being robbed is losing the confident skin you have grown naturally ; it is to know it can happen to you and if it has happened once … |
| 7 | then anyone who wants it can call us . |
| 8 | After reading the story in the Echo I now realise it can happen on local lines . |
| 9 | ‘ When this happens it can stop the oxygen supply . |
| 10 | Direct marketing is more sales oriented ; classical advertising says it can set the scene , build brand awareness , paint the big picture . |
| 11 | She says it can mean premature death . |
| 12 | If a manufacturer of a product says ‘ It can do this and that ’ then my expectation is that it will do exactly what the manufacturer says it can do . |
| 13 | It says it can make a profit by selling the data around the world — and save the US taxpayer cash by reducing public spending . |
| 14 | The selling agent , Ellis ( 01-706 0844 ) , says it can arrange a Swiss mortgage to finance up to 60 per cent of the purchase price of the property — but remember that if you borrow in Swiss francs and the pound falls against the Swiss currency , the amount and cost of your mortgage could rise . |
| 15 | He says it can distort bone structure , even cause heart problems . |
| 16 | Whenever I speak of it , he just says it can stay as it is in case I ever want it . |
| 17 | Rainbow says it can serve as an alternative to Sun 's internal host ID . |
| 18 | Following changes to the Open Software Foundation 's Motif 1.2 licensing terms , IXI says it can offer the Motif runtime for £50 in volume as opposed to OSF 's $2,000 source fee . |
| 19 | The National Farmers Union backs the setaside scheme … and says it can help wildlife : |
| 20 | Opponents strongly condemn the idea , but the company says it can provide a cleaner , more efficient jail , better for staff and inmates . |
| 21 | ‘ The administration says it can accept no amendments ; that its budget is untouchable . |
| 22 | It says it can accept these only under protest , a response apparently regarded as ungracious . |
| 23 | If one is threatened it can call upon the other 's aid and give a ‘ protected threat ’ to its adversary . |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps I 've decided it can wait until tomorrow . ’ |
| 25 | The other man , whose voice was gentler , added : ‘ I hope it can bring peace , Major Foley . |
| 26 | ‘ We hope it can help improve cancer counselling in the North West . ’ |
| 27 | It is as aware of objects behind it as in front of it , and when alarmed it can reverse backwards into its hole with a speed and accuracy that any motorist would envy . |
| 28 | Because of its superior formal authority , Congress can require the bureaucracy to state what combinations of price and quantity or budget and output it can offer before Congress releases its demand information . |
| 29 | It is one of the wonders of the known world and no-one who has ever visited it can forget it . |
| 30 | It has all the paraphernalia of a public inquiry and after all the necessary preparations are made it can go on for weeks . |