Example sentences of "[conj] it can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Altogether , Scorpius has much to offer , though it is of course best seen from southern latitudes , where it can pass over the zenith . |
| 2 | The safest way to introduce it is in the skimmer , where it can sterilize the water as it passes through . |
| 3 | Some of the greatest sufferers in this respect are such prized works as Jane Austen 's , where it can make a surprising difference to the price . |
| 4 | These rate CCG 's level of service , allowing the company to identify areas where it can make improvements . |
| 5 | From the group 's perspective , it desires to be involved where it can influence the final shape of a policy so that it maximizes the benefits and minimizes the losses to its members . |
| 6 | Potentially damaging conflict between these subgroups is avoided by channelling mutual competition into an avenue where it can benefit the group as a whole . |
| 7 | Capital , very often originating from abroad , is being concentrated more in the industrial centres , not just towns but big cities where it can prosper . |
| 8 | Keep your front guard hand close to your face where it can give protection . |
| 9 | Normally groundwater supplies are of high quality and need little treatment , but the source of groundwater is rainfall that percolates through the soil , where it can dissolve substances , man-made or natural , beneficial or deleterious , present in the soil . |
| 10 | It reaches 12″ long and has been bred in captivity — but in outdoor ponds where it can burrow its distinctive hiding place in the bank . |
| 11 | Where it can pick up everybody 's conversation . |
| 12 | Among other things , Christopher said Western assistance must be better co-ordinated and targeted where it can have the greatest impact . |
| 13 | Where a government is very keen to press on with its programme , and where it can foresee that it would otherwise be frustrated by pressure of time , it can move that a timetable be adopted for a particular measure and , if the House so resolves , the Business Committee of the House will arrange a programme for a particular Bill , setting aside a specific number of days for each stage . |
| 14 | The ostrich , on the other hand , will eventually be able to return to the spot it knows so well , where it can resume its parental duties . |
| 15 | Research in HCI has now reached a stage where it can begin to tackle these problems effectively . |
| 16 | A teaching carrel may also be found in some well-equipped reference libraries , where it can take the form of an enclosed cubicle large enough for one person , with a door and a high window . |
| 17 | Does the Minister support British Rail 's policy of siting freight depots only where it can find developers to put money into facilities around the depot ? |
| 18 | The Mailing Preference Service ( MPS ) can ensure that you come off mailing lists , or it can give you the option of staying on chosen lists . |
| 19 | it 's , it 's the shock comes up the legs , if it does n't break the ankles or feet or these it can break the bottom of the bone , a piece here , or it can travel up and break the base of the skull . |
| 20 | N , kn and gn all have the same value /n/ as in night , knight , gnat while bow can rhyme with go / / as / / or it can rhyme with now / / as bow / / . |
| 21 | It can direct that the application be re-heard by a magistrates ' court or it can make an order itself which will then be treated as an order of the magistrates ' court for the purposes of enforcement and variation ( s94(9) ) . |
| 22 | It can elevate and glorify , or it can crucify you . |
| 23 | One does n't realize that there 's a lot of research to be done or ruminating time , or whatever , and so that can be an area of misunderstanding or it can build up unfortunate prejudices . |
| 24 | It can be heady stuff , it can be a pleasant experience , or it can leave a nasty taste in the mouth and cost a great deal . |
| 25 | It can take the state or any other form of political organisation or it can leave it alone . |
| 26 | It can either tough it out , claiming virtue in its readiness to take hard decisions in the national interest ; or it can assemble safeguards and concessions and proclaim compassion for the neediest . |
| 27 | The insurance company can check ex post in some cases ( after a theft ) or it can screen prior to accepting risk ( health insurance ) . |
| 28 | Protection can mean Defence of the Faith , i.e. of Christianity , or it can mean the adoption and identification of a ‘ guardian spirit ’ , who will watch over your life-journey , a universal , but at the same time very individual and personal desire , expressed in most religions and cultures . |
| 29 | Or it can mean a theory which is ‘ destabilising ’ — the word in an adjectival relationship to ‘ theory ’ . |
| 30 | Well it 's back to the old confusion again , that we 've got this stupid sign here which can mean it 's a negative number or it can mean take away , and sometimes it does n't really matter which way we look at it . |