Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] can [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | decide whether or not they really need to be on that site for fourteen hours or can they do what they need to do in four ? |
| 2 | The absence of guys with the authority to tell people to either go-ahead with their plans or can them means nothing much is getting approved . |
| 3 | Microcomputers can not store as much data as the larger computers nor can they process it as quickly . |
| 4 | Emphasis upon the link between evaluation and change draws attention to the often neglected fact that evaluation evidence can not determine system goals nor can it indicate whether system goals are being optimally achieved unless the goals are clearly specified . |
| 5 | The only doubts maybe ( or rather unproven areas ) are in the financial aspects and can he spot talent ? |
| 6 | Are you ashamed of your feet or can you bare them with pride ? |
| 7 | I appreciate your concerns but can we take the recommendation on the fourth and fifth pages of the report . |
| 8 | How have you been justifying your existence in the last twenty-four hours and can you name the guilty man ? ’ |
| 9 | It was for war charities but can you imagine anything more barbarous ? ’ |
| 10 | something to be dropped on from a great height as frequently as possible er particularly if it 's the G L C. In the United States , however much the federal government is irritated by the state government , it can not attack its constitutional powers nor can it undermine its financial base so that 's a different relationship , it 's a relationship based , not on dominance , but on partnership and there has to be an understanding , a trade off between federal and er a and state government . |
| 11 | They can not imagine any delight in a tumble of ungainly bodies nor can they accept the fact that the sexual act is not graceful . |
| 12 | Do , do groups always have to the behaviour and performance of their members or can they do the opposite ? |
| 13 | Anyone else want to make any comments before I , is this to pick up points or can I |
| 14 | We seated ourselves and he regarded us expectantly , so I opened with , ‘ Can you tell me all about lymphomas and can I see a lymph node ? ’ |
| 15 | I 've been in and out , and in and out , and in and out and had all those tests and can they tell me what 's wrong ? |
| 16 | I mean that 's our — we design books , and we design journals , and we set up and we take on new journals and can we ever extract any copy from the editorial board — we know it 's going to be about Plant Sciences , but no idea what length of headline and how much technical gump is going to go into it , or we take something on |
| 17 | I had a little pair of white ankle socks and can I find them ? |
| 18 | Having given you food for thought , I 'd like to move on to a discussion of the criteria and can I say right now that I think it would be right and proper to limit our discussion this morning to the criteria . |
| 19 | I HAVE several times told the story of the lady who came up to me at the end of one of my lectures on the relationship between science and music and said , ‘ It 's all very well doing all these scientific tests on musical instruments but can you explain the tingle in the spine that some music produces ? ’ |
| 20 | Does the name cover only pure-bred wild boars or can it include a cross , bred with a domestic pig ? |
| 21 | Norton 's 13,000 shareholders , most of them private individuals who invested out of loyalty to the name and hope for its resurrection , are stuck : they can neither sell their shares nor can they vote on MacDonald 's tenure . |
| 22 | But I 'll write her a postcard to say , Yes it looks quite interesting when can we see the samples and can you tell us more about how the money works . |