Example sentences of "[coord] it can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 / / . |
| 4 | 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) ) . |
| 5 | It can elevate and glorify , or it can crucify you . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It can take the state or any other form of political organisation or it can leave it alone . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The insurance company can check ex post in some cases ( after a theft ) or it can screen prior to accepting risk ( health insurance ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Or it can mean a theory which is ‘ destabilising ’ — the word in an adjectival relationship to ‘ theory ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Folly can mean a useless building or it can mean a clump of trees on a hill . |
| 15 | It can be consistently hard like the cutting edge of hardened steel , or it can offer the iridescence of tulle draped into a soft light . |
| 16 | The Homicide Act can affect ( have an influence or bearing upon ) a problem , or it can effect ( bring about ) a result , but we would not speak of ‘ effecting ’ a problem . |
| 17 | Or it can negotiate a new deal with the Justice Department — with no guarantee that this will be any more acceptable to Judge Holland . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | That is um if you erm if you make children er sort of lie down on their fronts with their bums in their air and you and bums in their air and you touch anuses apparently the anus dilates , or it can do , erm allegedly in children who 've been sexually abused in that way , in children who 've been who 've been penetrated anally . |
| 20 | The masking can be consistent ( for example , top/bottom , left/right , middle/edges ) or it can change from frame to frame . |
| 21 | The government can seek greater efficiency ; it can squeeze expenditure across the board ; or it can ask hard questions about what the state should be doing , and try to eliminate whole categories of spending . |
| 22 | It can also lever its legs further off the ground , or it can climb vegetation to reduce thermal ground conductivity . |
| 23 | It can communicate across a broad and general spectrum , or it can operate very specifically as a corporate , management or marketing tool . |
| 24 | It can either lead us into bitterness and despair , or it can drive us towards greater sensitivity and responsibility and a deepening love for God and for others . |
| 25 | The group can be asked to respond to what one individual has just said ; or it can focus discussion on one individual at a time ; or the counsellor can ensure that the group discusses general or shared problems , or that it links and compares different problems faced by individuals within the group . |
| 26 | It can encourage foreign tourists to spend their money or it can encourage foreign investment which will provide income . |
| 27 | This personal authority can come from the holding of a traditionally authoritative role , or it can come from age , experience , personality and qualification . |
| 28 | It can either refuse to comment on the possibility of a move until some concrete decisions have been taken as to where the company will relocate to and when the move will occur or it can adopt a more open style and keep the staff or union representatives in the picture about developments taking place within the relocation programme . |
| 29 | It can have one of several headings ; a frilled channelled heading can be fitted onto a narrow rod or it can hang below a rod from rings with a plain or pinch pleated scalloped heading . |
| 30 | Co-operation can focus mainly on the R , the D , or it can couple joint R&D with the joint production and marketing of the output of that R&D , and it can be structured around sharing costs , restrictions put on the other R&D activities of participants , and rules which govern the production and marketing of the output affected by the joint R&D project . |