Example sentences of "[vb infin] [coord] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are arranging any function which involves the use of video , it is safest to specify as precisely as you can both the format and the colour system you will need or can offer . |
| 2 | An engineer knows how different elements will behave and can combine them to give a desired effect . |
| 3 | Fortunately , he wrote , while every person , more or less , in the Western world , has access to pen and paper and can write down a word or two , few will turn as naturally to painting or music to soothe their troubled breasts . |
| 4 | An umbrella , hairspray or keys are examples of every day items you might carry and can use against your attacker . |
| 5 | Massage can help cramp and can prevent it spreading to other areas . |
| 6 | For , surely , once it is realised that all that we do have and can rely upon are series of perceptions and ideas , it becomes clear that there can be no justification for assuming the existence of any such metaphysical " substrata " , and the whole doctrine of substance falls to the ground . |
| 7 | It helps you relax and can make you feel better . |
| 8 | Because we 've got twenty five minutes but twenty five minutes can either drag or can fly by . |
| 9 | Some people who need extra care and can afford the cost actually choose it , perhaps because they understand the advantages of releasing a daughter and other family members from the 24-hour responsibility of caring . |
| 10 | Likewise , in natural selection it is physical differences , not the differences in reproductive expectancies estimated from them , that can cause and can explain subsequent reproductive performance differences . |
| 11 | The floating charge holder will take the company 's property subject to the rights of anyone claiming by title paramount , so that a landlord can re-enter and can distrain on chattels in the leased premises if rent is unpaid , notwithstanding that the chattels are comprised in a charge which has crystallised . |