Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simply from examining the bones the experts can tell us that she suffered from childhood illness and spent a lot of her life sitting on her heels using her left hand , perhaps grinding corn . |
| 2 | ‘ There they are sorted and put back on the vehicles and re-delivered so that the franchisees can deliver them first thing in the morning . ’ |
| 3 | The first level is something that the climbers can do something about , and that is removing their rubbish . |
| 4 | The shareholders can vote him off the board themselves . |
| 5 | The birds can spot their targets from half a mile ( 0.8 km ) . |
| 6 | Finally , it is therefore the more difficult to see how the proposals can have anything to do with genuine industrial democracy , that is to say , with the accountability of the board of directors as a corporate whole to the individual men and women who constitute the workforce and who would have the ultimate power to replace an unsatisfactory board . |
| 7 | In any organisation where the personnel can relate themselves and their role to clearly defined objectives , they will be motivated by team effort . |
| 8 | The Keynesian and monetarist views provide opposing theories of the importance of money upon which the authorities can base their policies . |
| 9 | Passing sentence , the judge told Lashley : ‘ You are an appalling and dangerous man , and the real issue is whether the authorities can allow you your liberty in your lifetime ’ . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , though , the savers can count themselves very fortu nate , particularly those in the off shore fund who now stand to get nearly all of their money back . |
| 11 | So erm any er any clarification on the way the districts can use I twi er I twelve and I five as not being necessarily mutually exclusive wou would help . |
| 12 | The early stages of the tournament may be restrained so that the animals can try their strengths without risking their lives . |
| 13 | The journalists can ask their questions direct and can also air any grievances or problems in an informal atmosphere . |
| 14 | ‘ I just hope the lads can do it tonight whoever is in goal . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I just hope the lads can do it tonight whoever is in goal . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The African in the townships can drown his frustration in beer . |
| 17 | With FA Cup final vouchers being distributed tonight a big crowd is expected , and Crosby believes the fans can play their part in encouraging a matchwinning performance . |
| 18 | But unless you collaborate about rules with other parents , the kids can invent their own . |
| 19 | course the kids can punch them about |
| 20 | the kids can ring him tonight |
| 21 | Long as the porters can see their own hands . |
| 22 | Born into one of the oldest families of Ulthuan , the brothers can trace their line back to the doomed King Aenarion , first and mightiest of the Phoenix Kings of Ulthuan . |
| 23 | But Walter had , and anyone who has read the books can feel it . ’ |
| 24 | So the concentrations can affect it . |
| 25 | Would it be done in the first year of a Labour Government , in the first Labour Parliament , or in two or three terms , or will there be an exchange rate mechanism-type growing process whereby we get used to the idea over 10 or 15 years and the Scots can have it immediately because they are culturally and politically ready for it , but the people of the north , who are not that bothered , will have to wait 15 years until they see the advantages that will supposedly accrue to Scotland and then will mount the barricades and demand the same for themselves ? |
| 26 | Broadly , the parties can choose what liabilities are to be taken over or treated as taken over , although liabilities to employees and liabilities attaching to specific assets pass automatically . |
| 27 | THE parties can make what agreement they wish about the time , place and manner of delivery and payment . |
| 28 | These expressions do not mean that the parties have the right to be heard at a formal hearing : what they convey is that the parties can state their case in writing . |
| 29 | If this is so , and the missionaries can do it , then why are there so many religious disputes . |
| 30 | My country is full of distinctions of this kind , and in the congenial climate of Oxford they flourish to form a semantic jungle through which only the natives can make their way . |