Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the Halifax , Britain 's biggest building society , there is no exemption period if the claimant with their policies can prove they were covered during the time of the accident or sickness . |
| 2 | It 's just a question of which clubs can afford me . |
| 3 | The Kunsthalle , a space ( usually municipally funded ) in which artists can exhibit their works outside academic and museum constraints , is largely unknown in the United States , even though every small city in the country seems to have built a ‘ contemporary art space ’ over the last ten years . |
| 4 | In the last section we saw three ways in which speakers can miss their target of JC . |
| 5 | Those of the Indus and Ganges dolphins even lack lenses , so that their eyes can tell them little more than the difference between light and darkness , between day and night . |
| 6 | The critic is not some simple custodian of these museum texts whose task it is to keep the displays polished so their readers can see them in clear unreflected light . |
| 7 | Formal links , such as parents ' evenings , can be useful but more informal occasions often provide a relaxed atmosphere in which parents can ask their own questions . |
| 8 | There are ways in which parents can encourage their growing children to make right choices in life . |
| 9 | Maria , 12 , who lives at Highfield Road South , Rock Ferry , Birkenhead , said : ‘ I nominated the museum because it has a lot of exhibits which visitors can handle which makes it more interesting . ’ |
| 10 | This is to tell only part of the story however Anna is diligent in all her studies with a determination to do as well as possible , while her powers of expression are adequate she has a fine sense of initiative and within her limitations can organise her materials persuasively . |
| 11 | What about getting those children as they go out a voucher that their parents can bring them along to see a show at a reduced rate . |
| 12 | Most of the children coming into care under section 2 of the Child Care Act do so at the request of their parents , and their parents can take them home whenever they wish . |
| 13 | Planners in Sweden and India think their countries can meet their energy needs , cut emissions of greenhouse gases and get richer by the end of the century Debora MacKenzie |
| 14 | Planners in Sweden and India think their countries can meet their energy needs , cut emissions of greenhouse gases — and get richer — by the end of the century |
| 15 | Money or government bonds provide alternative stores of value , a means by which individuals can hold their savings . |
| 16 | However , there are many ways in which individuals can protect themselves and others from the potentially dangerous effects of pollutants . |
| 17 | If all profits from corporations were distributed to shareholders , then on the integrationist view all that is required is a mechanism by which individuals can pay their tax on this income source at their personal marginal rate . |
| 18 | Of course , this does not resolve the issue of inequality , but it does provide a mechanism through which individuals can focus their view of an acceptable ‘ trade-off ’ between redistribution ( equity ) and efficiency . |
| 19 | The report concludes with a discussion on the health effects of organochlorines and suggests ways in which individuals can limit their intake of dioxin-like compounds . |
| 20 | Social studies teachers and departments have been placed in the vanguard of progressive teaching , ostensibly because social studies is seen as a context in which individuals can develop their consciousness and understanding of society . |
| 21 | If Mr Hussein had the wit to get out of Kuwait before the Americans and their allies can push him out , the war would have lost its overriding purpose — and the coalition might at last have lost its cohesiveness . |
| 22 | Statutes are only one of the means by which governments can achieve their policy objectives and there are , surprisingly , relatively few things which governments can do only with the approval of Parliament as expressed in the passing of a statute . |
| 23 | My veterinary colleagues tell me one of the main dangers with such large dogs is not that they injure themselves ( through overexercising before their skeletons can carry their weight ) but that their diets are over-supplemented , particularly with excessive calcium , which damages bone growth and hinders development . |
| 24 | Both films seem to ask if their heroes can get their innocence back . |
| 25 | These implement ANSI/CCITT standards and will enable public network operators and service providers to have end-to-end control of their networks while their customers can control their wide area network resources , even across the public network . |
| 26 | Through project work , English becomes a window on the culture of the English speaking world , and a means through which learners can express their own culture . |
| 27 | During that ten second or less dash for the line they will actually be using up oxygen faster than their bodies can take it in . |
| 28 | Primary nurses will frequently have to ‘ negotiate ’ and act as a ‘ disturbance handler ’ when problems arise , but their thorough knowledge of their patients can give them the confidence to do this . |
| 29 | Than any of her lineaments can show her . |
| 30 | Indeed , a major theme which is influencing the use and impact of computers in all kinds of applications is the increasingly simple way in which users can make them do complex and powerful things . |