Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [pron] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , when a couple claim income support they can choose whether the man or the woman is to make the claim . |
| 2 | To take the example of record 122 , grade and branch were not included in the request for a male from operations department who can speak Italian . |
| 3 | For instance , a request for a male in operations department who can speak Italian can be tested by comparing each of the bit-pattern index entries in Table 8.3 against a mask of : The Boolean condition will be an AND , which will only return a true indication if all these bits are on . |
| 4 | If you take the children and have a family rail card you can get a reduction one third off if it 's a standard fare , a quarter off if it 's a saver . |
| 5 | Pursuing , perhaps riskily , a computer analogy we can argue that while the body resembles the hardware of a computer the mind comprises the software , the programmes that analyse and organize information to produce responses to inputs . |
| 6 | Have you got a pound coin I can borrow of you dear ? |
| 7 | But in another variety of comic crime fiction you can take as a chief character , as indeed your detective , a person who is to a greater or lesser extent a figure of fun , someone prone to fall victim to more or less ridiculous circumstances . |
| 8 | And when they go out on a football field they can do something about it . |
| 9 | Under a microscope or with a side light we can see where the paint 's been lost . |
| 10 | He added : ‘ But if they want an AIDS test they can have one . ’ |
| 11 | With a carefully selected equity portfolio you can get 10 per cent off a room at selected Hilton Hotels ( Ladbroke Group ) , a cut price ‘ exclusive ’ two-week African safari , 15 per cent off two transatlantic voyages on the QE2 ( Trafalgar House ) , and a free centre court ticket at Wimbledon ( All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet ) for every day tennis is played . |
| 12 | You may be aware that there is a blood test which can tell if you have been infected with HIV , the virus that can cause AIDS . |
| 13 | ‘ It shows that the public is beginning to realise that for a few pounds spent on car security they can protect their second most expensive purchase , ’ he said . |
| 14 | ‘ It shows that the public is beginning to realise that for a few pounds spent on car security they can protect their second most expensive purchase . ’ |
| 15 | Erm it can hear from the other side of the of Mike 's living room it can hear the person on the other end of a telephone connection which is is is is |
| 16 | do n't we get a great big saucepan lid he can give them bill ? |
| 17 | For a small administration fee we can issue those who qualify with RYA certificates . |
| 18 | A good deal of expendable material is saved by this small urchin actor who can deafen the upper circle with a single sniff of disapproval and apparently rearrange his features at will . ’ |
| 19 | We are served up a series of bizarre experiments which converge into a monster mutant which can absorb all human and mechanical objects in its path . |
| 20 | You can see why I was in such a bad mood Saturday cos if I 'd drunk that much Friday night you can imagine what sort of a hang over I had . |
| 21 | Since Pro-File is a data logger it can log parameters other than those required for it to function as a dive computer ( depth , temperature and air data as functions of time ) . |
| 22 | Any Tuesday morning you can find a crowd lined up outside Mario Lopez 's little newspaper stand in the heart of Mexico City . |
| 23 | With a Midland Car Loan you can borrow any amount from £500 to £10,000 . |
| 24 | The rider now aims to complete the last part of the turning routine literally by spinning the back of the machine around — the art of rear wheel steering which can begin with as little as 800rpm on the tacho ( 500 revs to around 13,000 ) . |
| 25 | Say like erm th stresses we 're all under will cause depression , but after my had my children I suffered from reactive hyperglycaemia , low blood sugar , and we , that was glucose intolerance and I think an awful lot of women erm , suffer th from this and it 's not erm found out and knowing the glucose intolerance I can understand how a lot of children erm , suffer from er problems with eating habits because I think this is being discovered more and more |
| 26 | These deeply cut ravines might not seem too demanding , but some of them give unusual approaches to the high moorland plateaux , passing through impressive rock scenery which can offer the simple joys of scrambling , often above deep pools linked by cascades and waterfalls . |
| 27 | If you can get round the edge of the enemy army you can roll along his line , taking foes in the flank and wreaking immense havoc . |
| 28 | Matinee is a screen saver that gives you movie mayhem you can edit yourself |
| 29 | The satellite carries a tape recorder which can hold up to 14-hours worth of data . |
| 30 | Her weight shot up during both pregnancies , first to 16 then to 18 stone and her doctor worried about the risk of pre-eclampsia , a sudden rise in blood pressure which can lead to babies being born prematurely and cause complications for the prospective mother , too . |