Example sentences of "[noun] can [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There are many such questions which all those in contact with children can pose and which the psychologist can in due course be expected to answer .
2 To make an aluminium can from recycled material uses only 5% of the energy required to make a ‘ new ’ can .
3 Let's try and get it on the board , which somebody has written on and I told them about that and asked them to clean it , but , bring a spray can of white paint next time .
4 However , the finer points of such subjects as tort can with relative safety be left to repose in his books of reference .
5 They do this by modifying the NTSC colour signal to mimic PAL , and relying on the fact that many modern PAL TV sets can by good fortune cope with 525 lines and a 60Hz field rate .
6 ‘ … one who has seen many such cases can with tolerable certainty tell , without more minute examination what the nature of the complaint is. ’ — W. Cumming , London Medical Gazette , 1849 .
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