Example sentences of "[conj] can [verb] [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probable misconceptions about a consultant supporter 's role have to be handled , credibility and relevance of one 's own experience need to be established in a non-assertive but authoritative way ; appreciation of the teachers ' professional expertise needs to be conveyed , together with an awareness of the difficulties that can prevent them from exercising it to its fullest extent ; and it needs to be spelt out clearly what such a group would be able to offer and what , together , one may reasonably hope to achieve — one must not raise hopes of cures for all ills . |
| 2 | There may be as many as two hundred hairs per square millimetre , giving the cat an excellent fur coat that can protect it from even the most severe night air . |
| 3 | I like to think I know my way round the colour spectrum , but these days the colour red , for example , has been reinterpreted in a ghastly post-modern mish-mash that can encompass anything from blood to Schiaparelli pink via puce and scarlet , preferably all together . |
| 4 | Built in the 1740s and housed in the only remaining Gothic interior in the city , it 's now electronically operated and can imitate anything from bagpipes to a brass band . |
| 5 | Tsetse flies find the breath of cows equally enticing and can smell it from many kilometres away . |
| 6 | It is usually 2 or 3 times longer than it is wide , and can measure anything from 12′ to 24′ long and 6′ to 8′ wide ( 3.66/7.32 × 1.83/2.44m ) . |
| 7 | She may be commonplace or dazzling , and can transform herself from one to the other by miraculous means . |
| 8 | Used properly they act as a contraceptive and can protect you from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases . |
| 9 | Used properly they act as a contraceptive and can protect you from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases . |