Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [vb infin] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It can afford motivation as hardly anything else can , and its influence can help both society and individuals to a fuller and more satisfying form of life .
2 Such abstract economic arguments may seem far removed from the aspirations of nature conservation , but the report 's principle that sound management can benefit both wildlife and local people is also central to WWF philosophy .
3 Thus the compulsive relationship with physical exercise can become effectively part of the spectrum of eating disorder behaviour .
4 The world we can build of philosophy can include both music and poetry , and in addition religion and art and much else so it is far greater in extent then poetry or music alone .
5 Grain to feed a family of four for a month costs about £14.40 , seeds and tools to equip a farmer about £5 and an ox which a community can share about £200 .
6 A Jodel can cost under £30 per hour , an Evans VP-1 under £20 per hour , and fixedwing three-axis microlights such as the Mike Whittaker range of designs under £15 per hour .
7 An energy plate 's £20 , and even a crystal pendant can go over £25 .
8 This would have been so easy had they dug narrow trenches , the practice of the past , as this method can produce only scraps of unrelated evidence .
9 For roughly £2 million ( little more than the cost of one Falkland islander ) the British government can preserve both Henderson , Pitcairn and its own reputation for colonial fair play .
10 G. Jurupari attains 7–8in , G brasiliensis can make nearly 12″ in males .
11 There are many systems that you can install for yourself if you 're keen on DIY , but professionally installed bedroom furniture can cost about £2,500 per room , and should add at last half its cost to the value of the house .
12 The definition of food can include both solids and liquids which provide sources of energy .
13 A spiral perm can cost over £100 but do n't be tempted to try it at home to save money .
14 Sainsbury has expressed an interest in the site but a Government clause imposed during the bus privatisation programme means Caldaire can keep only 35pc of the purchase price above £1.3 million effectively making a move financially impossible .
15 The thermometer watch can measure either air or water temperature — presumably for the benefit of winter swimmers .
16 A simple problem-orientated method of assessment can facilitate both management and communication between start members .
17 As a consequence , an exchange that establishes a highly liquid contract can drive away competitors and create a monopoly position for itself .
18 Typical yields are about 3,500kg at 4 per cent butterfat and a good cow can reach perhaps 4,500kg .
19 It is clear that the formulae just established provide a method of solution for problem ( a ) since unc and the computer can reciprocate both B and unc and perform the required multiplications .
20 The true extent of the use is unknown but its high cost has certainly ensured that videodisc can claim only pockets of success and has by no means been widely influential .
21 … the bilateralism inherent in the traditional structures and processes of international law is secured on the one hand , by a prohibition of intervention protecting not only a State 's internal but also its external affairs against third party interference and , on the other hand , by the pacta tertiis rule in the law of treaties , according to which an agreement can create neither obligations nor rights for a third State without its consent .
22 Vitamin D assists in transporting calcium to the bones , and a deficiency can cause both muscle weakness and bone disorders .
23 Unfortunately , given the failure to repeat the practice of a mid-decade Census as first carried out in 1966 , this source can provide only snapshots of the population at ten-year intervals , the most recent being 1981 .
24 ‘ The seventh son of a seventh son can heal both beasts and men . ’
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