Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local action can also preserve wildlife and habitats . |
| 2 | Government action can significantly affect standards of environmental protection . |
| 3 | The Central Association can also assist staff who wish to become more actively involved but do not have a formal branch of the Association . |
| 4 | The Burscough boss believes he can put his finger on why his side can consistently beat opposition from higher leagues , as they have done time after time in the past two years , yet struggle at their own level . |
| 5 | Now it is clear that by extending one-member-one-vote to the choice of constituency delegates , Labour can safely inject democracy into the party conference without fearing nasty side-effects . |
| 6 | However , in addition to pleading that a provision is in unreasoanble restraint of trade a defendant can also plead repudiation , vagueness and that in any event he has not acted in breach of the clause . |
| 7 | For without an excitation of lust , or the enjoyment of pleasure in the venereal act , no conception can probably take place . |
| 8 | In the present case , the transformer can safely deliver 12V d.c. at 38mA , so is usable if a 12V supply at up to 38mA is needed . |
| 9 | Despite the wide definition of " income " in s670 , the Revenue can only charge tax if they can find an appropriate Case and/or Schedule . |
| 10 | Thinking can only make use of the patterns we have acquired in the past . |
| 11 | Your mind can only focus attention on one area of the swing until it becomes muscle memory and works naturally . |
| 12 | On fixed frames , the weaver can only make rugs in sizes smaller than the inner dimensions of the frame ; adjustable frames allow one or more of the beams to be extended so that larger items can be woven . |
| 13 | This Condition can only have effect if it is called into operation by the party wishing to rely on it giving written notice to the other to that effect . |
| 14 | Whereas biochemical studies can measure enzyme activities , immunohistochemistry can only provide information on enzyme protein , some of which may be inactive . |
| 15 | Consciousness can however manipulate material relations , for example with technology , because of their very consistency and invariability . |
| 16 | The organizer can also say things like ‘ the tide turns ’ which means everyone changes direction ; ‘ the sea got rougher ’ which means everyone goes faster ; and ‘ the eels were hopping mad ’ which means all eels have to hop . |
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| 18 | Trained writers of shorthand can however transcribe speech faster than keyboard entry ( Leedham , 1990 ) . |
| 19 | The application of such a rule can undoubtedly give rise to difficulties in certain sets of circumstances , but so can the suggested rule that economic loss may be recovered provided it is directly consequential on physical damage . |
| 20 | The computer power that even the smallest practice can now afford means that there is no excuse for the well-organised firm not to be making use of this opportunity not only for operating efficiency but also as a tool of competition . |
| 21 | Some of the changes and crises of midlife can easily become crises for the marriage too . |
| 22 | The identikit can only match faces already stored in the memory bank . ’ |
| 23 | Wall cavity insulation can also reduce heat loss and could be considered , but only after expert advice has first been taken from an independent builder or surveyor as to the suitability for the type of home occupied by your elderly parent . |
| 24 | Prolonged therapy can further decrease HBV replication which may trigger the cullular immune response leading to the hepatocytotoxic reaction that eradicates viral replication . |
| 25 | That question was thought to have been partially settled by the House of Lords in United Scientific Holdings Ltd v Burnley BC [ 1978 ] AC 904 where it was held that prima facie time limits are not of the essence , with the result that if a time limit is missed the review can still take place . |
| 26 | A government department can only spend money specifically approved by the House of Commons . |
| 27 | From a practical point of view the cost of administration can often make interest charging and collecting more of a minus than a plus . |
| 28 | This bishop 's ambiguous statements on aspects of Jesus 's biography can still provoke outrage among people who refuse to believe anything but that their saviour was conceived by the Holy Spirit of a virgin . |
| 29 | Although welding can again take place , the diffusion law ( equation 12.7 ) is now altered . |
| 30 | Under a provision of US fishing law known as the Pelly Amendment , the President can now impose trade sanctions against Norway for its defiance of the IWC moratorium on whaling . |