Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further to my telephone conversation with your assistant , I am now writing to ask if Aspinwall & Co can help us with an important project related to the above . |
| 2 | ‘ Power ’ refers to the degree to which individuals or groups can impose their will on others , with or without the consent of those others . |
| 3 | A firm or college can change its culture quite markedly if the chief executive of either is replaced , and new priorities or new perspectives could kill off a partnership very rapidly . |
| 4 | Anyone familiar with electronic mail who have access to facilities at work or college can join us . |
| 5 | Straw is largely seen as a waste product but treatment with caustic soda , ammonia or urea can increase its nutrient content , thereby producing an economical animal feed which could supplement existing hay and silage feed systems . |
| 6 | Richard Dorment of the Daily Telegraph said : ‘ What a pity a dealer did not take him aside and tell him the work he proposed to exhibit was unexhibitable … a visual boredom so total that no amount of metaphor or allusion can give it the kiss of life ’ . |
| 7 | With the exception of epileptics ( see p.5 ) — even those whose condition is being kept well under control by prescribed drugs — there is no way that any other form of medical treatment or medication can affect your ability to be a good hypnotic subject . |
| 8 | Is there a reasonable chance that you and your husband or wife can settle your differences and resume normal married life ? |
| 9 | Transport , for instance , requires that every car or lorry can carry its fuel with it , and petrol is in fact probably the most ideal fuel from almost every aspect . |
| 10 | A reflective and fluorescent belt , arm-band , slipover or jacket can help you to be seen better . |
| 11 | A reflective and fluorescent belt , arm-band , slipover or jacket can help you to be seen better . |
| 12 | A reflective and fluorescent belt , arm-band , slipover or jacket can help you to be seen better . |
| 13 | On two sides there were offices for the management and they can watch you and the supervisor or foreman can watch you as well . |
| 14 | Late items or alterations can reach her on Wednesdays , Belfast 321242/Ext 4872 , between 10.00am and 12.30pm . |
| 15 | With the USA , in the long term , set on irreversible decline the question is whether Japan or Europe can replace it as the world 's leading economy . |
| 16 | A recent upset or altercation can unsettle someone with severe dementia , making behaviour even more erratic . |
| 17 | I think Arsenal/QPR & Newcastle can leap us … lets hope Lee can grab a brace & that Swindon can stop the rot vs QPR & ALSO ( ! ! ! ) the Blades can stuff Kevin ‘ cocky twat ’ Keegan . |
| 18 | Mr. Brown , who lives in Kingsley , is currently building up a network of people to be visited and anyone needing help , advice , comfort or encouragement can reach him at 16 School Fields . |
| 19 | It is important to take into consideration more than one eye-witness report of these few seconds ( and the Gaumont newsreel film ) in an effort to decide what did happen ; but no account or film can tell us exactly what Emily Davison 's motive was . |
| 20 | If the child does not know or is too shy to talk a suggestion that ‘ Perhaps mum or dad can remind you ? ’ and encouraging the parents to talk is one way around the problem . |
| 21 | The whiff of a field of flowers can be uplifting and invigorating ; catching the smell of a cigarette or cigar can make you feel stuffy and uncomfortable . |
| 22 | Neither interviews nor questionnaires can tell you how people behave in a social situation . |
| 23 | Not strength nor sweetness can hold me . |
| 24 | Neither the law of rape nor assault can touch him . |
| 25 | I am waiting for my Mama , and neither Martha nor Minna can comfort me . |
| 26 | Neither Aristotelian logic nor sense-experience can get us it . |
| 27 | Nowhere does anything get subjected to the ‘ necessary critique ’ , because neither Freedberg nor Kosuth can bring themselves to make their minds up on anything . |
| 28 | So neither incorrigibility nor indubitability can provide us with an alternative form of foundationalism . |
| 29 | Neither father nor mother can deprive themselves of their rights , except in the case of a separation agreement between husband and wife ; and even such an agreement will not be enforced by the court if the court considers it not to be for the child 's benefit . |
| 30 | For instance , if there is no present market for the delivery of cars one year hence conditional on a certain oil price then neither car firms nor consumers can co-ordinate their actions by means of a market as Smith suggested , nor can they insure . |