Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the important thing about the toxin is not so much that it can paralyse its victim , but that biologists can use it , and they can use it because it 's possible to label the toxin radioactively and then employ this to look at the distribution of receptors in patients with miocenia and characterise the receptors in other ways . |
| 2 | Some surfaces can make it bobble a bit , though not enough to put you off . |
| 3 | Some clubs can find themselves playing three to four times a week as they struggle to fulfil the fixture list . |
| 4 | ‘ Few clients can give us a breakdown but historically we 've burnt up a lot of fuel . |
| 5 | Elaine explained : ‘ I 've really tried hard not to let Deborah and Jon criticise each other , I think that 's important , some brothers can make their sisters feel awful ! |
| 6 | Some observers can see it with the naked eye under ideal conditions , though I certainly can not . |
| 7 | There , few plants can reach them . |
| 8 | With that in mind , bear this in mind : Today , few banks can show you more international opportunity than we can . |
| 9 | However , this antibiotic is available only on veterinary prescription : some dealers can obtain it on your behalf . |
| 10 | Fraser of Neill 's claimed that only " a few men can set music and only a few men can do a table and only a few men can do anything out of the way " . " |
| 11 | Few towns can boast they do not have a problem with dogs being allowed to roam the streets and Darlington is no exception . |
| 12 | Some drugs can hook you almost instantly . |
| 13 | Few others can do it , you see . |
| 14 | In both formal and informal activities within the classroom , children use their vision in different ways , and observant teachers can help to identify visual difficulties by being alert to the ways in which such problems can manifest themselves . |
| 15 | Such misunderstandings can make it difficult for nurses to truly develop their skills and practice . |
| 16 | Project work at the very least can provide that " real context " in which children can see the point of learning skills such as using an index , because these skills can make their work easier . |
| 17 | And I thought there ai n't nothing these blokes can teach me about files and stuff . |
| 18 | These animals can change their colour to match the petals of flowers on which they sit , waiting to ambush insects . |
| 19 | These Guidelines can help you to : |
| 20 | In the air the effect of accelerations and visual illusions mean that all these sensors can mislead you , and disorientation may result . |
| 21 | But er , I mean I believe er perhaps these gentlemen can put me right , that in fact the pla the present plans that have been put in are very similar to the original plans , before they were amended er in consultation with the |
| 22 | The changing nature of these relationships can tell us much about broader aspects of political change in Mexico , in particular the extent to which the corporatist pact with peasants , labour and popular sectors has been eroded by the impact of the economic crisis and the search for new forms of political representation within civil society . |
| 23 | These pieces can recharge your ship or warp you out of difficulty . |
| 24 | It will also look at the ways in which these explanations can help us reach an understanding of inequality in higher education . |
| 25 | It 's a bit like me , you do n't expect to loose your job but you , you can , you can , no one these days can say you ca n't |
| 26 | All these questions can help you decide whether the ad is right or whether it needs changing . |
| 27 | Understanding these processes can help you prevent your pond or aquarium pH changing sufficiently to cause stress , disease , and in extreme cases death as a result of the pH level itself . |
| 28 | All these players can make me flinch and squirm ; but it 's nothing compared to the complicated torment meted out by the Barometer . |
| 29 | This chapter will have two aims , therefore : the first will be to look at the shades of difference and similarity between feminist approaches to education ; the second will be to ask whether , and in which ways , these approaches can inform our understanding of inequality in higher education . |
| 30 | These samples can tell us a great deal about the health of the patients . |