Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] can [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Morwellham Quay has been restored and developed as an open-air industrial museum , where visitors can see the docks , inclined planes and waterwheels , and go underground into one of the disused copper mines . |
| 2 | The same holds true for microcomputer-based information retrieval systems , where users can avoid the frustrating and depressing array of see references which appear in card-based retrieval systems . |
| 3 | Decaffeinated coffee is now widely available as beans or as instant coffee and is suitable for drinking by children and insomniacs and by people with heart conditions and high blood pressure , where caffeine can aggravate the symptoms . |
| 4 | In recent years , however , I have realised that although romanticism can distort the past , there is an even greater trap into which we can fall . |
| 5 | Every year , their brains are scanned and compared , so researchers can monitor the progress of Iris 's disease . |
| 6 | What we can take from this contemporary debate is the realisation that although research can assess the effectiveness of signing in schools , the change to Total Communication is generally based on attitude or commitment , which minimises or ignores the teacher variable . |
| 7 | Not everyone wants to pay for the highest level of service available , so clients can select the level of service they require . |
| 8 | Contraception within marriage is now nearly universal , so families can control the timing as well as the number of births to a degree new in history . |
| 9 | These must reach Somalia within the next 10 days so people can plant the seeds in time for the rainy season . |
| 10 | Once Abraham can see the place where he will kill his son , the pace of the narrative slows right down . |
| 11 | Rectal infection in the male is usually the result of homosexual practice , such as anal or rectal intercourse , although infection can follow the use of stimulators such as vibrators or can occur as a result of insertion of a finger into the rectum during intercourse . |
| 12 | If regression can find the reason for the initial onset of the phobia — that first , frightening occasion — it may not be sufficient to put an end to it but it certainly stops the sufferer feeling that he is simply being ‘ weak ’ and ‘ foolish ’ or ( as one of my patients put it ) that he is ‘ going out of his mind ’ . |
| 13 | It will also come when manufacturers respond to the competitive advantages conferred by devaluation , and last longer if manufacturers can contain the inevitable increases in costs of imported goods and materials . |
| 14 | Erm if words can resolve the problem , then at the end of the day , there 's no need for a man or a body of men to lose money . |
| 15 | Until Labour can close the gap , it 's a legacy any decent conservative will inherit . |
| 16 | Pinnacle says copyright reasons forbid it from selling clones until Sun can get the real thing out of the door . |
| 17 | But if ideas can escape the chain of determinacy , what is their form ? |
| 18 | If rain can reach the solenoid valve , remember to provide some protection to the terminals so that corrosion and consequently poor contact can not occur . |
| 19 | 1 ) Labelling the clothes will have to be much easier ! 2 ) It will be easier for the volunteers if people can bring the stuff earlier than the previous day if possible . |
| 20 | Charles Babbage 's Difference Engine will form the centre-piece of a new gallery at the Science Museum next year — if fundraisers can find the £4.5million needed to build the new show . |
| 21 | These workers have traditionally been the toughest and most radical , and employers all over America are aware that if Pittston can break the ‘ mother union ’ , then the attempts to gain the ground lost in the Reagan years will be stillborn . |
| 22 | However , if Powerhouse can turn the tables , the title would go down to the wire and almost certainly be decided on set difference . |
| 23 | I think we should beat them at H.Q , especially if Batts can get the ball in Midfield , and Deane perks up . |
| 24 | If UAP can buy the Trans-Atlantic stake , it would be obliged to bid for the rest of the capital . |
| 25 | ‘ I suppose we could reinstate that if Glyn can get the time off . ’ |
| 26 | Officials from the Union of Communication Workers say first deliveries on absent postmen 's rounds may be ignored until colleagues can split the workload on second deliveries . |
| 27 | From next month , all toys must carry a European Safety Mark , unless shops can PROVE the toy was made before the law came in . |
| 28 | Kilkenny have acquired just the right degree of confidence and resolve and unless Galway can produce the unexpected then the Leinster champions will reign supreme for another year . |
| 29 | This is farmore likely to gain management approval because managers can see the expensive exercise paying dividends in a reasonable time scale . |
| 30 | Consequently , those British cities and towns which have large numbers of people using injectable drugs may be among the first to experience full-blown AIDS/HIV epidemics , not just because needle-sharing can spread the virus between drug users , but because infected drug users-particularly the young and single-are likely to spread the virus to the wider population through sexual contacts . |