Example sentences of "[subord] [noun sg] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover it is important to identify genetically suitable animals for reintroduction from zoos , where analysis can reveal which animals carry the under-represented founder oryx 's genes and would therefore be good candidates . |
| 2 | Night has its own kind of vision , as if daylight can blind one to certain truths that can only be perceived in the night . |
| 3 | If realism can break your heart , as Salman Rushdie remarked , it comes easily in every other sense . |
| 4 | we 'll see if nanny can get us a celery tomorrow , I think cos that is really green |
| 5 | Do read the piece and let us know how you feel : if WOMAN can do something to help , I promise we shall . |
| 6 | Or if man can show it to sight . |
| 7 | If man can suckle his young ( because man includes woman ) then man can give birth , become Pope or impregnate man . |
| 8 | The FA 's insurers may have to cover the 23-year-old winger 's wages of £100,000-plus a year until he is fit , if Palace can prove their case , but the FA will argue it is not a new injury . |
| 9 | We resist change because of fear of the unknown and because change can threaten our fragile sense of identity — when my self-image is indistinct , I must hold on desperately to those parts I can see , so that they survive . |
| 10 | The basis of the book is that we are unfulfilled because we 've grown too sophisticated for God , we 're lonely , we 're morally confused , and I think God is the answer for this , it fashions , religion fashions the kind of community in which you 're redeemed from loneliness , it gives you the sense that when you come close to the end of your life you do n't have to panic that you have wasted your life because religion can show you that you have made a difference to the world . |
| 11 | So said Freud , it 's no wonder that people believe in religion , because religion can provide you with a lot , with a lot of gratification , but the fundamental psychological explanation for this , says Freud , is that these feelings that religion gratifies in adult life , are transferences of feelings that we all had in infancy . |
| 12 | Whereas comedy can enable us to know the world better , stories of mystery and horror insist on all we can not know and therefore increase our fear of a disordered , malefic universe . |
| 13 | Lounging in bed long after waking can leave you feeling only half-awake all day . |
| 14 | ‘ What I want to know , ’ she continues , ‘ is whether hypnosis can help me . ’ |
| 15 | But before work can start they need the money , and the final bill could come to several million pounds . |
| 16 | In a new job , a few quick drinks after work can provide you with a great deal of information and understanding . |
| 17 | Before management can proceed it needs to understand the key elements in the information process . |
| 18 | But some of his clubs remain uneasy about various aspects of the contract , notably whether Sky can repeat their ‘ live ’ matches within 24 hours , match scheduling , and the timing of payments from the television company . |
| 19 | In fact , in order really to explain to the reader what he is getting at , Wordsworth , like Locke , has in the end to return to the period before memory can help us . |
| 20 | We should take a radical approach to the position of elderly people beyond the year 2000 , and consider whether technology can allow them to enjoy a better standard of living and to rely less on residential and nursing homes . |
| 21 | where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract , he is , so far as money can do it , to be placed in the same situation with respect to damages , as if the contract had been performed . |
| 22 | Later , people spend hours reconstructing that brutal transition from the nowhere to the everywhere , when nature can destroy you . |
| 23 | Prune apple and pear trees by the end of the year , but not during very cold weather as frost can damage them . |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't stop you leaving , true , ’ he agreed furiously , ‘ But I sure as hell can stop you getting work in your present occupation ! ’ |