Example sentences of "[Wh det] [noun sg] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a number of ways in which Compact can enhance your teaching and professional development . |
| 2 | Further thought reveals however that it is not so simple , and that there are several stages , at any one of which error can occur which breaks a link in the chain of communication ( Fig. 7.2 ) . |
| 3 | St Francis 's own mystical experience centred on his understanding of , and identification with , Christ the crucified redeemer ( he received the stigmata in a visionary experience at the end of his life ) , and at the heart of the theology of his followers was a stress on penance as a sacrament through which man can bring his nature into conformity with Christ . |
| 4 | The concept derives from an assertion by an individual against the rest of society , ; since we are social animals and essentially interdependent , we voluntarily ( or is it involuntarily ? ) surrender some of the autonomy of solitary existence in return for the support which society can give us . |
| 5 | Such a tradition of behaviour ‘ is neither fixed nor finished ; it has no changeless centre to which understanding can anchor itself ; there is no sovereign purpose to be perceived or invariable direction to be detected ; there is no model to be copied , idea to be realised , or rule to be followed ’ . |
| 6 | The Aston Villa manager , whose team can confirm their new favouritism for the crown by building on a two-point lead at the top , insists he is not fooled by Walker 's apparent concession of the title after Norwich 's 3-0 defeat at Wimbledon on Saturday . |
| 7 | As long as we 've got that and peace of mind we can perhaps do things outside of what money can bring you . |
| 8 | The writer then explores what research can tell us about the impact of national policies on families , the impact of community attitudes , children 's experiences of divorce and step-families and some of the traumas children suffer in the course of family life , sometimes so great that they are driven to run away and then incur other serious problems for which inadequate provision is made in the community as a whole . |
| 9 | Usually they are a group from an outdoor centre who are being given a taste of what canoeing can offer them and they have yet to appreciate the finer points of our sport or recreation . |
| 10 | Throughout my life I have been oppressed by society 's expectations , so the man in my life is not to blame for my constant questioning of what life can offer me , and women like me . |
| 11 | So just as , if I begin a sentence with ‘ The … ‘ , there are rules which limit what word can follow it ( I can not , for example , continue ‘ The an … ’ though I can continue ‘ The knight … ‘ ) , perhaps there are also rules which limit what kind of sentence can follow another . |