Example sentences of "a [noun] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By putting a little extra energy into contracting his extensor muscles on his way to impact , thereby stiffening his tendons , a runner can maximise his innate springiness . |
| 2 | The shared fun , or criticism , of a text can bring its own satisfaction . |
| 3 | It is one of the greatest subjects to which a university can call its students . |
| 4 | A board can make its own arrangements for considering such applications ( subs . |
| 5 | Like a fairytale hero , only a marvel can help her . |
| 6 | Naturally , a computer can send its data faster than a printer can handle it , and this situation is made worse by using PostScript . |
| 7 | For instance , a computer can search he words of titles and print out all items containing the relevant key terms , but if an astronomer asks for anything to do with black holes , he may find himself presented with material on the Black Hole of Calcutta , or titles in which the two words appear separately and accidentally , unless the search procedure is more tightly controlled . |
| 8 | A creditor can assign his right to a dividend and give notice to the trustee of this , whereupon the trustee must pay the dividend to the assignee ( r 11.11 ) . |
| 9 | The Law Commissions in their 1987 report discussed the fact that the present law on acceptance means that a buyer can lose his right of rejection before he knows , or can know , that he has a right of rejection . |
| 10 | Anyone who wants to make a donation can send it directly to Kevin at Leeds . |
| 11 | In species that fight , a male can increase his effective strength by forming a coalition with another male , and ganging up on competitors . |
| 12 | As William Hamilton , now at the University of Michigan , pointed out in the 1960s , a male can perpetuate its genes in the next generation , not only by fathering offspring himself , but also by assisting the reproductive efforts of near relations who share many of his genes . |
| 13 | Replacing a roof can cost anything from £4,000 , but there is an excellent choice of roofing materials available and a new roof should last for years . |
| 14 | This comparison may form the crucial part of a description ; later on , using comparison as a criterion , that a portrait should look like the sitter , that landscape should look natural , and the objects in a still life should be identifiable , a critic can use it as part of an evaluation . |
| 15 | A musician can fool himself and say , ‘ Yeah , I 'm doing great because I 'm getting all these write-ups and my career seems to be looking good , ’ but what it boils down to is what you 're actually doing — whether or not you 're breaking any new ground in music . |
| 16 | An example of practitioner as researcher , in the field of adoption , demonstrates how a practitioner can enrich her practice and make a contribution to knowledge at the same time . |
| 17 | If a child can open them more than four inches he could fall out . |
| 18 | But here , Mr Lenarduzzi and his staff perceive a recurrent problem : ‘ How do you know when a child can do something ? ’ he asks . |
| 19 | The telephone watch receiver is used in two ways : ( 1 ) holding it to your other ear when using the ‘ phone may ( depending on your hearing loss ) provide better speech reception and prevent interference from background noise ; ( 2 ) you speak on the telephone in the ordinary way , and someone ( a child can do it ) listens through the watch receiver and repeats to you what the speaker says , which you then speechread and reply direct to the caller . |
| 20 | Especially is it difficult when a child can remember her own mother , and had in fact seen her again some months before . |
| 21 | Or if you have a number of outstanding debts , such as credit card charges and hire purchase deals , a remortgage can pay them all off at a much lower rate of interest to help you reduce your outgoings . |
| 22 | The Minister has also made statements on the increasingly complex issues of how far a council can allocate its own costs of contract supervision to the tender submitted by an outside contractor ( Hedley 1989a:10 ) . |
| 23 | A plan can do nothing more . |
| 24 | There is not a fool can call me friend , |
| 25 | I had literally had everything possible that a judge can give you . |
| 26 | The yew contains a mixture of poisonous compounds and only a chemist can extract anything good from it so people should n't eat or drink anything connected with the Yew tree . |
| 27 | It may well be that they 're doing it , with er other ways of doing it and er that 's , that 's discussion , but I do actually think that there is sometimes something to be said , and I think a group can say it more easily than individual , is if you want something done , do it , but do n't come along and complain . |
| 28 | When children leave home , parents feel somewhat redundant , while a pet can enter our lives at any stage , providing hours of pleasure , love and immense fulfilment . |
| 29 | For example , a business can authorise us to collect both fixed and variable amounts on set dated from named payers by using MID-DEB . |
| 30 | If you have AIDS , a germ can destroy your eyesight . |