Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following proposed amendments to the Constitution are for your careful consideration so that you can comment and vote on them at the A.G.M. on Friday , 19th March 1982 . |
| 2 | In the final analysis you will have to make a decision that should be based on the most objective assessment you can make but relying to a certain extent on your own instinct and intuition . |
| 3 | It might also have been caused by a dry soldered joint , that is , one which can make and break with expansion when warm . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , a basically sound plan provides a framework on which you can build and progress in the light of experience and changing conditions . |
| 5 | The rhetorical approach stresses that ideologies do not necessarily function to suppress argumentation and thinking , but provide the elements with which people can think and argue about everyday life ( Billig et al . , |
| 6 | Comedy is radical , too , in the sense of forcing the reader to reconsider traditional reverences : tragedy can flatter and soothe with an assurance that even in the dungeon or on the scaffold the heroic mind is invulnerable . |
| 7 | It is only when we reach old age , whenever that is , that we can experience and reflect upon an almost entire life cycle . |
| 8 | If you wish you can 'phone or write for details of NHS or fee-paying clinics to the Family Planning Information Service . |
| 9 | If you wish you can 'phone or write for details of NHS or fee-paying clinics to the Family Planning Information Service . |
| 10 | You can stay and talk to me if you like , though . ’ |
| 11 | She said to Rachaela , ‘ You can stay and help with this . |
| 12 | Then , as trees and shrubs mature , stones weather and acquire the patina of moss , our garden can evolve and improve with each successive season . |
| 13 | At this stage , you can enhance or detract from a design according to your choice of background colour . |
| 14 | No NATO general could have organised the strategy so well , for what general can recognise and know by name over a thousand of his troops — even when masked ? |
| 15 | But if I am going to bring anybody in , then they will have to be somebody I can trust and live in this area . ’ |
| 16 | Already some manufacturers are offering incentives for safe return of batteries , so that they can recycle or dispose of them safely . |
| 17 | The Society 's latest leaflet in the ‘ Hygiene In Focus ’ series is on Low Temperature Pathogens , providing topical guidance on listeria and other food poisoning or food spoilage organisms that can survive and multiply in fridges and freezers . |
| 18 | Nicholas believed that ‘ No man can so much advance his own good and happiness in anything as endeavouring all that in him lies the good and welfare of others ; and who doth that daily doth perform the greatest good to himself as he can desire or wish for . ’ |
| 19 | Each company is given considerable autonomy so it can know and respond to local markets . |
| 20 | Go and see what you can buy and sell in the islands around here . ’ |
| 21 | Only women who are not in the same circumstances as most women can up and off for six months . |
| 22 | Also , you can chat or listen to the radio while you 're doing them . |
| 23 | ‘ The males I train every day so that they can jump and run without feeling too much tired . ’ |
| 24 | SPECIAL RULES : Savage Orcs can skirmish as described in the Warhammer rulebook . |
| 25 | SPECIAL RULES : Kislev Horse Archers can skirmish as described in the rules for skirmishing troops in the Warhammer rulebook . |
| 26 | If you were to come down the Cowley Road — I invite you to come down and and come and see the situation , because , you know , if I said okay anyone can smoke or drink in the church or churchyard in Saint Mary and John , the building would be full , not full literally , but we 'd have people all day in there smoking and drinking and there would be nowhere quiet for people to pray . |
| 27 | During this time , anyone with a satellite dish can watch and listen to the candidates as they prepare for their interview . |
| 28 | The implicit assumption is that investors can borrow and lend at the riskless rate of interest . |
| 29 | ‘ As I know myself to be entirely English … ’ she told Parliament in March 1702 , three days after her accession , ‘ there is not one thing you can expect or desire of me which I shall not be ready to do for the happiness or prosperity of England . ’ |
| 30 | Often overlooked in the search for walking comfort , your choice of socks can contribute or detract from the performance of your boots . |