Example sentences of "can [verb] it [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benefits such as good facilities can make it worth travelling farther ; it 's amazing how a well-designed yard can cut down on working time . |
| 2 | They want low-octane fuel because they can manufacture it without having to spend money to make substitutes for lead , which would be necessary to retain higher octane fuel . |
| 3 | yeah , she maybe does , but I think she 's trying to , to try and promote the fact that aids patients are harmless , because a lot of aids patients are very isolated , people do n't want to know them , they think you can catch it through shaking hands , drinking out the same cup and all that , and I think she 's trying to prove that look I 'm alright , so should you be , but she does go a bit over the top |
| 4 | Computers can catch it by using floppy discs holding infected programmes , or from programmes copied off an electronic bulletin board , which is where it was probably first planted . |
| 5 | Could you possibly tell me what this was , what caused it and how I can prevent it from happening again ? |
| 6 | You can do it by scrubbing the Navy . |
| 7 | We might do it amongst our family , we can do it er by you know helping within the family , you can do it by helping in the community , all sorts of different ways . |
| 8 | And you can do it by taking one from t' other but more useful er , I would suggest , is to work out a planned performance or what I 've called a planned performance , er , this 'll be in your , in your notes as well , er which equals planned expenditure over planned er , income or allowance . |
| 9 | It 's not really desperately important cos I can do it by using a list rather than a map but it 's just somehow easier to refer |
| 10 | So the salt you can remember it through going back to the acid plus alkali reaction , it 's the same one you get there . |
| 11 | Choose one about 600mm ( 2ft ) long with a metal body , and both horizontal and vertical indicators ; then you can use it for getting things plumb too . |
| 12 | Farmers can control it by ploughing it in . ’ |
| 13 | So you get long beep , short beep , long beep , short beep , that 's the successful switching tone , you 'll know it 's worked , and you go trotting back to your office , you get 75 seconds again , it 's like the hold , before it starts to ring , or you can access it by keying in what ? |
| 14 | Will my right hon. Friend agree to talk to the museum to ascertain whether he can guide it in filling the gap ? |
| 15 | If I can cut it without cutting me hand off . |
| 16 | The soil level is raised , so the patient can reach it without having to bend too far . |
| 17 | If it is not the one required , the user can delete it by pressing the ‘ LINEFEED ’ key , then enter the desired value and press TAB . |
| 18 | The computer will automatically select a player for you to control , but if you 're not happy you can change it by pressing the fire button and moving the joystick in the approximate direction of the player you would rather control . |
| 19 | You can liken it to sticking you hand out of a moiving car . |
| 20 | If the image represents a still photograph we can frame it by using an overhead projector as a light source , as if the image is a photographic transparency . |
| 21 | First of all one can deflect it by denying that some forms of species solidarity are mere bias . |
| 22 | Erm , I 'm perfectly comfortable that any bit of my fingernail is completely accidental to me , that I can lose it without losing my arm , but the finger is rather stronger . |
| 23 | If I am wrong , Labour can prove it by helping the Local Government Finance Bill on to the statute book . |
| 24 | You can fill it to overflowing with dried or gilded flowers and leaves or put some damp oasis inside the cone and use fresh holly , ivy or mistletoe . |
| 25 | Equally , your murder still needs to be , in so far as you can contrive it without becoming ridiculous , attention-grabbing . |
| 26 | We can get it by integrating eqn ( 2.2 ) over a volume |
| 27 | If constitutional independence is what sovereignty is , I do not know how one can reduce it by pooling it . |
| 28 | Having established a position you can consolidate it by using defensive tactics to keep other boards behind you . |
| 29 | The consequences of that assertion , if it is valid , are peculiar and alarming ; but fortunately I can examine it without criticising the sovereign or impugning her judgement , because ministerial advice that ministerial advice is not requisite is also ministerial advice , for which ministers must take responsibility and stand question . |
| 30 | On receipt of the application , the court can dismiss it without giving notice to the creditor and , immediately the application is dismissed , time for compliance with the demand starts to run again . |