Example sentences of "and can [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this is why it will be particularly damaging to introduce the tests proposed by the Secretary of State to monitor what children know and can do at fixed ages , 7 , 11 , and 14 . |
| 2 | The condition affects the peripheral area of the retina , including the rod cells which help vision in poor light , and can result in progressive ‘ tunnel vision ’ and ‘ night blindness ’ , the inability to see in the dark . |
| 3 | This restrictive covenant is often included in village or rural sites and can result in lengthy delays and extreme frustration . |
| 4 | But the timing of some tax payments is not known with certainty and can lead to substantial changes in this component of the money market cash position during the course of the day . |
| 5 | Elsewhere , the enthusiasm for protecting everything ‘ natural ’ is too often misplaced and can lead to unnecessary confusion in the minds of a large population of consumers who actually owe their lives , their health and an enviable standard of nutrition to the responsible use of pesticides , medicines , preservatives and other ‘ artificial ’ chemicals . |
| 6 | Because changes in church services arouse strong emotions and can lead to serious divisions , the Commission believes that it is sensible for a parish to have a worship committee or group . |
| 7 | If children record and graph each other 's ideas comparisons are easier and can lead to fruitful discussions about where the ideas came from . |
| 8 | Hence although a larger corpus will alleviate the problem of insufficient data it will not cure it and can lead to other problems . |
| 9 | ABOVE Re-enactments of battles and the use of replicas of the armour and weapons of past armies for displays is a popular pursuit , and can lead to new ideas about equipment and methods of warfare . |
| 10 | According to COSLA officials , it can result in a potential loss of houses at prices which provide unduly favourable discount entitlements to individual purchases and can lead to unredeemed debt charges having to be met by remaining tenants . |
| 11 | Five or six in use at one time is usually too many and can lead to distorted work . |
| 12 | FIVE OR SIX PIGMENTS IN USE AT ONE TIME IS USUALLY TOO MANY AND CAN LEAD TO DISTORTED WORK . |
| 13 | ‘ Struggles ’ are between collectivities — as supports of heterodoxy versus orthodoxy — and can lead to socio-cultural change . |
| 14 | Another theory is he was suffering from a rare viral infection which enlarges the heart , and can lead to sudden heart failure . |
| 15 | The Methane produced on landfill sites is very explosive and can lead to severe illness if inhaled to a great extent . |
| 16 | I am innovative and can think of new ways of using old materials , such as making toys from everyday household items |
| 17 | The glass-fibre HM 527 accelerates to a speed of 65 km/h in only 90 seconds and can stop from full speed in 25 seconds . |
| 18 | Meths stoves , like the popular Trangia , tend to work better in wind and can cope with cold , but you might find the meths a little difficult to light in extreme cold . |
| 19 | Experience has shown that if the distinction between these two is reinforced at every opportunity students are very soon comfortable with the difference between assets and expenses and can relate to new and unusual situations . |
| 20 | He says : ‘ What we are talking about is ensuring that the workers are confident in their own knowledge about HIV and are actually able to answer question , and can talk about sexual matters . |
| 21 | The last often reveals the site of functional obstruction and can differentiate among colonic inertia , hindgut dysfunction , and outlet obstruction . |
| 22 | Since sudden death can occur in this group of patients , the duration of the ventricular arrhythmia must become prolonged in some cases and can evolve into ventricular fibrillation . |
| 23 | Tours and reception manager Lorraine Keeling added : ‘ The centre is designed to accommodate the needs of all visitors and can cater for large or small groups . |
| 24 | Again an acquired product , it was developed by Ventura , it runs under the Gem environment and can function on standard hard disk PCs . |
| 25 | Tribology technologies are ready for application , and can account for substantial savings to industry . |
| 26 | Saturday was not a suitable day as it is the only day that teachers can go shopping and can see to other family matters . |
| 27 | ‘ They can serve these routes because they can accommodate steeper gradients and sharper corners , for example , and can run through inner city areas where main lines would be too intrusive . ’ |
| 28 | Although CREB can bind to DNA as a homodimer CREB is a member of the ‘ bZIP ’ class of transcription factors ( 23 , 24 , 25 ) and can heterodimerise with other bZIP proteins ( 26 , 27 ) . |
| 29 | The report says that European regulation has opened markets to competition , so that users are less dependent on their national phone monopolies and can insist on competitive bidding . |
| 30 | We conclude that the mechanism will be effective in low-viscosity basic and intermediate magmas and can occur in basaltic magmas for crystals of diameter 1mm . |