Example sentences of "can [adv] [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have now had time to reflect on whether the inherent constraints of working within the structure of a commission can appreciatively reduce the impact of a painting . |
| 2 | We can not dictate what our children will make of the Community , but we must leave them in a position where they can effectively influence the shape of Europe , and that Europe must be one in which we retain our distinct national identity . |
| 3 | Concessionary crownholds were also applicable to ‘ bodies which can effectively supervise the assignment of such houses ’ , such as housing associations . |
| 4 | By doing this you can effectively extend the scope of the language . |
| 5 | Rewriting inequalities such as ( 10.3 ) in this form shows that by allowing a constant term in the objective we can effectively make the goal zero for all objectives . |
| 6 | Ultimately only peers or experiment can effectively deny the wish to try a drug . |
| 7 | The study will be concerned not only with the social processes which provoke behaviour disorder , but will also test the hypothesis that improved social and family circumstances , and a positive school environment , can effectively reduce the risk of deviance . |
| 8 | Incineration , for example , can effectively reduce the volume of rubbish but still leaves the problem of non-combustible material ; covering with rocks is not an ideal solution because the rubbish may be uncovered by scavenging yaks , herders and climbers ; incarceration in glacier crevasses is not recommended because it is likely that the rubbish will ultimately reappear . |
| 9 | In the last of an eight-part series , MICHAEL WILCOX show us how our knowledge of colour and colour types can vastly expand the palette |
| 10 | There is , however , a device that can vastly reduce the smell and the smoke if it 's used to extinguish the cigarette in place of the stub-filled ashtray . |
| 11 | Writing the software was somewhat tedious , but having to work at this level did help the designers to get away from preconceptions about interaction which they might have had if they had been working within the input/output facilities provided by a conventional mini or mainframe operating system ( for example , that it needs a RETURN to terminate user input or that the operating system can properly handle the echoing of characters to the terminal ) . |
| 12 | And where does that leave us historians , who are not only being told that only blacks and whites , or Basques , or Croats , can properly understand the history of these respective groups , but to invent the sort of history that they want to ‘ understand ’ ? |
| 13 | We must know what these facts are in order that we can properly predict the enforcement of reparation , either specific or compensatory , in case of non-performance . |
| 14 | Then provided the authorities control the supply of ‘ cash ’ by , say , open-market operations , it would seem that they can thereby control the creation of credit and hence deposits . |
| 15 | Once more , people can successfully avoid the tax and the revenue is comparatively small — 2,000 million in 1990/1 . |
| 16 | In the case of ‘ ideal ’ noise-free experimental data , various simple algorithms , exploiting graph structures or tree-search techniques , can successfully order the library . |
| 17 | Having said this , the question still remains as to whether such records , particularly where associated with unfamiliar curricular approaches , can successfully challenge the status of external examination certificates in the eyes of the world at large , especially parents and employers . |
| 18 | I think we can all get the flavour of what the message is about even if we do n't understand all the language . |
| 19 | At present , there is no means by which a judge can sufficiently control the length of time taken by a defendant , particularly — this was not the case with the County NatWest and Blue Arrow trial — one who is defending himself . |
| 20 | Even if there is no difference in time a narrow strait can so canalise the tide that a powerful current is developed . |
| 21 | I can literally push the bird out of the tree into a net or a box so I can take it home , because it ca n't see to fly off in the dark . |
| 22 | Making up packages of care can merely increase the burden on those carers , unless they are fully consulted and involved ; some of the services need to be geared to support them . |
| 23 | We can better appreciate the conversion by thinking back to the philosopher Schopenhauer , with whose name Nietzsche was now so assiduously coupling Wagner 's as twin deities , dei maximi . |
| 24 | An article in the CBI 's Employment Affairs Report says : ‘ Individuals can better assess the benefit package that suits them than can their employer . ’ |
| 25 | The feeling is that no amount of legislative safeguards can entirely eliminate the risk of a chemical spill , wreaking havoc in this watery landscape where a network of mountain streams fed by high rainfall could quickly wash the damage into the drinking water , or down to the mussel farm and salmon fishery at the mouth of Killary harbour . |
| 26 | It is difficult to see how the rock platform can entirely dissipate the wave energy , as , if the waves break on it , they must presumably erode it , thus ultimately allowing them to reach the foot of the cliff again . |
| 27 | You can obviously share the load with your partner , too . |
| 28 | The gravel cleaner may be used in accessible areas and your fingers can gently disturb the gravel elsewhere , before syphoning out the debris . |
| 29 | The fallopian tubes are exceedingly delicate organs lined by ciliated ( hairy ) epithelium , which can gently waft the ovum from the ovary to the uterus , where , if it has been fertilized , it will implant and become a developing foetus . |
| 30 | In the rapidly changing European scene , Latin Europe can perhaps break the West-East dichotomy and start to build bridges with non-European Spanish-speaking countries that share similar communication and cultural ties . |