Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus denote the firm 's security level profit by , the profit level under the agreement by , and the maximum profit the firm can earn when it reneges on the agreement in a single period by . |
| 2 | This is the highest badge a Guide can earn and it involves a lot of work . |
| 3 | Mr Rushdie added : ‘ In any political issue silence is always the biggest mistake you can make because it gives the initiative to the adversary . |
| 4 | we can assume that it means the piano . |
| 5 | One of the fascinations of the industrial world is that there are no limitations of any sort on what a company can achieve if it wants to . |
| 6 | It is , rather , the example of what a robust and subtle mind can do when it comes to shifting British planning policy around the table a bit . |
| 7 | ‘ Most people in the health service suffer from the feeling there are far too many layers of authority above them and far too many constraints about what people can do when it comes to running their own unit better . |
| 8 | By being reared alone , it gets all the food its foster parents can bring and it has a useful adaptation that ensures that the food keeps on coming — a huge , startlingly red gape . |
| 9 | To avoid customers being prejudiced in this way , a firm must not effect a contingent liability transaction unless it can show that it believes on reasonable grounds that the customer understands : ( 1 ) The circumstances under which he may be required to provide any margin ; ( 2 ) Particulars of the form in which the margin may be provided ; ( 3 ) Particulars of the steps which the firm may be entitled to take if the customer fails to provide the required margin ; ( 4 ) That failure by the customer to meet a margin call may lead to the firm closing out his position after time limits specified by the firm , and that the firm will be required to close out the position in any event after a period of five business days ; and ( 5 ) That circumstances other than failure to provide margin may lead to the customer 's position being closed out with prior reference to him . |
| 10 | Legacies can also be sought more easily if the organisation can show that it has charitable status . |
| 11 | This evidence should then be filed so that if it is challenged or its validity is questioned , the company can show that it has acted not only in good faith but with due care and prudence . |
| 12 | Unless the inviting church can show that it has the capacity within itself to attract and retain the outsider , it is unlikely to do so as the result of a brief visit from an itinerant evangelist , no matter how gifted . |
| 13 | In my judgment the principle established by the authorities to which I have referred ( other than the Manchester Corporation case [ 1891 ] 1 Q.B. 94 ) is that any corporation , whether trading or non-trading , which can show that it has a corporate reputation ( as distinct from that of its members ) which is capable of being damaged by a defamatory statement , can sue in libel to protect that reputation , in the same way as can a natural person , although there will of course be certain types of statement which can not defame an artificial person . |
| 14 | And one can show that it has a discrete inhibitor specificity compared with the inositol trisphosphate gated calcium channel in that this one is specifically inhibited by a plant alkaloid known as rhinadin . |
| 15 | One must clearly study the variation of a species throughout its geographical range , at one moment in geological time , before one can claim that it has changed into something else . |
| 16 | But if this works , if I hear something I can use and it works , then we both make money — you now , me later . ’ |
| 17 | From this analysis you get a precise idea of the level of difficulty of a text , you can compare one text with another text , and you can see whether it fits in with the syllabus your students are working to . |
| 18 | What the theist claims is that by observing the world as it is , not by attempting to look outside it , one can see that it bears within itself a fundamental self-insufficiency . |
| 19 | Originally , the abridged talk in Davis 's recording had seemed to be a sensible compromise , yet looking back I can see that it had something to do with the partial dissatisfaction expressed in my review of the reissue : ‘ the total effect is more of a divertissement than of opéra-comique ’ . |
| 20 | We can see that it coincided with the beginning of that period when society in Britain was to adjust to the absolutely new conditions of the Industrial Revolution , to develop the political thought that signalled the recognition of the need to adjust , and of the institutions to realise the adjustment . |
| 21 | Now a\sac [ you can see that it does ] and a\tbc [ because … why ? ] |
| 22 | ‘ I can see that it does , ’ she said tightly , against the painful constriction of her throat . |
| 23 | For a moment Merrill thought that Rob was n't going to answer , then he sighed , loosened the knot of his tie , and said , ‘ I do n't know what all this is about , but I can see that it does matter to you . |
| 24 | So if the second child writes 1234 you write 8765 and you can see that it works : |
| 25 | If you look beneath the carriage , you can see that it has what looks like a shortened needle . |
| 26 | When we look at the normalisation movement we can see that it has implications for professional approaches , but it will be argued that the concept itself has been open to more than one interpretation leading to differential impact on professional practice . |
| 27 | Now we know that Antarctic bottom water is formed here in the Webber Sea and the samples that I 've been talking about were taken here in the South Georgia basin , so we can see that it has taken seventeen years for the water to travel from here to here . |
| 28 | For example , if we consider one of the stories which Thorndyke ( 1977 ) used we can see that it has a high degree of internal organisation . |
| 29 | This is excess male mortality in humans as a function of age and you can see that it peaks in the mid-twenties and the peak is mainly accounted for by violence and accidents and er things like that , risky behaviour on the part of males and er , as you 'll see , throughout the life span there 's a , there 's a positive percentage excess in male mortality . |
| 30 | Now if you look at that table , you can see that it 's set out , on the left-hand side , the age at entry , and the top , whether he pays his premiums escalating , or level . |