Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can make one like the British O' level that passes only 20% of 16 year-olds . |
| 2 | I know you 've got none fit in Munster at the moment , but hopefully the Lads in the Power Pack Section can make something of the ones we 've just lifted . |
| 3 | In oriental rugs , every knot — which corresponds to two individual strands of pile — is tied by hand , and a skilled weaver can tie something in the region of a thousand knots per hour . |
| 4 | Thus teachers , on one side , can know everything about the technicalities of curriculum , pedagogy , the use of resources and professional standards . |
| 5 | If your spreadsheet does n't have a formula to work out this calculation directly , you can base one on the textbook formula for the sum of a geometric progression : |
| 6 | ‘ We are confident we can beat anybody at the moment , ’ said Cambridge coach John Wilson . |
| 7 | I feel I can beat anyone at the moment . ’ |
| 8 | No one can achieve anything without the help of others and we are not talking about militancy , more the desire to support people in their quest to put Darlington to rights . |
| 9 | In becoming anorexic , I was saying to those who were in effect my social superiors , ‘ I can contribute nothing to the community ; look how little I have/am . ’ |
| 10 | YOU can do something about the situation , YOU can take personal responsibility for conserving the worlds finite resources , by not consuming meat and animal products . |
| 11 | " We want to bring it to the attention of communities that they can do something about the rubbish in their streets , " said UNEP 's Richard Lumbe , launching the campaign in Nairobi . |
| 12 | ‘ The past is the past , and you can do nothing about it , but you can do something about the future , and I am very optimistic . |
| 13 | I mean , it needs to perhaps perhaps they can do something for the first couple |
| 14 | " I can adjust the stove , if you like , " said Richard , in relief " I can do something to the regulator . " |
| 15 | Some people think that the police can do everything under the sun like , but of course you ca n't . |
| 16 | I said well I can do everything in the hotel trade from housemaid to housekeeper to barmaid , the only thing I have n't done is managed one but I could do that if I had to and I done , done booking of the reception and I 've done bar , I 've done diner 's room , I 've done kitchen , I 've done |
| 17 | Well you can do one with the erm , with the little thing . |
| 18 | Notice that the enzyme can do nothing about the difference , h , between the initial and final energy engineer can , by digging a tunnel , reduce the height to which one must climb to travel between them , but if there is a difference of altitude between the cities he can not alter it . |
| 19 | Sherlock Holmes is a very clever detective , but he can do nothing about the weather . |
| 20 | Unfortunately I can do nothing about the first two but it is my responsibility to protect your salary so that your wife and family are looked after . |
| 21 | It really is important to get your statement , but first we 've got to see if we can do anything for the poor devil down there . " |
| 22 | Brian can remember nothing of the accident — to this day it a mystery why it ever happened . |
| 23 | Perhaps you would like to verify that you can understand something of the organisation using this form of documentation . |
| 24 | and he convinced them he did n't need an operation , he was , he was cured , he 'd had his treatment , psy psychiatrist that seen him and he was all right thank you , he said , and they 're so clever they can convince anybody on the outside |
| 25 | Bryony says she can see one in the sky . |
| 26 | Here again , provided the driver has such an opportunity , I can see nothing in the language of the statute which would justify a procedural requirement that the driver be invited to express his own preference for giving blood or urine , either before a constable indicates which specimen he will require or at all . |
| 27 | I can see something of the sort as I look over my own published attempts to describe and account for the peaceful way of life followed by the Semai , and I think I can also see some of the reasons for it . |
| 28 | It is difficult sometimes to ascertain Miller 's views on an issue , but by looking at he consequences of people 's actions in this play , we can see something of the way he feels regarding the issues addressed . |
| 29 | We can draw anything in the world if we know what it looks like , but only when drawing a human being can we truly say we know what it feels like . |
| 30 | We can draw anything in the world if we know what it looks like , but only when drawing a human being can we truly say we know what it feels like . |