Example sentences of "the [noun] can [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With respect to the relevant product market , the practice of the Commission shows a preference for relatively narrow market definitions ; for example , in the VIAG/Continental Can case , the Commission undertook a detailed analysis of substitutability of both supply and demand , in order to determine the interchangeability of the various forms of packaging in the world . |
| 2 | There are nearly 3,200 statues of all sizes , varying from the very small to the very large ; the building can seat almost 40,000 people . |
| 3 | The user can point-and-click on an application icon in a window without needing to know where the application resides . |
| 4 | The proportion of aluminium cans recycled in the UK increased from 11 to 16 per cent during the first quarter of 1992 , according to figures released by the Aluminium Can Recycling Association . |
| 5 | Porsche 's engineers reckon that although the car can corner safely at about 85% of gravitational acceleration , most owners will only need about half of that ability for normal , but still very fast motoring . |
| 6 | Since moving to New York Jacklin has celebrated the city 's trades and parades , crowds and entertainments in a series of pictures which has no match among contemporary American painters , although the city had captured the attention of the Ash Can School , Edward Hopper and , at the beginning of his career , Mark Rothko , whose subway depictions provide a point of comparison . |
| 7 | With equal conviction a neighbouring headteacher might adopt quite a different approach — arguing that only by building a curriculum and a school day around the child can learning be effective and meaningful . |
| 8 | As often happens , the match can hinge on the form of the kickers , in this case Webb and Botha , their nations ' respective points record-holders . |
| 9 | The group can rebid after June 18 , but a stake sale or deal with another predator look possible . |
| 10 | So presumably if , if Staffordshire have them made and we get those three whizzed up to Caernarvon you know , the rest can sort of fit into place . |
| 11 | The Steel Can Recycling Information Bureau ( 071–351 5208 ) has details of Save-A-Can recycling skips around the country . |
| 12 | Even if you do make the highest offer for any particular item , the auctioneer can hand it over to another , friendlier-looking buyer instead . |
| 13 | People who are n't staying at the centre can book for half a day or day long activity sessions too . |
| 14 | good rapport with each , you know , we can sort o , I mean the girls can sort of say what they want to me , I say what I want to them , you know , we take a joke . |
| 15 | They keep an eye on the youngsters and , with the experience and wisdom of their years , will whistle warnings if they sense danger so that all the babies can bolt down the communal burrow to safety . |
| 16 | The results are recorded on a tape which the doctor can playback to monitor brain signals , eye movements and breathing . |
| 17 | National courts will have full powers to apply Article 86 , under the Continental Can doctrine , to any merger , whatever the turnover involved . |
| 18 | This line of attack was argued by the Commission in the Continental Can case , but failed because it was unable to demonstrate that competition was sufficiently restricted . |
| 19 | In the Continental Can decision in 1973 the European Court held that a company which already held a dominant position in the Common Market or a substantial part of it could be treated as exploiting it abusively so as to infringe Article 86 , if it moved significantly towards monopoly by taking over a competitor . |
| 20 | It is also unfortunate that Article 86 will continue to apply , under the Continental Can principle , to mergers which do not fall within the scope of the Regulation . |
| 21 | Until 1990 , anticompetitive mergers could only be attacked under Article 86 , on the basis of the precedent created by the Continental Can judgment in 1972 . |
| 22 | Article 86 of EC Law is prima facie only concerned with the abuse of a monopoly position , though the Continental Can judgment implied that an attempt by a firm , which was already dominant , to increase its dominance ( e.g. by merger ) could be interpreted as an abuse . |
| 23 | So the Peter Cushings and Christopher Lees of the world can ham it up in filmland , dead or not , and the likes of Bruce ‘ Brusque ’ Dickinson can howl , ‘ Hell ai n't a bad place — Hell is from here to eternity ! ’ like a teenage terror , while chucking bits of ‘ The Lord 's Prayer ’ into the frame . |