Example sentences of "it can [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like GNOMES , hillmen avoid the sunlight , for it can strike them blind . |
| 2 | TV can pull people up and it can pull them down . |
| 3 | they can erm it can affect them in their later life and they hit out at people to show their affection . |
| 4 | You know , you buy co , a bottle of Coke , it says , you know , if you hit somebody over the head , it can hurt them , so please do n't , kids do n't do this at home type stuff . |
| 5 | Management has a choice about workers : it can pay them a pittance to control an on-off button , or minimise down time by training them to fix — ie program — the new machines . |
| 6 | In spite of this , advertisers , agencies and researchers persist in pushing the interpretation of recall well beyond the limits of what it can tell them . |
| 7 | In the Australian experience referred to earlier , those engaged in the study of alternative community-based educational initiatives stressed the former rather than the latter , ‘ The innovating organisation will only survive if it can show them ( the statutory bodies and local power groups ) that its power is complementary rather than invasive . ’ |
| 8 | If such unresolved conflicts are successfully addressed , if individuals can begin to forgive themselves for their failures and indiscretions , it can bring them a renewed meaning and significance for the remaining part of their lives . |
| 9 | It can bring them literally in touch with the past . |
| 10 | It can lead them to believe that such children are racially distinct from other blacks . |
| 11 | But it can stop them seeing its underlying gender biases . |
| 12 | it can stop them going to court or if they go in and pay it off they do n't go to court . |
| 13 | It can give them a chance — certainly often seized by widows in the past — to assert themselves with genuine dignity and authority in the public world . |
| 14 | They can take their minds off it , but it can make them irritable or ‘ difficult ’ . |
| 15 | When the child has gained a number of these it can exchange them for a rewarding object or activity . |
| 16 | And in Japan , where big business likes big computers — when it can afford them — IBM 's prospects for 1993 are already making observers nervous . |
| 17 | But please note that you should n't move heavily pregnant livebearers , as it can cause them to miscarry . |
| 18 | Hard and fast rules can not be laid down as each individual situation varies , but if nurses participate in discussion and role play , it can help them to have more confidence when they experience the real situation . |
| 19 | In announcing the tariff , Southern Electric reminded customers of how it can help them use their electricity more efficiently . |
| 20 | It can help them through the day , |
| 21 | WorldView 2 adds improved support for the Standardised Generalised Mark-up Language , SMGL : the software has always been able to import SMGL documents but now it can export them too , and make use of the plethora of information that SMGL buries in a document . |
| 22 | If the centre keeps families visiting , it can keep them from breaking up . |
| 23 | A soft play area is desirable for pupils with little or no sight as it can encourage them to move and play adventurously . |
| 24 | ‘ It can provide them with a place to bask in the sun because the sand warms up quickly , ’ it comments . |
| 25 | Nevertheless the Bank of England still requires banks ( and other institutions in the monetary sector ) to maintain sufficient liquidity , and from time to time it can order them to increase their liquidity ratio if it feels that this is necessary . |
| 26 | From this the courts have inferred that , except where the employer is under a statutory duty or there is some other restriction as to the type of contract that it can make with its servants or the grounds on which it can dismiss them , the servant has no procedural protection . |