Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a number of ONTAP files available : ONTAP ERIC ( Educational Resources Information Center ) ; ONTAP CA SEARCH and ONTAP CHEMNAME ; ONTAP COMPENDEX ; ONTAP ABI/INFORM ; ONTAP PTS PROMPT ; and ONTAP DIALINDEX . |
| 2 | There are many experiences which can sensitise and inform committed work . |
| 3 | Stocks can restrict or boost vigour and confer disease or frost resistance . |
| 4 | According to Hazlitt , ‘ Man is the only species who can laugh or cry because he is the only being who knows the difference between what is and what should be ’ . |
| 5 | I can go to sleep now and I can laugh and go out . |
| 6 | I really did enjoy myself in the Tests last summer and know I can reproduce that form again . ’ |
| 7 | The following proposed amendments to the Constitution are for your careful consideration so that you can comment and vote on them at the A.G.M. on Friday , 19th March 1982 . |
| 8 | The layout of your house and garden can aid or deter crime . |
| 9 | The supervisor can aid and abet the earner to drive while over the prescribed limit etc . |
| 10 | But of course in terms of partnership , you will have our support and any way we can aid and abet you then we shall do that , erm but you can tell from the questions and comments that we have some distress about the |
| 11 | There is only one person who can make that happen — and that is you . |
| 12 | Now you can make that look even smarter by making a second white line on the outside . |
| 13 | In the final analysis you will have to make a decision that should be based on the most objective assessment you can make but relying to a certain extent on your own instinct and intuition . |
| 14 | Top financial journalists can make and break company reputations . |
| 15 | It might also have been caused by a dry soldered joint , that is , one which can make and break with expansion when warm . |
| 16 | Parliament , according to English constitutional theory , can make and unmake any law , on any matter , and to any effect whatsoever . |
| 17 | It nevertheless remains the view today that the Parliament of the United Kingdom can make and unmake any law whatever and can not be controlled in seeking to do so . |
| 18 | This is an important role which requires the authority of a senior staff member , for example a Deputy Head , who can make and follow up decisions regarding curriculum development and in-service training . |
| 19 | can make and keep relationships |
| 20 | Not only this , but by his instructions several of the petty officers can make and calculate these observations almost as well as himself . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I know , I 'm only a woman but I can make and mend just as well as any man , if not better . ’ |
| 22 | Because if we ca n't generalize then I , perhaps I should be talking about British foreign policy or Iranian foreign policy or South African foreign policy are there generalizations we can make and say well it is similar for all governments ? |
| 23 | They can make or break a chef . |
| 24 | Taking on a franchise can make or break a redundant executive |
| 25 | This is a very important stage in the development of a Rottweiler and the breeder can make or break a puppy at this stage . |
| 26 | As chairman you can make or break the meeting by rewarding the wrong kind of behaviour by participants . |
| 27 | But more importantly , they can make or break political careers . |
| 28 | Not only does it influence whether or not you fork out the requisite 65p , it can make or break a band . |
| 29 | And allied to this are concerns about ‘ not getting the results ’ and about one 's reputation with colleagues in general , and especially with the senior staff whose opinion can make or break a career . |
| 30 | With 3% or 4% , they can make or break policies and governments , as Israel 's religious parties notoriously have done . |