Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Words and bodies can repel as well as attract . |
| 2 | A spore which lands on wood with a moisture content of 20–25 per cent in a still and stuffy atmosphere where the temperature is between 7° and 27$C ( 44$ and 80$F ) can germinate and then throw out hollow strands known as hyphae . |
| 3 | Duty- and tax-free alcohol , tobacco and perfume are standard perks of a holiday abroad and there are other duty- and tax-free savings you can make as well . |
| 4 | This means that we deprive ourselves of their expertise and the valuable contributions they can make as well as failing to challenge the implications of statements such as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 's claim , ‘ Children who need to be able to count and multiply are learning anti-racist mathematics — whatever that may be . ’ |
| 5 | However , if prisoners are at risk of sentence under the Public Order Act 1986 , the pack of information can explain that just as easily as it can explain the contents of this miserable and irrelevant little Bill . |
| 6 | The Government wants to control the spread of the varroa mite , a parasite which can weaken and eventually kill bees . |
| 7 | ‘ A transceiver , which means it can transmit as well as receive . |
| 8 | With 127 million employees plus billions of consumers , the fast-growing industry is ‘ up to its eyeballs in people ’ who can influence as well as be influenced . |
| 9 | The whole idea originally is the R A was to get them we can design as well |
| 10 | can design as well ? |
| 11 | I can answer that very briefly Mr Chairman er yes , there will be the capability to carry stand off weapons the conventionally armed stand off missile for example will have a good stand off range . |
| 12 | Those who condescend to visit these miserable tenements can testify that neither health nor decency can be preserved in them . |
| 13 | A mechanism must thus be provided whereby one set of pairs can modify or suddenly change into another . |
| 14 | In any case , this mode of composition is still in a fluid state , and no textbook seems to exist which one can regard as completely authoritative . |
| 15 | Erm if you look at er the kind of erm soviet er architecture of the thirties and you can relate that quite nicely to a kind of American corporate architecture in the fifties designed to project certain sort of things . |
| 16 | We should take it as settled that drivers are liable only for such damage as has been explicitly stipulated in clear statutes , so that drivers and potential victims can insure and otherwise plan their affairs accordingly . |
| 17 | The figures are calculated on an assumed growth rate of 10.75% and are therefore not guaranteed , as unit prices can fall as well as rise . |
| 18 | However , this can not be used as a guide to future fund performance , as unit prices can fall as well as rise . |
| 19 | And , as the value of shares can fall as well as rise , a PEP is no place for any money you ca n't afford to lose . |
| 20 | And , as the value of shares can fall as well as rise , a PEP is no place for any money you ca n't afford to lose |
| 21 | The price of shares can fall as well as rise , so it is worth noting these two golden rules : |
| 22 | Some clients may feel that no-one can know or therefore write about their company as well as they can . |
| 23 | I 'll push you into some sort of position where I can overtake and then tow you to a garage . ’ |
| 24 | You imagine that you can succeed when so many experts have failed ? |
| 25 | we can watch that like , you know . |
| 26 | Critics of the most recent studies of compound 1080 say that they prove only that the chemical is lethal to coyotes — not that it can prevent or significantly decrease predation of flocks . |
| 27 | Antagonism at this receptor can prevent and even abolish these changes , suggesting that antagonists have a place in preventing and treating this pathological pain . |
| 28 | There has probably never been more choice for places in which you can invest than now . |
| 29 | Infra-red dichroism also yields a value for and Raman spectroscopy can give and therefore . |
| 30 | Although in theory the organism could reproduce at any time during its growth phase , we can expect that eventually an optimum time for reproduction would emerge . |