Example sentences of "you can [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If ye can bear to pull yourself away from thon American machine , there 's more overtime goin' . |
| 2 | You can reckon to need twenty to support a 100-yard net , allowing a few spares to be on the safe side and to allow for breakage . |
| 3 | On the one hand you can fail to take enough risk and thus delegate insufficiently ; on the other , there are dangers about going too far and jeopardizing important resources or results . |
| 4 | I would be interested to hear any arguments you can suggest to counter this . |
| 5 | Is there anything you can suggest to stop her licking the soil ? |
| 6 | On a sunny evening you can stay to catch the last of the sun 's rays highlighting Scafell 's famous buttresses . |
| 7 | You can stay to hear me out . ’ |
| 8 | The Saturn-Pluto ‘ square ’ of March 20 and October 9 will cast a shadow over coming months , making you highly aware of how much influence you can bring to bear and how circumstance and other people can block you . |
| 9 | In ten years ' time you can choose to do the following : |
| 10 | In accordance with the terms of the contract , you can choose to retire at any time after the age of 60 , when the policy will buy you a regular pension plus the option of taking part of the money as a tax-tree lump sum . |
| 11 | Here you can choose to view a letter , export it to your word processor , and perform search operations . |
| 12 | Charts for intarsia and so on can be printed in colour if you have a colour printer , otherwise you can choose to print them either in shades of grey , or with the code numbers / letters that you allocated to the colours when you designed the pattern . |
| 13 | You can choose to take packed lunches for your child if you want to . |
| 14 | There is an unlimited number of ideas from which you can choose to back your picture , using any fabric from a dainty piece of real silk through tweeds , rough and raw silks and linens , to hessians , velvets , cottons and even several layers or pieces of different materials . |
| 15 | You can choose to use monkey mind or feel mountain . |
| 16 | If you like fast hard-hitting cavalry you can choose to lead the Knights Panther , the Reiksguard Knights and the Knights of the White Wolf . |
| 17 | If someone persists in being awkward , then as leader you can choose to continue the discussion with them elsewhere and move on to another questioner . |
| 18 | Now , you can choose to ignore all this about perfume notes if you wish — many aromatherapists do ! |
| 19 | When you can choose to carry on regardless , or retire and work in an office . |
| 20 | You can choose to drive out on the Friday and back on the Sunday , so giving yourself eight days ' skiing rather than six if you fly . |
| 21 | you know , there 's a description which you can choose to listen to or not |
| 22 | You can choose to invest for one , three or six months . |
| 23 | The requirements of the standard itself does not ask you to look at accounts er , specifically , which is why you can choose to include them or choose not to include them . |
| 24 | The main advantages are : the bridge is fixed with the arm in the ‘ down ’ position ( perfect for playing country bends in tune , or for keeping strings in tune should you break one ) ; it 's impossible to strip the thread by screwing the arm in too tightly ; you can choose to load your strings through the block or just through the bridge ; and it feels good , like a light Stratocaster trem , with none of the fudginess of more complex units . |
| 25 | If you live in the UK , you can choose to have your pension paid either by credit transfer or in order book form . |
| 26 | You can choose to have your CheckOver reviewed after six months or earlier , or annually . |
| 27 | When you 're not getting anywhere with someone , you can choose to switch streams . |
| 28 | When you need to remove a portion of text or graphics from your work , you can choose to delete it or cut it . |
| 29 | In insisting on these limits , we are not concerned with the philosophical problem of whether there is free will at all , but with the evidence of common experience that although you can choose to think about a problem , be considerate to your wife , distribute pamphlets for a cause or pray for forgiveness for a crime , you can not by mere exertion of will hit on a new thought , love your wife , have faith in the cause , or repent the crime . |
| 30 | You can choose to add Replacement Car Hire , Legal Expenses and Breakdown Assistance which includes full breakdown recovery and roadside assistance . |