Example sentences of "it can [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ideal for sketching , shading and fine line work , it can hold a range of leads and comes in a smart , recycled presentation pack . |
| 2 | The memory can store information which is put in , so that this information can be used again and it can hold a set of instructions for the computer to carry out . |
| 3 | Major industrial partners , like Shell , Hewlett-Packard , and Meiko itself have contributed both money and equipment to help the project to the point where it can offer a reliable multi-user service to people from all over the UK . |
| 4 | Adobe Systems Inc has licensed its PostScript software to Sony Corp so that it can offer a new software Raster Image Processor based on the Configurable PostScript Interpreter to be integrated into its existing News Unix workstations that drive output devices and are targeted for the Japanese market . |
| 5 | But apart from looking good , a headboard has other useful purposes — it can offer a comfortable support to rest against and also protects the wall behind it from wear and tear . |
| 6 | It can accommodate a reception for up to 400 guests and the museum recommends three catering companies for your convenience , although you can choose your own . |
| 7 | Despite the latter 's continuous nature it can accommodate a certain degree of selectivity when it comes to vibrations . |
| 8 | It is secondary-school teachers who need to know how , in practical terms , reduced funding affects the work of a TVEI team and , more seriously , how it can affect a TVEI consortium . |
| 9 | Mostly our air arrives from the west which is why we sit up and take notice of the weather in America , although actually it can change a great deal on the way over here . |
| 10 | On a calm day , it can register a pressure difference across the thickness of the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics . |
| 11 | It can be heady stuff , it can be a pleasant experience , or it can leave a nasty taste in the mouth and cost a great deal . |
| 12 | This is a very basic pattern but it can alter a plain garment dramatically . |
| 13 | It can detect a steel sphere half the size of a golf ball , at a range of 70 yards . |
| 14 | Unless it can effect a remarkable recovery , the factory may well disappear back into the bleak and sodden marshes of Essex from which it emerged nearly 60 years ago . |
| 15 | I am by no means gloomy about the prospects for British Coal , but its future success and security depend on its becoming more competitive and productive so that it can secure a large part of the British energy market in years ahead . |
| 16 | Among other things , it can carry a couple of surfboards . |
| 17 | It can fetch a high price . |
| 18 | It can involve a simple space plan of the existing building to provide a more flexible and efficient layout or alternatively , it can be used as the basis to calculate the required floor area for a new building . |
| 19 | If the Commission thinks the case admissible and worth proceeding with , it sees if it can achieve a friendly settlement . |
| 20 | The selling agent , Ellis ( 01-706 0844 ) , says it can arrange a Swiss mortgage to finance up to 60 per cent of the purchase price of the property — but remember that if you borrow in Swiss francs and the pound falls against the Swiss currency , the amount and cost of your mortgage could rise . |
| 21 | And women can become so wrapped up , so engrossed in the mystery of the physical process taking place inside them , that it can intensify a man 's feeling of rejection . |
| 22 | Or it can negotiate a new deal with the Justice Department — with no guarantee that this will be any more acceptable to Judge Holland . |
| 23 | Therefore , a record company has to sell a large quantity of LPs before it can expect a substantial return on its investment . |
| 24 | ‘ See this gob , ’ she pointed to her painted mouth , ‘ it can talk a lot and these peepers can see a lot , they 'll remember you , mind , and if there 's anything I can do to hurt you any time then I will . ’ |
| 25 | A spokesman for insurance company Mondial explains : ‘ It can cost a lot of money if people have an accident on the piste , which is often a long way from a medical centre . ’ |
| 26 | That had n't cost a couple of pounds — it can cost a small fortune . |
| 27 | — it can export its product for sale in the foreign country — it can appoint a foreign company to manufacture its product under licence — it can invest in the foreign country ( i.e. obtain premises , plant and workforce there ) and manufacture its own product abroad . |
| 28 | Touch is the earliest and most primitive form of communication and is an important form of non-verbal communication throughout life ; it can convey a myriad of positive and negative messages between people . |
| 29 | The fundamental rationale underlying the law of confidence is that it can prevent a person divulging information which has been given to him in confidence , on an express or implicit understanding that the information should not be disclosed to others or otherwise used by the recipient of the information . |
| 30 | To those with no operational experience such as MPs , Courts of Enquiry , magistrates etc. , it can appear a sensible and foolproof system , but in practice it has many deficiencies . |