Example sentences of "but can [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the weather is very cold they can not fly at all , but can warm themselves by deflecting their wings at right angles to the Sun ( as do , for example , locusts ) . |
| 2 | This means that you do n't have to wait for WSP to read all the text on any page and then edit out the unwanted bits , but can tell it exactly what you want read in the first place . |
| 3 | Insulation costs money , but can benefit you in two main ways . |
| 4 | Third-placed Norwich crashed 3-0 at Wimbledon on Saturday , but can redeem themselves by beating the league leaders , Aston Villa , at Carrow Road tonight . |
| 5 | He was n't at his best over two and a half at Ascot last time , but can redeem his reputation around his favoured left-handed track . |
| 6 | Surely those politicians , members of royalty , athletes or anyone who wishes to make a clarifying statement should have sufficient intelligence to appreciate that the media-kings of speculation can not only guess what the content of the future announcement will be , but can make it so much more interesting by speculating on the response , plus the reaction to the response by the person who probably intended to say the opposite to what the ‘ experts ’ had been speculating would be said for the past 48 hours . |
| 7 | Skimping on the sun filter will not help you to brown any quicker but can leave you sore and damaged . |
| 8 | THE PEACEMAKER : He sees gifts as an excellent way of atoning for sins , but can put himself at risk by overstating himself — giving an exquisite set of English porcelain when a book token would do . |
| 9 | The Women 's Therapy Centre ( offers individual or group therapy , unfortunately based only in London and quite expensive , but can put you in touch with a therapist in your area , and offer discounts to unemployed or low-waged ) : 6 Manor Gardens , London N7 6LA . |
| 10 | One-sided relationships , however , can be not only hurtful but can spoil our chances of building up friendships with people who might care for us much more . |
| 11 | We have received no convincing answers either from UKOOA or the Government as to the procedure that needs to be observed to ensure that offshore workers not only enjoy the right to be trade union members but can have their trade unions recognised by their employers . |
| 12 | It is necessary to turn our prisons into workplaces in which the inmates do not receive parole but can work their way out of prison by dedicated activity , which should be properly paid so that they can compensate those whom they have wronged and pay something back into the system . |
| 13 | Copes well under stress , but can lose her cool from time to time . |
| 14 | A THERMOSTAT for you hot-water cylinder costs as little as £5 , but can save you up to £15 a year . |
| 15 | The council advises the chairman , who can not approve a proposal they reject , but can veto one they approve . |
| 16 | The Transport Secretary is a very genial Scot who has had a bad press but can take it with a smile . |
| 17 | The absence from the novel of the verb ‘ to be ’ corresponds to this differential definition of the self that is no one thing but can say anything , and the ‘ loss of identity through language ’ , which Brooke-Rose regards as one of the most important themes of the novel ( 1989e:84 ) , is evident in the character 's consciousness of living ‘ between ideas ’ ( 19/413 ) . |
| 18 | She would be well and truly mystified by the sight of an elderly king who needs to be helped into his chair one minute , but can swing his cane around like a golf stick the next , and even more flummoxed by the depiction of a world in which the porter has closed circuit television , but the method of killing has n't changed a jot . |
| 19 | She 'd rarely been at school , went into domestic service , could n't read , but can write her name , then got married . |