Example sentences of "can [verb] [adv prt] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PROFESSIONAL : Coleman can laugh off his gaffes |
| 2 | Jane Bywaters , who has been responsible for much of the exhibition , said : ‘ We need to give people information so that they can make up their own minds about food and not be dictated to by the media and media events . ’ |
| 3 | Business units can make up their own minds about the implications of economic factors on their own operations ; the corporate planning departments are more interested in determining how vulnerable each business unit is to different economic environments . |
| 4 | His view is that consumers should be told the whole truth : ‘ If the public wants fish fingers made up of minced fish that 's OK , so long as they are told and can make up their own minds . |
| 5 | Even young people have ideas and can make up their own minds , and he did n't want to tell us what he thought we should do because it was our lives and he realised that . ’ |
| 6 | Children , individually or in groups , can make up their own nonsense words , and decide how they should be spelled . |
| 7 | Can I ask is it because it was too small a group , or is it because no one can make up their mind where they belong ? |
| 8 | So , as far as the , the erm , erm , report is concerned er , if I 've got to make a recommendation , because obviously people have got different views on this one , it would be in fact that we go for total er , information so that people can make up their own minds , and if , and it might be wrong , but they can exercise their own prejudices . |
| 9 | I think people can do as they please and they can make up their own minds but I just do n't think that all , everyone else should be like advertising the fact |
| 10 | They can make up what they want . ’ |
| 11 | Can make up one . |
| 12 | In my mind you can make up anything you want in your notebooks , but you ca n't call it fraud if it was n't published . |
| 13 | There 's no place like Home , provided you can make up your mind where on earth that place is supposed to be . |
| 14 | ‘ I can make up your undoubted losses ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I ai n't going to be tidied up and looked at so 's you can make up your mind about fancying me . |
| 16 | If you can make up your mind what you want to eat then there is a unique goal . |
| 17 | Sometimes other people can make up your mind for you and sometimes they ca n't . |
| 18 | As it is , I have reservations about the application of the user interface in the Windows version , and will have to wait to see what the next version brings before I can make up my mind any more firmly than I can at present . |
| 19 | Why do the powers that be refuse to supply dental dams on the same basis as condoms are supplied , so that we can make up our own minds as to the suitability or otherwise of the dams ? |
| 20 | Therefore , it makes sense that the branch , in the first instance , should be addressed by these people so that we can make up our minds at that level as to who we feel will be the best person to start recommending to go forward . |
| 21 | On the other hand , there are tables and graphs and a methodical list of the alternatives , so the intelligent and diligent reader can make up his own mind . |
| 22 | As far as I can make out we 're up to , we 're up to the darts competition |
| 23 | oh what I can make out we 've got a bathroom and a bidet and er , er , it 's |
| 24 | ‘ No — as far as I can make out it was hidden in it . |
| 25 | Well and the fact that it was just their garden , and as far as I can make out it was simply that garden , it would suggest that she 's fallen out with some kids or something like that or somebody and yeah . |
| 26 | as far as I can make out it 's a different Roger to what she knows . |
| 27 | ‘ Ian , ’ said the Major calmly , ‘ I think I can make out his saddle on the block over there . |
| 28 | The answer is to ensure that the primulas growing conditions are good , with a rich soil , so they can build up their strength early in the season . |
| 29 | This is just one way a band can build up its market in the territories it tours , from a 500- or 1,000-seat club up to a 10,000-seat arena . |
| 30 | It is , of course , easier to start a new business , whether co-operative or conventional in organisation , which does not demand the investment at the outset of large sums but can build up its capital assets from a modest beginning . |