Example sentences of "can [vb infin] it a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your personality , your way of doing things , your way of helping someone to dress , how you listen to them — all these can make it a Home where the residents feel secure , looked after and treated with dignity , as explained below : |
| 2 | It is sometimes said of Parliament that , say , it can make it a crime for a Frenchman to smoke on the streets of Paris , or that it can not turn a man into a woman . |
| 3 | It is , however , equally true that Parliament can not stop Frenchmen smoking on the streets of Paris ( or , for that matter , Englishmen smoking on the streets of London ) and that it can make it a crime for a man not to turn into a woman . |
| 4 | A haulier can make it a condition that he incurs no liability under these circumstances : |
| 5 | I hope Aziz and Mohammed can make it a ‘ treat of a trek ’ to many visitors in the sunny years ahead . |
| 6 | ‘ His underlying motive is that he wants to change the world , not so he can manage it , but so that he can make it a different place , ’ explains Charles Handy , who picked Gould out from a handful of students at the London Business School ‘ because he stood out in a group of people as by far the most interesting , and that was because he was determined to have control over his life ’ . |
| 7 | Philip Gould ( right ) : his underlying motive is that he wants to change the world , not so he can manage it , but so that he can make it a different place . |
| 8 | David Marquand , one of Britain 's most acute political analysts , has written that ‘ only a notion of community , of fraternity , can make it a duty — as opposed to a compassionate whim — to help one 's fellows ’ . |
| 9 | Well you can make it a be bit of extra one ca n't you ? |
| 10 | The drawback is that if your debt is under £3000 you can only recover your costs on the County Court scale and the difference in scale can make it an expensive exercise . |
| 11 | It was such an excellent atmosphere that I hope we can make it an annual fixture . ’ |
| 12 | The world championship is the ultimate ; any top player to lose at the Crucible can consider it a failure . ’ |
| 13 | If you have trouble obtaining a reservation at a particular kennel , you can consider it a good sign . |
| 14 | If he treats his son truly as God 's , more God 's son than his own , and is prepared to hand him back , then God 's new era will surely dawn , and Abraham can give it a fitting name : 'The Lord provides ! ’ |
| 15 | And , if you can give it a specifically City slant , so much the better . ’ |
| 16 | So he can give it a final tug to check it is closed . |
| 17 | As Cichlids go , this is a hardy , robust species , and a good fish for the beginner , provided you can give it a lot of space . |
| 18 | ‘ You can give it a try , ’ said I. ‘ If it do n't work out , I 'm sure we can compromise . |
| 19 | here you are I 'll give you this look , this is a nice soft cloth , you can give it a rub with that oh dear |
| 20 | Well you can give it a go tomorrow in central Oxford of all places . |
| 21 | With the best will in the world , it does n't matter how organised we are , we can improve it a bit . |
| 22 | Let's see if we can do it a different way . |
| 23 | You 're saying I can do it a lot better than that . |
| 24 | The height of style The unique design of this foldable resin highchair means that you can set it a seven different height positions and it also doubles up as a low chair with removable tray . |
| 25 | I can hear it a little bit , wow , oh , I heard that |
| 26 | After all , since our last meeting , if one can call it a meeting , at the entrance to the sweet little National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh , all those years ago , you have cut yourself off from your friends and well-wishers . |
| 27 | In my own experience of rack systems , the biggest problem , if you can call it a problem , is that each unit in the rack has its own level control , and the way each is set against the others can introduce different tonal and distortion elements to the sound . |
| 28 | Robins gave his rubbery lop-sided grin and added sardonically , ‘ If you can call it a town , despite its double-barrelled name . |
| 29 | The er this is This sort of cell , you can call it a cell rather than a battery , makes electricity . |
| 30 | If you can call it a family . ’ |