Example sentences of "can [vb infin] on their " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is good for managers who can concentrate on their core activities , looking for the best deal for their customers . |
| 2 | It is important that each surgeon should know who else has been instructed so that they can concentrate on their own area of expertise and ignore areas which are outside their province . |
| 3 | ( It believes that 's where Microsoft ultimately intends pushing all its Windows clients. ) nQue , however , is using Microsoft 's own technology to create a low-cost shrinkwrapped retail package called OpenAgent that adventuresome users can install on their Intel machines without hazard to explore the potentials of Unix : its standards , maturity , 32-bit architecture , connectivity , multitasking , distributed computing strengths and application base which nQue believes will be stronger than NT 's for some time . |
| 4 | NQue , however , is using Microsoft 's own technology to create a low-cost shrink-wrapped retail package called OpenAgent that adventuresome users can install on their Intel Corp iAPX-86 machines without hazard to explore the potentials of Unix : its standards , maturity , 32-bit architecture , communications , multi-tasking , distributed computing strengths and application base , which nQue believes will be stronger than NT 's for some time . |
| 5 | If you , the teacher , take on the " obstacle " role you can focus on their use of space/ body language/ eye contact in their attempts to get round the obstacle . |
| 6 | 1993 will be no less demanding and I know we can count on their continuing professional dedication . |
| 7 | When you get down to these groups of people , you have to work with each individual , if you , you 'll know , and find somewhere where you can capitalise on their strengths and hopefully get away with whatever disabilities they had . |
| 8 | They may even find time for a sustained effort to win the Premiership , a trophy which has eluded them since 1987 , the only way they can improve on their remarkable exploits of the last two seasons . |
| 9 | The longer term help is something that I do n't think teachers can do on their own , I do n't think even somebody like a , a specialist school counsellor can do on their own , which is the time at which the availability of agency help needs to be , become apparent . |
| 10 | The longer term help is something that I do n't think teachers can do on their own , I do n't think even somebody like a , a specialist school counsellor can do on their own , which is the time at which the availability of agency help needs to be , become apparent . |
| 11 | I think it 'll be something which they can show on their headed notepaper . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm glad to see they can work on their own . ’ |
| 13 | However , with a clear overall majority of 21 , the Tories can insist on their nomination . |
| 14 | The babies ' mouths even open and shut as they go ‘ waah ! ’ , and there are lots of characters you can follow on their journeys . |
| 15 | The number of demands that a parent or child will make can depend on their past experience of those demands having been met or be the result of a pattern of behaviour that has evolved due to other problems , that is child 's poor concentration span , or mother 's irritability due to depression or an unhappy marriage . |
| 16 | That is , they can draw on their account and make payments to other people in excess of the amount of money they have deposited . |
| 17 | As the Bristol and West explains , if a bidder does not sign the contract , the auctioneer can sign on their behalf . |
| 18 | Remember that whenever either a conveyance , lease or transfer defines the land by reference to a plan attached to the document , the plan must be signed ( sealed and attested by director and secretary in the case of a company ) by all parties — except that the conveyancer for buyers can sign on their behalf if they state the capacity in which they sign it : " solicitor for the transferee . " |
| 19 | The road serves the village of Barashevo and sometimes the civilians have to stand behind the lines of the guards and wait for the columns of criminals to go by before they can proceed on their way . |
| 20 | In the light of the above , provided the doctor is of the opinion that the patient 's mental faculties are such as to make his refusal of treatment unreliable , I take the view that , in the case of an incompetent child , if there is a parent or guardian who can be consulted , the doctor can rely on their consent to treatment , despite the expressed wishes of the patient . |
| 21 | You can rely on their goodwill . |
| 22 | Pilots , and even instructors , often believe that they have good judgement and can land accurately anywhere because they can manage on their own site . |
| 23 | The Russians seem determined to show the world that they can manage on their own . |
| 24 | The library staff can manage on their own for a little while , I 'm sure . ’ |
| 25 | The Foundation is said to be motivated in setting things up like this to see the technologies can stand on their own . |
| 26 | Reportedly OSF is motivated in setting things up like this to see the technologies can stand on their own . |
| 27 | It is because of this that they can play the role ascribed to them in this form of empiricism ; beliefs about our present sensory states can be our basis — can stand on their own two feet and support the rest — because they are infallible . |
| 28 | In the next section I offer an argument that this can not be right , and if the argument is sound we shall have to find some other way of showing how any of our beliefs can be non-inferentially justified and thus can stand on their own feet . |
| 29 | ( a ) Segments that can stand on their own |
| 30 | Assuming you are going to want to use the material as a normal part of a normal lesson , when you look at a drama you will be looking for short segments which can stand on their own sufficiently to make sense as an independent sequence . |