Example sentences of "they can [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may , indeed , deliver another painful lesson in what promises to be a fascinating derby match but Alex Ferguson 's team go into that encounter with pressure eased in the knowledge that they can drop a minimum of six points on a seven-match run-in . |
| 2 | The limitations of QACs are of less significance when they are compounded with other products with which they can exert a synergistic effect . |
| 3 | The above reference to large and powerful retail chains implies that they can exert a strong influence in the marketplace . |
| 4 | They make the most noise — singing , chanting and shouting imprecations against the opposition fans — they run the most and they can represent a rather awesome spectacle to their rivals . |
| 5 | They will also be showered with gifts like top-of-the-range Mercedes cars and luxury apartments if they can spring a World Cup upset and beat England for the first time . |
| 6 | Labour in the north of Britain and the Conservatives in the south have so many safe seats that they can suffer a loss of popular votes without this being translated into an equivalent loss of seats . |
| 7 | The occult power of dictators does n't lie in the fact that they 're clever they 're frequently quite limited , and I think Milosevic is a very limited man but in the fact that they can draw a great number of people and even whole nations into the circle of their mad ideas . |
| 8 | They can prevent a person from entering your home or even your neighbourhood . |
| 9 | Some are so cunning they can knock a bait off the hook with their tails and then take it almost in one movement . |
| 10 | Cos , cos they 're big enough , if they even in love , they can knock a child , well they could knock a grown up flat on your back . |
| 11 | Keeping down the overheads is also vitally important , buying in materials and services is very expensive and when these are extracted from the takings they can leave a very big hole in the balance sheet . |
| 12 | If programmers need all that RAM why do n't they use Expanded or Extended memory so that they can leave a fair slice of the base memory to the system ? |
| 13 | Psychometric testers have no doubt that they can construct a profile of your personality and aptitudes by asking 1,000 questions during a four-hour session , and by following them with an intensive two-hour interview with an occupational psychologist . |
| 14 | The radical agenda runs something like this : Labour ought to begin talks with the Liberal Democrats on PR ; negotiate electoral pacts with that party , so that they can achieve a majority in 1996 , not just in order to form a government , but to introduce PR ; abandon links with the trade unions , eschew egalitarian tax policies , perhaps even abandon the name ‘ Labour ’ , so as to disavow any claim of being a party that primarily represents a working class that , in self-identification , is constantly dwindling . |
| 15 | We are used to the idea of escape velocity when talking about spacecraft taking off from Earth : unless they can achieve a velocity of about 11.2 km 118 miles ) per second they will never achieve orbit . |
| 16 | avoid formulae and strategies which others , from different disciplines , insist that we adopt so that they can achieve a unified standard . |
| 17 | most likely to make people believe that they can achieve a certain thing and let them get up and do it and erm so that the Party 's role is in the initial stage fostering as much mobilization |
| 18 | And then they can hire a personal physician , or whatever they are |
| 19 | ‘ Father says they can graft a new hand onto the nerve ends . |
| 20 | Electric rays lurk down on the ocean bed , often in shallow water , and they can deliver a painful shock to any person unfortunate enough to step on one . |
| 21 | While I recommend such systems for those who can afford them , they can give a false sense of security to the beginner , especially if something goes wrong . |
| 22 | They can give a nasty bite . |
| 23 | They may ask for an extra premium if they 're including it they may ask for a bit towards it , but they can give a better cover . |
| 24 | How they can ruin a day , the funeral cars proceeding |
| 25 | Here , they can combine a professional career with the joys of rural living : Richard 's practice as a chartered surveyor is an easy eight minutes ' drive away , just long enough to ‘ listen to the traffic reports and think of all those people on the M25 ! ’ |
| 26 | I do n't know whether people think they can move a dust extract in an hour or two hours . |
| 27 | Syd Tierney , NEC member ‘ The days must go when they can wake a judge at dead of night , give him a drop of brandy , show him a headline from The Sun , and get him to sign an injunction . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ They can spot a fake at twenty paces . |
| 29 | If so , — they can take the opportunity to learn about new teaching methods related to recently developed educational programmes such as CPVE and GCSE ; — they can shadow a senior manager to learn how headteachers and deputies deal with their problems of management ; — they can focus on particular curriculum areas , working with teachers to develop materials appropriate to their skills and experiences , e.g. electronics ; — they can act as consultants on a particular problem within the school , e.g. financial management ; — they can take the opportunity to " de-mystify " industry . |
| 30 | All ISE members are entitled to trade on LTOM , where they can undertake a variety of different functions ranging from broking through to market making and clearing . |