Example sentences of "they can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should remember that homosexuals form part of society , and they can exert their influence on the prevailing norms and values and therefore also on legislation . |
| 2 | The idea of the bill was to keep them going for two weeks , you know , so they can change their mind and … |
| 3 | They are what they are and I do n't see how they can change their style . |
| 4 | On telemarketing , the code insists that companies must ring up prospective clients at reasonable hours , do not use high pressure sales tactics and allow prospective purchasers a ‘ cooling off ’ period during which they can change their minds . |
| 5 | If they can change me from one to another by using hormones , they can now give me the male hormones and then I 've got everything I want . ’ |
| 6 | They 'll improve on it , or they might adapt it , see if they can change it in some way in that case , and they 'll act in a cohesive way . |
| 7 | A couple of guys think they can stake it out and wait for me , rub their filthy fingers on my clothes , piss in my bathroom , and I 'm supposed to ignore it . |
| 8 | ‘ Against the anarchists , and the Communists , that is the only way they can portray us . |
| 9 | They can decide their own management and staffing structures , capital programmes and pay and conditions , except those of junior doctors . |
| 10 | That assumes they can decide which goals are more important than others . |
| 11 | They can decide which pathways to follow and explore them at the time they ‘ read ’ the document . |
| 12 | It does n't matter what I do today , but if Jane when she goes upstairs or Jamilla are in a bad mood or are the wrong people for the job , they can affect our residents ' lives . |
| 13 | If you 've got tetanus , to stop you breaking your back with these muscle contractions , so that they can nurse you adequately , they inject you with this stuff and you are paralysed until the tetanus has been fought off . |
| 14 | Once the children are familiar with this method of working they can manipulate it for themselves — e.g. the performers can ask for advice whenever they need it ; the performers can " Tag " an adviser to take over from them . |
| 15 | Those new-age prats think they can flush me out with a bit of colonic irrigation . |
| 16 | The large ones , ‘ seaweeds ’ such as kelp ( above right ) , generally live close to the shore , where they can anchor themselves . |
| 17 | ‘ If they know what we 're planning , they can out-manoeuvre us . |
| 18 | Any other and I put diabetes in there asthma is an illness which erm you may come across , it 's the clogging up , it 's something irri irritates the tubes , the windpipe and the bronchial tube and the person can not draw air in , well they can draw it in but they ca n't get it out and they 're , and they 're trying very hard and the noise , has anybody heard anybody with an asthma attack ? |
| 19 | The ad people know that girls are watching and that they can attract them and form their ideas by making the girl associate their product with a particular image — so that when she is looking at a hair gel in a chemist 's , that will conjure up for her the image of the model used to advertise it , and make her want to look that way herself , and want to buy it . |
| 20 | ‘ And they can renew it , ’ she says . |
| 21 | Again , such subjects typically have to develop a more ‘ scholarly ’ , conceptual or abstract side in order to gain admittance to and status within the academic fold , although to some extent they can isolate themselves from other faculties and departments — art and design in the polytechnics and colleges often seem to be states within a state , enjoying an autonomy underpinned by their separate location on inherited art college sites . |
| 22 | Platt said : ‘ If Birmingham can get at them , they can knock them out of their stride because Bari will not be used to this sort of opposition . ’ |
| 23 | They have made them because they are determined to do everything they can to save their business and their employees ' jobs and to secure a healthier future . |
| 24 | In principle , they can fix their financial risks and get on with the job of dealing with the commercial ones . |
| 25 | I want to leave by about ten tomorrow so I 'll get on to a garage first thing in the morning and hope they can fix my car straight away . ’ |
| 26 | they can fix it ca n't they ? |
| 27 | The Garden of Remembrance , at which renovation work has recently been completed , will be open to the public for the next two weeks so they can place their own tributes . |
| 28 | As the traders often can not spare the time to come to the staff restaurant , they can place their breakfast and lunch orders in advance and CCG staff serve them at their desks . |
| 29 | He or she is trying to get a very clear picture of what you can do so that they can place you accurately and not send you on too many pointless interviews . |
| 30 | Mark James , Jim Payne , David Gilford and Paul Broadhurst think they can beat him this week as does Gordon Brand jun who was joint second with Ireland 's David Faherty in Valencia . |