Example sentences of "which can [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A police force is testing a new laser gun which can lock onto a car from almost half a mile away . |
| 2 | Repetitive touching of the body surface results in a decrease in the amplitude and probability of withdrawal of the gill and siphon , a decrease which can persist for weeks . |
| 3 | There is also a large group of words which can refer to either sex — words like driver and friend ; they are said to have ‘ common gender ’ , and the question of concord is decided in each specific instance ( that is , driver will sometimes be she , other times he ; there is also the problem of the unspecified , generic driver , the appropriate pronoun for whom is a major linguistic headache for today 's speakers ) . |
| 4 | Microsoft Corp says its Multimedia Viewer Publishing Toolkit Version 2.0 will be available early this month for $500 : the new generation supports several emerging multimedia systems and brings content-based title development within reach of publishers that might not know programming languages , the firm said ; Viewer 2.0 replaces the Multimedia Development Kit , the registered users of which can upgrade for $200 . |
| 5 | Microsoft Corp says its Multimedia Viewer Publishing Toolkit Version 2.0 will be available early this month for $500 : the new generation supports several emerging multimedia systems and brings content-based title development within reach of publishers that might not know programming languages , the firm said ; Viewer 2.0 replaces the Multimedia Development Kit , the registered users of which can upgrade for $200 . |
| 6 | The person claiming the benefit must retain the land which can benefit from the covenant . |
| 7 | Some rural locations have been designated as ‘ assisted areas ’ which can benefit from regional policy , while special development boards have been established in some regions such as mid-Wales and the Highlands and Islands . |
| 8 | This concept is then expanded by looking at specific areas within the personnel function which can benefit from this approach , and the various computer solutions to these requirements are reviewed . |
| 9 | The symptoms of angina are a heavy cramp-like pain across the chest which can spread to the neck , shoulder , arm and even the jaw . |
| 10 | The baritone adds considerably to the weight of the bass part , which can do with all the strengthening it can get . |
| 11 | The data get to the ground-based supercomputers through the TDRSS relay satellites , which can cope with more data than the SDS . |
| 12 | However , some animals have developed eyes which can cope with the transition from air to water . |
| 13 | When these 40 or so cells have moved out of the wall they begin to put out fine extensions — very long thin filopodia — which can attach to the wall , contract , and so pull the cell towards the point of attachment . |
| 14 | Memory and retention skills can also be tested on each other , and you can be surprised by the misunderstandings which can result from not listening properly , or from being given inadequate or misleading information . |
| 15 | also considered ( p. 390c ) that in Cloverbay the Vice-Chancellor had not identified ‘ a watertight limit to the jurisdiction of the court to make an order under section 236 , ’ and that the court had a general discretion which should be exercised by balancing the needs of the administrators against the disadvantages accruing to the other party which can result from the making of the order . |
| 16 | This low level of activity indicates a lack of extensive interior melting , or a thick lithosphere , or a lack of stress in the lithosphere , or some combination of all three , all of which can result from a long history of low internal temperatures . |
| 17 | Such programmes can also provide crisis counselling for post-traumatic stress , which can result from involvement in such events as rail crashes , explosions , witnessing a fatal car accident , or being mugged . |
| 18 | There are four main types of book delivery which can result from a reader submitting a call-slip , namely , |
| 19 | It should be noted that contraceptives which can result in an abortion , often termed ‘ abortifacients ’ and including devices such as the coil and spermicidal lubricants and jellies , remain illegal in Ireland . |
| 20 | Changing a garage door , they say , has become a simple home improvement which can result in ongoing maintenance simplicity . |
| 21 | This gives rise to mental and physical tensions which can result in illness . |
| 22 | they are driven by a mixture of physical and psychological longings and apprehensions which can result in moodiness , aloofness , irritability , hostility , insecurity and ( at times ) sheer delightfulness ; |
| 23 | Also there is a gradual loss of function of some brain cells which can result in forgetfulness and sometimes confusion . |
| 24 | They are perhaps the most obvious form of deviance , in that crime is clearly behaviour which breaks the standards of society and which can result in some punishment . |
| 25 | Diarrhoea , kidney disease and taking a diuretic drug may lead to potassium deficiency which can result in depression , weak muscles and mental confusion . |
| 26 | SSAP 22 allows this practice ( which can result in negative equity ! ) , and most UK companies affected follow it . |
| 27 | The legislation embodies numerous illogicalities and anomalies , including the double capital tax charge on gifts made within seven years before death , the taxation of some settlements as if no interest in possession exist when , in fact , they do , and the effect of the ‘ pooling ’ rules for shares etc , which can result in a chargeable gain which greatly exceeds the actual gain on a disposal of a recently acquired holding , eg on a rights issue . |
| 28 | When a tree is removed , the water which would normally have been extracted remains in the ground , which can result in swelling . |
| 29 | Here it is particularly harmful , as it is likely to trigger inflammation known as gingivitis , which can result in erosion of the gum and weakening of the teeth . |
| 30 | There is also a specific condition affecting some bitches called pseudo-pregnancy , which can result in displays of unexpected aggression . |