Point 154 in the category of MODALITY is defined as:
‘can’ for GENERAL TRUTHS AND TENDENCIES
It cannot be found automatically since it depends on manual interpretation of the usage. We can attempt a search in corpora to match some of the formal elements found preceding ‘can.’
Some_DD young_JJ people_NN can_VM feel_VVI …
Too_RG much_DA1 work_NN1 can_VM cause_VVI …
We can search for these clusters for some possible examples on iWeb corpus:
_d _j _nn can_v _vvi
1 FEW SIMPLE STEPS CAN HELP 59
2 THIS INFORMATIVE WEBCAST CAN HELP 52
_r _d _nn can_v _vvi
1 HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN SAY 302 (this is a question)
2 BEST THAT MONEY CAN BUY 184
3 HOW MANY ANGELS CAN DANCE 95
4 SO MANY THINGS CAN GO 86
5 TOO MUCH WATER CAN CAUSE 57
6 TOO MANY THINGS CAN GO 53