Example sentences of "[adj] that [pers pn] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is for someone to support the person whilst they try to unravel their thoughts in such a way that it becomes clear that they can say anything , no matter how bizarre or odd it sounds , because that will be the way they sort out their feelings in order to cope with them . |
| 2 | That 's what this programme is about , and in that time I mean I think , I was thinking actually as Terry was speaking , erm you said that it was not clear that you can judge somebody on a hundred days , and I must say I agree with that , and I think at the moment in the last hundred days we 've been at war and it 's impossible to judge a new Prime Minister , who 's come into office in the right at the beginning of what potentially could have been a very nasty war . |
| 3 | I 'll be afraid that they can see my tummy . |
| 4 | In fact , their necks are so mobile that they can keep their heads in the same position while a branch sways in the breeze underneath them . |
| 5 | It seems strange that you can defend your wicket with your bat , pads and any part of your body except your hand , if it has been taken off the bat . |
| 6 | If your kick is such that you can pull it back and reassume your original stance , it is too weak to score . |
| 7 | The imagery might be such that you can work it out for yourself ( e.g. always in pursuit of a partner but never quite catching him or her ! ) . |
| 8 | ‘ It is impossible that she can give her full concentration to this case if she is sitting under that sort of threat , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Now the important thing about the toxin is not so much that it can paralyse its victim , but that biologists can use it , and they can use it because it 's possible to label the toxin radioactively and then employ this to look at the distribution of receptors in patients with miocenia and characterise the receptors in other ways . |
| 10 | But since all the animals we eat receive their protein from plants , it is becoming accepted that we can bypass our carnivore cravings and eliminate most , if not all , animal flesh from our diet without suffering undue harm . |
| 11 | If you fill your factory with machines so sophisticated that they can make anything that any blueprint tells them to make , it is hardly surprising if sooner or later a blueprint arises that tells these machines to make copies of itself . |
| 12 | It is so high and cold that they can raise nothing but the hardiest kind of vegetables … it is the only fishery the Nez Perce have and they go there from all directions … |
| 13 | So good that it can do it almost without help from history : it manages to turn 20th-century products into cult objects of British tradition . |
| 14 | We would be very pleased to meet you and feel sure that we can offer you an interesting and worthwhile programme . |
| 15 | And are you sure that you can get your bit done in time for him to continue ? |
| 16 | Prices vary widely so shop around before you buy and make sure that you can get your purchase into the car — some boxes can be bulky ! |
| 17 | you know she told me about it , she says I think I must mention it and I said okay I wo n't do it any more and she said oh please do it , we need you to do it she said especially the letter formation , she says what just try and encourage him to write any old letters , just to make sure that he can form them without copying them |
| 18 | These men tend to be more confident that they can make their desires known to their partners , whereas those who did n't enjoy their introduction to sex are among the most likely to say that they ca n't express what they want . |
| 19 | Yes , Elizabeth Howell of Exploring Parenthood , certainly that is the case , both with parents and with people like teachers or child care workers , who are in locus parentis for many hours of the day , and our sense is very much that if the adults around children can feel supported and confident that they can acknowledge their own fears and anxieties that they will then be better be able to transmit that measured response to the children in their care and it was very interesting last week , I heard from an educational psychologist in the north of England who said that a group of teachers had asked from several schools to come together to think about the resources that they needed to set in place in order to deal with the children 's behaviour , and after the meeting , at which they were able to express their anxieties , they then returned to their various areas and when the psychologist contacted them a couple of days later they said we felt sufficiently supported by knowing that others are struggling with the same issues and that we could acknowledge our concerns about it , that we now feel able to get on with the job of helping the children , and I think that was a very good example of adults finding a way to acknowledge their own anxieties and thereby to increase their effectiveness in dealing with the children that in whose care they have . |
| 20 | With regard to security at the border , I have consistently said in the aftermath of conferences under the Anglo-Irish Agreement that , although we are delighted that good co-operation exists , it can always be better , and I am confident that we can make it so . |
| 21 | I am confident that we can provide you with the high level of service you require . |
| 22 | These are exciting times in the world of Technological Education and we in Heriot 's are confident that we can equip our pupils to meet the challenge that lies ahead . |
| 23 | But despite having to face Cape Horn and the unpredictable ‘ roaring forties ’ , she seems confident that she can handle her jobs , which include trimming the spinnaker and dealing with the yacht 's plumbing . |
| 24 | By that stage , you should feel totally at home with your new diet and confident that you can maintain it as a lifestyle with ease in the place of your former diet . |
| 25 | I have never been confident that I can split them with the naked eye , but 7 × 50 binoculars make it easy enough . |
| 26 | I always find it a difficult binocular object ; I can just see it with × 20 , but I am not confident that I can identify it with a lower magnification . |
| 27 | There is no need for us to act like hedgehogs , eating all that we can to fill ourselves up for the coming months . |
| 28 | The relative stability in the months following the purported declaration of independence back in May last year was very welcome and we must do all that we can to re-establish it , but sheer names on pieces of paper will not do so . |
| 29 | We shall do all that we can to encourage it . |
| 30 | I believe it is possible to propose an explanation for the intuitive feeling one gets that the -ing form would be somewhat inappropriate here : the author is describing a person who is groping for anything which will reassure her before she meets her angry father and the mere fact that she is able to perceive objects which are familiar to her — when she feels so disoriented that she can take nothing for granted — is what gives her the sense that she is neither shirking nor lying . |