Example sentences of "[pron] can [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ I can sing so quietly that from two metres you will not hear me ! ’ |
| 2 | I can say fairly confidently that those arrangements are inadequate and will be reviewed by my hon. Friend and his team when we come into office next May . |
| 3 | Many girls said to me that you never recover from anorexia or bulimia or compulsive eating , but having suffered from all three for over seven years , I can say very strongly that this need not be true . |
| 4 | You can predict fairly safely that some of the following situations will be ‘ disaster areas ’ for parents : |
| 5 | From all this , we can say quite simply that the roles of teacher and researcher are distinct . |
| 6 | It means that we can state quite categorically that the effect of monopolisation per se is to reduce economic welfare . |
| 7 | We can see easily enough that in a competitive world social selection for a selfish maximization of an individual 's capacity to reproduce will result in the predominance of certain traits in a population . |
| 8 | And when we begin to gain , if only the merest glimpse of the deeply ingrained brutalities and prejudices embodied in what was judged to be ‘ right ’ , then we can see more clearly that the Garotter 's Act was not so much a moment of panic which led respectable England off its true course , but a mature expression of the existing social relations — including the self-assumption of the mighty , and their attitudes and actions towards the lower orders and the plebs . |
| 9 | So far as the actual patterns of support are concerned , one can say more confidently that these have not simply declined from a high point , but have undergone various changes and fluctuations , according to the circumstances under which people lived . |