Example sentences of "[conj] we can [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Rockhill Farm because the land has already been the farmer has already been compensated by the addition of extra land so that we can easily accommodate a gipsy site in that particular spot . |
| 2 | B : Well , the milkman has come All that we can reasonably expect a semantic theory to tell us about this minimal exchange is that there is at least one reading that we might paraphrase as follows : ( 2 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time ? |
| 3 | Will he consider bringing the Conservative party , and talking to the Scottish National party to bring it into the Scottish Constitutional Convention so that we can then have a genuine debate on which way the constitution of Scotland should go ? |
| 4 | It 's one that we can perhaps put a bit of pressure on if we issue an application for you by getting ACAS involved and seeing whether ACAS can either get you back there or er get you a compensation off them . |
| 5 | He did n't seem to grasp that we can hardly bury a head without a body . |
| 6 | Looking after the status quo is rather more their tendency , so we can perhaps expect a greater emphasis on defence with rather less activity from the operatives up front — the strikers . |
| 7 | We 've got current on this axis , voltage on this axis , we 've got equal in this case equal potassium on each side of the membrane , so the reversal potential , here shown as the zero current intercept , that is the point at which the channel 's not passing any current , is zero millivolts , because we 've got equal potassium on each side , and we can simply draw a line through those data points . |
| 8 | And we can always print a few more up Terry there 's no |
| 9 | We have been very good at burnished shellac finish and we can now add a brighter spirited-off shellac finish to enhance our fine pieces of blonde furniture . |
| 10 | erm I 'm not going to keep you very long because I 've nearly finished talking so erm when I 've finished perhaps you would like to bring some of your things up and put them on the table and we can all have a look at them . |
| 11 | If we can successfully compare a present-day situation to an historic one then we can use hindsight to tell us what may happen next . |
| 12 | Erm , if we can just talk a bit about the the the activities , the question of the demonstrations against unemployment , what did you actually do to aid those demonstrations ? |
| 13 | ‘ I see no hope of avoiding war , ’ wrote Brailsford in the summer of 1936 , unless we can soon create a firm defensive alliance of England , France and Russia plus some smaller ‘ Left ’ States . |
| 14 | The top of the ladder is the eventual target of the programme but we can never climb a ladder starting at the top . |
| 15 | The response from Medau teachers has been good but we can still take a few more . |
| 16 | ‘ We may be out of the running but we can still have a big say in who goes through to the United States , ’ said Hughes . |
| 17 | When they called on us , they would always say to Mum , ‘ Fanny , we came to see how you are getting on , but we can only stay a few minutes . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ While we can never offer a real home from home , guests come knowing that they can get some of the comforts of home — like being able to make a cup of tea or have a drink without necessarily having to come downstairs or order room service . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Absurdity ’ would be reached when we can only afford a one-ship navy , a one-tank army and a one-bomber air force ! |
| 20 | For we can easily imagine a legislative structure that would produce compromise statutes mechanically , as a function of the different opinions about strict liability or racial discrimination or abortion among the various legislators , without any legislator being asked or required to vote for the compromise as a package . |