Example sentences of "our [noun sg] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unspoken promise is plain : our brand can make you beautiful too . |
| 2 | She says we 're very pleased , we 're trained for this.We feel that it 's excellent that our expertise can be used in such a situation . |
| 3 | She 'll bite you , and our Whisky can |
| 4 | While welcoming in principle the SIB 's recent proposals for simplification of the rules , Mr Bell said : ‘ Any changes , no matter how desirable , must however be implemented sensibly in order not to increase unnecessarily the already considerable costs of the regime , which in our case can only be borne by the policy holders . ’ |
| 5 | The Fourier transform times depend on the computer used , but in our case can take around 100 ms . |
| 6 | We are lucky enough to be living during a warm period ( interglacial ) of this ice age , but our luck can not last forever ; at some time during the next few thousand , few hundred or even just few years the next cold period ( glacial ) will commence unless humanity 's pollution contributes so much to the greenhouse effect that global warming prevents the glaciers from spreading . |
| 7 | Our mourning can only be taken up into joy when we bring it back to Jesus Christ . |
| 8 | We know that the roots of our faith can hold us firmly in all the insecurities of the modern world . |
| 9 | Our support can only be effective to the extent that these universals obtain ; it certainly can not substitute for them . |
| 10 | The purpose of this book is not only to show how threats to our heritage can be successfully resisted but also to suggest ways of putting forward constructive alternatives . |
| 11 | We can define the unknown in broad terms — " What would increase our margins here ? " — and this is really defining a search area In essence a question tells us the answer with which we would be satisfied : if our thinking can get us to this point we can stop that line of thinking . |
| 12 | If our club can make a difference , and it has in the past , we will send a tape straightaway . ’ |
| 13 | This problem of the representativeness of our study can be overcome by repeating our study in other parts of the country . |
| 14 | However , our study can not exclude that enalapril and hydrochlorothiazide had different hypotensive effects , because to detect a difference of 5 mm Hg between the two groups , with 90% power , would have required 191 patients in each group . |
| 15 | Our association can help anyone with debt problems with advice and support . |
| 16 | Our industry can create new markets and opportunities with a modest investment in language initiatives . |
| 17 | In another analogy , our mind can be thought of as a huge tapestry in which the many episodes of life were originally isolated and there was no relationship between the parts ; but at last we must make a unified scene of our whole life . |
| 18 | East Berlin church leaders , for instance , issued ‘ Four Urgent Pleas ’ on Monday night — the first being an appeal to East Germans ‘ from now on to exercise freedom of speech fearlessly , so that the discussion of our future can begin . ’ |
| 19 | The questions which our proposal can usefully address are : ( i ) Will it lead to any discriminating predictions about observable data which differ from what would be expected under the assumption that postnominals are simply normal attributive adjectives ? ( ii ) How might our claim relate to the characteristics of postnominal attributives discussed in Sections 3.5 to 3.7 ? ( iii ) Can it cast any light in particular on the fact that only a subset of adjectives can occur as postnominal attributives ? |
| 20 | Even the fact that someone inside is writing fieldnotes will produce unease , as I have experienced ; and their collation can almost certainly be tantamount to something akin to espionage ; for as Sean Conlin ( 1980 ) observed : ‘ often our work can seem ‘ political ’ rather than scientific ’ . |
| 21 | But at the end , we are alone , and only in the lives and memories of our children , our friends and our work can we hope to be remembered . |
| 22 | Our work can be contrasted with that of Yoder and Wettach [ 13 ] who have also developed a hyper-text system for the law . |
| 23 | We expect that our work can readily be extended to versions of the language . |
| 24 | We are apolitical although we have to be aware of the political impact our work can have in some areas . |
| 25 | This is because our adversary can not have everything his own way . |
| 26 | I made during my year a number of lasting friendships , some of which have actually turned into professional assistance in different parts of the country , and the fact that people genuinely enjoy meeting each other is shown by the annual reunions which take place , entirely at the personal expense of the individuals , which demonstrate the bond of friendship which our Institute can bring about . |
| 27 | If our Committee can consider an instrument and make a report — as we are obliged to under Standing Orders — in time for a debate , we use our best endeavours . |
| 28 | Scientists contend that the principles of natural law that govern our universe can not be turned aside , you can not ignore them , they are fixed , they are great things that , that you can not alter God can not do anything about them . |
| 29 | And there are other more mature markets in which our business can be expanded further . |
| 30 | Our desire can be for physical satisfaction , for wealth , power or the need for recognition , for satisfying the intellect or our heart , or simply for the seeking of pleasure . |