Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] we can [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is possible to show that existential propositions are equivalent to denials of the validity of inferences of a certain kind , then instead of talking about existence we can confine ourselves to talking about the validity of inference . |
| 2 | Right we can supply bank information for instance we can supply you with the balance , erm we should be able to let you know what sort of standing orders there are , erm but that would be charged at an extra rate because |
| 3 | The answer to such situations is to always say ‘ Yes , sir , of course we can do it , ’ and then put the telephone down , swear loudly and sit down and work how you are going to do it . |
| 4 | And , to try and give options for members , at different expenditure levels of how we may move forward , because it is n't a cheap process , or not if we follow the Lancashire model it is n't a cheap process , but of course we can scale our proposals down . |
| 5 | Otherwise , for a jingle of coin we can do you a selection of gory romances , full o fine cadence and corpses , pirated from the Italian ; and it does n't take much to make a jingle — even a single coin has music in it . |
| 6 | Can we not say that we say if we do n't have agreement by the thirty first of January we can take someone like who we 've already identified who will do the job for the money and take at least one person on pending a decision on the salary increase ? |
| 7 | And as with Rembrandt we can watch his face and figure change , in countless paintings , prints and drawings , from that of a young to that of an old man . |
| 8 | With hindsight we can envisage them as biding their time , as it were , until their reptilian competitors disappeared . |
| 9 | For example we can use it to show that it is possible to pivot from any primal feasible tableau ( T1 ) corresponding to a set of constraints to any other primal feasible tableau ( T2 ) for these constraints , maintaining primal feasibility . |
| 10 | At one point you know , there was no point buying wheat from the United States , alright , because although they had a comparative advantage in production , the costs of transportation were prohibitive and in essence we can produce it cheaper over here than the er , the import cost of foreign produced wheat . |
| 11 | In England we can date its beginning with the passage , on 22 June 1822 , of the Ill-Treatment of Cattle Act , while in the United States we may point to the passage of anti-cruelty legislation by several of the states , beginning with New York in 1828 . |
| 12 | As we are small in numbers we can find it as we go , for maximum flexibility , but I will book us into a lodge for 2 nights on arrival to give us chance to find our feet again . |
| 13 | because their programmes can be planned , and because in fact we can check them if we desire to ( Bevan , cited in Donnison and Ungerson , 1982 , p. 142 ) |
| 14 | Danny it 's just occurred to me because we 're tape recording we 'd better just stop print just at the moment , we 'll just leave that off line we can do it later . |
| 15 | For if at moments we can convince ourselves that Shakespeare is the discourse of power , we should remind ourselves that there are usually other discourses — here the notes and vocabulary and maps — that are instrumentally far more important . |