Example sentences of "[det] [that] [pron] can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of those primitive men are so good at this that they can exactly imitate the different animals , and even other human beings . |
| 2 | As for breast feeding , I feel so strongly about this that I can hardly express myself ! |
| 3 | There is the er the other way of looking at this that you can either change the er sort of C O balance or you can give her some clerical time , because if she can identify clerical work I mean like Diane |
| 4 | The extraordinary factor in such debates is that at the end of them we get the feeling that there is little that we can actually do to alter the course of events . |
| 5 | Or , put another way , are the Powell conditions too tough — tough not just for Americans , but for those , like Bosnia 's Muslims , whose plight is such that they can plausibly look only to America for salvation ? |
| 6 | The capacity of CFS Aeroengines is such that they can now offer their services on a worldwide basis and are set to take a larger slice of the redial engine business by offering a ‘ one stop ’ service from mags , to props , to accessories , to whole powerplants . |
| 7 | The impact of technology is such that you can now do by electronic means a lot of things which were previously done by middle managers — collecting information , processing it , manipulating it in various ways : shunting it around the organisation . ’ |
| 8 | The pain in my left hand is such that I can hardly bear to look at it . |
| 9 | After a period of experimenting with designs and acoustics , Nigel has now developed his techniques to a high level such that he can now calculate , and fabricate steam whistles to virtually any specific combination of notes he requires . |
| 10 | The external demands on government are such that it can often act only as arbiter between competing demands and respond , under guidance from civil servants , to international events and trends over which it has no direct influence . |
| 11 | You should get there at all costs , because it is an absolutely astonishing place , but the nature of the spectacle is such that it can only work on you properly if the cirque is not being mobbed ; it demands a certain loneliness , and on afternoons in July and August , for instance , the coaches are said to have to queue before they can get into the village of Gavarnie . |
| 12 | Sometimes I have wondered myself , but have made so many friends and learnt so much that I can never regret the decision . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | All that one can profitably do is concentrate on weeding out the propositions with faulty grammar and those that contextually give rise to paradoxes . |
| 15 | In addition , 1-2-3 for Windows contains all that you can reasonably ask of a spreadsheet — lots of |
| 16 | All that I can honestly say is that after collecting the facts I do decide one way or another , without having any reasons which will satisfy you if you do not share the same standards . |
| 17 | The current number of requests pending in LIFESPAN is all that it can currently handle . |
| 18 | The current number of requests pending in LIFESPAN is all that it can currently handle . |
| 19 | The current number of requests pending in LIFESPAN is all that it can currently handle . |