Example sentences of "that [pron] can [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But such is the new-found and disturbing power of punk that nothing can stop the disc 's runaway success , ’ ranted the Sunday Mirror . |
| 2 | It is , however , essential that everyone can see the demonstration and hear what is being said . |
| 3 | In a case like this it is often a matter of assessing quickly ‘ Am I sure that I can reach the field , or if I get more sink will I fail to get there ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I sometimes think you only invite me so that I can pay the bill . ’ |
| 5 | What I like is that I can feel the movement and it all gets transmitted to the fingers . |
| 6 | ‘ At least I proved to myself that I can do the business . ’ |
| 7 | By this I do n't mean that I can cure the patient , but that I can cope with the situation . |
| 8 | So y I 've got to weigh up whether I 'm actually going to make a profit over four years or whether it 's going to be , but I 'm not doing it for that it 's not so much making a profit as the fact that I can secure the loan for four years and know that I have n't got any extra to , to find , and when you 've retired , if you 've got say seven years on your mortgage and you 're thinking well if mortgage rates go up erm I could get stuffed you know if they doubled again then you could actually fix on that assumption . |
| 9 | Nisodemus said unto them , Do you doubt that I can stop the power of Order ? ii . |
| 10 | And if people mention obstructions I 'll make sure I find out exactly what they mean so that I can identify the threshold of the runway correctly . |
| 11 | In summer it is not so dense but that I can find the blackbird wherever it sings among its branches and not in Winter so agile but that its changing patterns are conspicuous against the sky , its sound an appreciable susurration using the harp strings of the wind . |
| 12 | Could you tell me so that I can find the statement . |
| 13 | I hope that I can catch the attention of the Secretary of State . |
| 14 | I ca n't follow every step of the action , but the flat is so small that I can hear the whole voiceover , even with the water running . |
| 15 | So that I can say the fire 's burning . |
| 16 | I hope that I can approach the issue as a fighter for my constituents ' interests while at the same time recognising the broader issues . |
| 17 | First , it is not clear what it would mean to say that I can see the map in my head . |
| 18 | So I said that instead of our leaving tomorrow or Sunday it might be best to wait until Monday so that I can see the bank manager at Gullshaven ; I want to make sure that Fru Gertlinger and Fru Børre are paid regularly . |
| 19 | I am the driver and pusher but have had a hip replacement which restricts the distance that I can push the wheelchair . |
| 20 | I am doing this without glasses , and what is so marvellous is that I can play the piano without glasses for the first time for at least 12 years . |
| 21 | How do I encounter God in such a way that I can call the meeting sacramental ? |
| 22 | All four band members share the belief that nobody can match the measure of commitment and unity to be found within The Smiths . |
| 23 | You just think it looks good to be seen with books that nobody can pronounce the name of . |
| 24 | Although the heroine of George Eliot 's Felix Holt renounces her inheritance , it is only so that she can marry the man she loves . |
| 25 | Her manner and her uniform will secure the patient 's trust as she carries out the necessary investigations , while her understanding of the aims of the study will ensure that she can offer the research team more than columns of figures . |
| 26 | Thomas seems however to contradict himself in this matter , presupposing elsewhere that orders relate to the body , as when he writes : ‘ Since in matters pertaining to the soul woman does not differ from man as to the thing , … it follows that she can receive the gift of prophecy and the like , but not the sacrament of Orders . ’ |
| 27 | They do n't want to charge her so that she can have the opportunity of proving to the court that er she is innocent . |
| 28 | Nowadays she is more likely to drive to a favourite beach on the south coast so that she can enjoy the wind in her hair and the tang of the sea breeze on her face . |
| 29 | Formal observation techniques and equipment are designed to reduce this discrepancy to a minimum but the nursing process depends on much more than can be obtained by this means ; therefore it is important for the teacher to have some understanding of the factors that affect the formation of percepts so that she can help the nurse to make accurate judgements where these are possible and to be sufficiently receptive and mentally flexible to consider more than one possible judgement as basis for action . |
| 30 | I immediately thought it over and said , ‘ Go and ask Semenov to issue a visa to your son 's wife , so that she can take the girl to London ’ . |