Example sentences of "which we can not [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They live in a world of scents and aromas which we can not even begin to comprehend . |
| 2 | In the event that you have a dispute with us which we can not amicably resolve is you so wish the dispute may be referred to Arbitration under a special scheme which though devised by arrangement with ABTA is administered quite independently by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators . |
| 3 | But that is another story which we can not yet look back on . |
| 4 | As far as acquisition of language is concerned , it seems clear that reinforcement , casual observation , and natural inquisitiveness ( coupled with a strong tendency to imitate ) are important factors , as is the remarkable capacity of the child to generalise , hypothesise and ‘ process information ’ in a variety of very special and apparently highly complex ways which we can not yet describe or begin to understand , and which may be largely innate , or may develop through some sort of learning or through maturation of the nervous system . |
| 5 | In contrast to this , according to the emotivist thesis , the typical cause and effect of a statement like ‘ Personal affection is a great good ’ is not any kind of genuine belief , which could be true or false , but an emotional attitude of favouring personal affection , which each of us may find ourselves either sharing or otherwise , but which we can not properly call true or false ; it therefore has primarily an emotive rather than a descriptive meaning . |
| 6 | They exhibit to an exaggerated degree that intolerance and sense of unease we all show when faced with information or experience which we can not readily assimilate and ‘ make sense of ’ ( as we say ) by fitting it into our existing knowledge and categories . |
| 7 | The New Testament teaches us that God is present and active in this world through his Holy Spirit , who is able to enter the hearts of individuals , giving new qualities of life and understanding in a way which we can not fully grasp , though we can experience it . |