Example sentences of "[vb pp] that [pron] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drop it down , in this Pentiford yep , ours is filled with all sorts of gear , for instance decontamination , you know erm after a , a chemical incidence you 've got to clean yourself off without contaminating everybody else , and you can do this within a pod , it 's been so designed that you can walk in one way dirty , and walk out another way clean , and |
| 2 | We are constantly reminded that we can not use the visible indicators as value assessments . |
| 3 | Nor will it come from exports , which are now falling because the pound is so overvalued that we can not have export success at its present level of valuation . |
| 4 | Nobody has claimed that it can clear the infectious organism , HIV , from a person 's system . |
| 5 | It must not be claimed that anyone can sense time itself apart from the movement of things or their restful immobility . ’ |
| 6 | As a result , Sir Thomas has resolved that he can no longer act as go-between in respect of the prince 's letters to yourself . ’ |
| 7 | The trustees have protested that they can not afford to do so . |
| 8 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 9 | The Chinese have realised that they can not build homes for their rural people out of modern materials , even though ingenious mini-cement plants and oval shaped multi-chamber brick kilns have been promoted throughout the communes of China . |
| 10 | It would n't be fair to suggest that most users of desktop publishing systems were unhappy with the quality of their page printer 's output — more that they have realised that they can improve the quality still further by going to a bureau . |
| 11 | They part , but it is arranged that they can meet again any day in White Friars , near Chester 's Inn , at seven in the morning . |
| 12 | As a result , the labourer has no view down the vista of which , from his master 's point of view , he forms the conclusion , his windows being so arranged that he can not overlook it . |
| 13 | Yeah , I would just like to add something to that , and the fact that it 's not only that women , that , that men are taught that they can rape and they can abuse women , but er that it 's alright ! |
| 14 | At times tonal zones can be identified ; at others they are elusive , but in their sum tonalities are so well hidden that we can regard this as truly ‘ atonal ’ ( in the sense of being tonally obscure ) : It would be laborious to analyse this note by note , but there are several principal features which can be noted : |
| 15 | Difficult not to take the weather personally and on this day , when it is so important that the sun shines , I think of Camus 's return to Tipasa , ‘ walking through the lonely and rain-soaked countryside ’ , trying to find that strength ‘ which helps me to accept what exists once I have recognized that I can not change it ’ . |
| 16 | The small surplus that is distributed is so limited that it can not be shared by all , but patronage is a mechanism of selecting a few workers to benefit . |
| 17 | Rufus had always heard that nothing can go on in a village without the gossips knowing . |
| 18 | Q : I have heard that you can reach many places in the world as passengers on cargo ships . |
| 19 | Yeah jointly insured for major contingencies and potential legal liabilities , the recent re review however has highlighted that we can only insure our own legal liabilities and that we can not insure or assume responsibility for your prudential legal liabilities |
| 20 | Indeed one of my personal invariable rules is that when I have mentally decided that something can not be done , for what appears to be a very good reason , I test that apparent constraint , hopefully to destruction . |
| 21 | Governments have already decided that they can not accept a free currency market . |
| 22 | The SSC 's director , Roy Schwitters , has decided that he can do without the participation of Samuel Ting , from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , who wanted to develop one of the two huge experiments that will make use of the machine . |
| 23 | Once the lender has decided that you can afford to repay it , you agree on the payback period , or term , which is usually 25 years . |
| 24 | I refer to your letter dated 6 July 1993 and would advise that after consideration , I have decided that I can not grant permission for day release . |
| 25 | Suppose the U K government has decided that it can not free-ride on other governments : either it pays its share of launch aid or the whole project collapses . |
| 26 | Considerable attention has been focused on the distinction between causing grievous bodily harm ( section 18 ) and inflicting grievous bodily harm ( section 20 ) : for many years it was believed that the more restrictive word ‘ inflict ’ meant that section 20 required proof of a sufficiently direct action by D to constitute an assault , but the House of Lords has now decided that there can be an ‘ infliction ’ of GBH without proof of an assault . |
| 27 | This is usually because it is felt that they can not cope with anything at a higher level or with more demanding work — they ‘ can not concentrate ’ , ‘ can not transfer knowledge from one situation to another ’ , ‘ can not remember from one day to the next ’ , ‘ can not cope with sequential tasks ’ , ‘ get confused by experiencing more than one way of doing something ’ , and most definitely ‘ can not do fractions ’ . |
| 28 | However , if that application process takes a long time , it is felt that one can not upset that person 's lifestyle — he may be married — and he is allowed to stay . |
| 29 | It has now accepted that it can not keep Scottish Pride as an integral part of its business . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've accepted that I can do this for a certain amount of time . |