Example sentences of "[vb infin] that they can " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes , if elderly relatives are living at a distance , it is not possible to be certain , in spite of advice from us , and help from neighbours with the shopping , that they are eating properly , but if they can only be persuaded to drink a pint of milk every day and eat some fresh citrus fruit , wholemeal bread , cheese or eggs , margarine or butter and a bowl of bran cereal , we shall know that they can not come to any serious harm from a dietary point of view , even though a much more varied diet would be more suitable . |
| 2 | All the drivers are exciting , and people who are stuck in this pattern of behaviour often have an incentive to stay in it — they feel that one day they will succeed , they will finally be perfect , they will at last please everyone ; they will prove that they can get everything done more quickly than everyone else , and they 'll know that they can undertake anything under the most difficult conditions . |
| 3 | Yeah but you must , that , that , that your congregation , that all the people in the pastorate must know that they can go to you and that you will listen . |
| 4 | they 'll get into the , they 'll get into that garage right , so they look and see things they did n't know that they can make money on |
| 5 | And we need to use the reserves that we do have in the balance sheet , we need to spend them wisely in order to achieve our objectives , our objectives for change , and we must recognise that they can only be spent once . |
| 6 | Havant in the UK — which does make disk drives ; Jrfalla , making printers in Sweden ; Valencia , making low-end ES/9000s in Spain , and at least a part of the big Montpelier mainframe and chips complex in France , are being re-classified as autonomous business units under their own managements , free to seek work outside as well as where they can from within IBM , but they are under notice that if they ca n't demonstrate that they can operate profitably in 12 months , they will be closed . |
| 7 | And those who have made a career out of making fun of Maxwell may think that they can continue to do so ; but it 's just not funny anymore ( allegedly ) . |
| 8 | Why do men think that they can use women and come out of it unscathed ? ’ |
| 9 | I do n't think that they can be taken to be in any particular order . |
| 10 | For their part any incomers see themselves as having made considerable sacrifices to come to Shetland , giving up their homes in the south near friends and perhaps relatives , and facing the possibility that while they are away inflation will ensure that they can not afford to buy their old houses back again when they return ( hence the price guarantees that the airlines are obliged to offer on their employees ' houses in Shetland ) . |
| 11 | How can they ensure that they can be effective , that is , that they can actually provide services as well as providing assessments ? ii If we go along the road of having dementia teams then what is the best management structure ; for such a team ? |
| 12 | It would appear that they can have had little in common with their trading companions , except in the sale of medicines . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's easy to be critical by watching television and they may feel that they can just pick up where they left off . |
| 14 | The culture and personal of the organisation — ie. the skill , knowledge and attitudes of subordinates , and the philosophy and psychological security of superiors , will help to determine how much delegation will be desired by the subordinates , and how far superiors will feel that they can trust the people below them . |
| 15 | Sometimes insurers might feel that they can get a better deal at the doors of the court in a heavy case , and the identity of the judge allotted to that case can influence corridor negotiations pretty heavily , but an experienced plaintiff 's solicitor with nothing much to worry about in court who has gone that far will strike a fairly hard bargain . |
| 16 | It is not unusual for children to recite happily from one to ten in a number rhyme or as they play , but the teacher does not assume that they can therefore use number or count . |
| 17 | You ca n't believe that they can still say it , having had this conversation six hundred times . |
| 18 | The two brothers of Armagnac , count and archbishop , thought Grilly ‘ are so oppressed … that in the end they will be compelled to submit by some contrived method … and one can not believe that they can withstand these afflictions much longer . |
| 19 | 1 Which pieces are these ? 2 What clues in each one make you believe that they can not be the beginning ? |
| 20 | But I do n't believe that they can predict its effects . |
| 21 | most likely to make people believe that they can achieve a certain thing and let them get up and do it and erm so that the Party 's role is in the initial stage fostering as much mobilization |
| 22 | Those who do n't take heed should remember that they can be fined up to £400 for ignoring a hosepipe or sprinkler ban , and up to £2,000 for ignoring a drought order . |
| 23 | Bearing in mind that these remarks were made before the new section 69(1) was introduced by the Act of 1986 , I do not see that they can be regarded as carrying the matter any further . |
| 24 | I ca n't see that they can afford to be a high profile company ? |
| 25 | So I , if there are going to be changes in French erm France 's relations with its neighbours within the E E C , erm I do n't see that they can be very quick , and I do n't see that they can ultimately be all that large . |
| 26 | So I , if there are going to be changes in French erm France 's relations with its neighbours within the E E C , erm I do n't see that they can be very quick , and I do n't see that they can ultimately be all that large . |
| 27 | So we said what can we produce that they can send through the post . |
| 28 | It does mean that they ca n't improve themselves by any small land therefore likely ! evolutionary step : none of their immediate neighbours in the local equivalent of ‘ biomorph space ’ would do any better . |
| 29 | Yeah , but just because they 're a rubbish band , does n't mean that they ca n't communicate , and that 's sort of the image that we 're portraying here . |
| 30 | But I do n't , the fact that they 're not included does not mean that they ca n't have it , because that would be disastrous , because they do rely on that |