Example sentences of "[pron] can [vb infin] the difference " in BNC.

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1 I can tell the difference between a sparrow and a swan and that 's about it .
2 Some of them use super P C K and some of them use Smart Drive and buggered if I can tell the difference .
3 I can tell the difference between red wires and black wires , you know , ’ said Dorcas mildly , prodding another wire .
4 As a participant I can feel the difference between genuinely regretting something and signalling such a feeling .
5 But I can feel the difference . ’
6 Nobody can tell the difference : Awlad Amira are deceiving the government into giving arms to our enemies . ’
7 ‘ Pranksters waste vital minutes which can make the difference between life and death . ’
8 Notwithstanding that , ready-mixed concrete does have the great advantage of being consistently mixed , can have a waterproofing compound added to it before you get it , and saves the mixing time ( which can mean the difference between the pool being completed in a single day and taking two or three ) .
9 Who can tell the difference ?
10 It is you who can make the difference at the office by distributing a little kindness instead of putting all your energy into your expectations of others .
11 On the other hand , Groove Tubes ' primary motivation is serving the music community by offering a product for the artist and musician who can hear the difference between guitars , amps , pickups and tubes .
12 Leadless plumber not legless , legl leadless oh You know I 'm sure that the this roof rack I 'm sure you can feel the difference in the car sometimes well not feel the difference but you can hear it , it makes an awful noise at times when the winds blowing .
13 You can tell the difference by their boots , ’ Irena told me before I 'd had a chance to ask the question .
14 Like Eric you 'll discover that you can tell the difference !
15 If you look carefully , you can tell the difference between a male pupa and a female pupa ( see drawings ) .
16 So unless we can say , as we said above for knowledge , that you can not claim your belief is justified unless you can tell the difference between cases where such beliefs are true and cases where they are false , it will be impossible to conclude that your true belief here is unjustified .
17 well , oh you 're supposed to have four cups I 'll er I 'll use it one day and not tell you and see if you can tell the difference shall I ?
18 And you can taste the difference can you ?
19 And then add MIDI to that and you can see the difference . ’
20 I think you can see the difference for yourself .
21 There are various types of breach delivery you can come out one foot first , two feet first or you can come out with your legs actually up against your face , in which case there 's terrible traction on the hips , alright , and all that will cause dislocation so you , you can see the difference ca n't you ?
22 You can see the difference when you go on the trip , some people are .
23 Yeah , but in fact , in Betty 's case you can see the difference
24 I am normally wary of accepting claims made for a particular recording at the back of liner notes but when Chesky Records maintains that you can hear the difference in the sound quality of its discs , Chesky is by no means overstating the case .
25 So it mixes it and you can hear the difference .
26 But if you can , if you can understand the difference between simple time and the compound time and er try not to muddle the fact that six eight does not mean that there are six quaver beats in a bar , but it means that there are two dotted beats , and two dotted crotchet beats in a bar and try and get that into your head as soon as you can you 're gon na find it a lot easier .
27 We are sophisticated people , and we can tell the difference between reality and myth .
28 ‘ Is n't there any other way we can tell the difference ? ’
29 We can represent the difference between the two as a cline , or continuum , with extreme cases at either end and a range of intermediate possibilities in between : Formal spoken discourse Conversation There are many polar opposites in discourse classification , but they are usually best represented in this way , as we shall see later .
30 Or alternatively we can accept the differences and reject the conclusions drawn from them , stressing instead the value of women 's ways of doing things .
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