Example sentences of "[noun] we can [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even among established units we can distinguish grades of centrality . |
| 2 | ‘ Now that I 've got the car we can do things like that , ’ Edward went on . |
| 3 | In other words we can study stress from the point of view of production and of perception ; the two are obviously closely related , but are not identical . |
| 4 | When anger turns to violence we can see people actually withdrawing , actually pulling back , from a sense of involvement in the ideas and values that we are putting forward . |
| 5 | So by studying how the life habits of living bivalves are reflected in the shapes of the shells we can make deductions about how the fossils lived . |
| 6 | This section discusses ELT video materials under these headings as a way of relating them to the roles we can give video in the classroom . |
| 7 | By tabulating these responses we can gain insights into not only the sorts of patterns which recur , but also the variety of responses which is reflected across the six groups . |
| 8 | In effect he offered a revised and updated version of his 1929 manifesto We Can Conquer Unemployment . |
| 9 | ‘ We need all the help we can get George . |
| 10 | The Yuk Factor sustains through Robert Cullen 's The Killer Department ( Orion , April , £15.99 , 1 85797 070 5 ) , about that demented bald Russian in a cage , the one who murdered 50-odd people and ate them , and nearer home we can enjoy Murder on Ward Four ( Chatto , May , £9,99 , 0 7011 4813 6 ) , Nick Davies ' investigation into the nurse of impeccable credentials who allegedly killed eight children before she was discovered . |
| 11 | But Beck said : ‘ Under exceptional circumstances we can get clearance from the Football League . ’ |
| 12 | On this basis we can simplify equations ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) , such that the enthalpy of single strand helix formation is largely attributable to base stacking : |
| 13 | If we do not want to reset entire articles ( impossible in the rush of printing schedules ) , the only place we can make cuts or additions is at the end of paragraphs . |
| 14 | At the riverside we can see Mr Gould on his stomach out on the ice , pushing himself back from the hole in the river ; people are shouting and running around ; we head down the river towards the narrows and the gorge and my father slips and almost drops me and his breath smells of whisky and food . |
| 15 | In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , syllabubs were sometimes made with the juice of Seville oranges , and in these days we can devise cream and wine or cream and fruit-syrup syllabubs to suit ourselves . |
| 16 | As we stroll through the mall we can see signs of the opposite problem . |
| 17 | We 're silently praying for the moment we can plead sunburn and hide all out mottled bits under the outsize bullfight T-shirt . |
| 18 | In drama we can try things out , we can find out what happens . |
| 19 | ‘ Once we get people in a bookshop we can sell books to them , and most of them will buy more than one . ’ |
| 20 | For instance we can suggest ways of rescheduling the payments over a longer period . |
| 21 | In a text we can study style in more detail , and with more systematic attention to what words or structures are chosen in preference to others . |
| 22 | We hope that by including a variety of cases we can inspire individuals and groups all over the country to take up arms on behalf of a threatened building in their neighbourhood . |
| 23 | Into the second category we can place Papez 's theory of emotion . |
| 24 | It might also be argued that the treatment of language in terms of sentences has been quite successful in revealing how language works , that within the sentence we can establish rules and constraints concerning what is and is not allowed , whereas beyond the sentence , such rules seem either to disintegrate or turn into rules of a different kind — social rules or psychological rules , which are not within the area of linguistic study at all . |
| 25 | Okay well you 'll probably know erm that of course we can start people immediately if they were |
| 26 | Of course we can teach video materials in a very similar way to audio materials . |
| 27 | At present we can access JANET only as a registered user of Edinburgh University 's system , although the Library can also use Internet through British Telecom 's DialPlus X-28 service . |
| 28 | In the distance we can hear cowbells . |
| 29 | From independent sources we can add dates for the Burgundian war ( 500 ) , and for the Visigothic campaign ( 507 ) . |
| 30 | Dr Ian Dickson of the nearby Springwell House Health Centre , which provides working space for the counsellors , says : ‘ It 's very helpful to have local agencies we can refer people to . |