Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] we can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As an example of the geographical comparison of normal patterns we can compare the relative incidence of coins of the first two centuries AD in two different areas such as Britain and Italy . |
| 2 | But within this complete chronology we can discern some processes and states of affairs that are comparatively brief , others that last for an intermediate length of time , and some that go on for centuries or even millennia . |
| 3 | For a third distinct trend in progressive rock we can turn to Pink Floyd , known for avant-garde experiments , often making use of collage , electronics and ‘ freeform ’ techniques . |
| 4 | ‘ Still , I reckon that if we keep a proper lookout we can have everyone on the move in five minutes . |
| 5 | Instead of trying to change old attitudes we can set out to design new ones which are not descendants of the old ones . |
| 6 | Five years later , the Reverend Adam Buddle ( c.1660–1715 ) , Reader at Gray 's Inn and an enthusiastic botanist , after whom Buddleja is named , welcomed an offer from Richardson to send seeds and roots from Yorkshire to him and to the Chelsea Garden ‘ which is now putting into very good order … we design to cultivate all the rare English plants we can get to grow there . ’ |
| 7 | There are all kinds of different questions we can ask about the life habits of these trilobites , which are not subject to the same kind of careful scrutiny . |
| 8 | To electronically generate speech-like sounds we can use one of two methods . |
| 9 | Consider the different ways we can use a key : to open doors or containers or gates that have long been locked : " Are you sure you want to do this ? |
| 10 | There are three different ways we can get such guidance : from our substantive knowledge of the world , by experimenting with the ladder of powers , and by constructing special diagnostic plots . |
| 11 | There are several different ways we can define money supply , depending on which types of deposit we include and which types we exclude from our definition . |
| 12 | It 's such a special feeling , from that empty space we can create anything , just by movement , voice and song . |
| 13 | I have already explored in relation to Gide and others the kind of rebellion whose test they retrospectively failed , namely , transgression as a quest for authenticity : underpinning and endorsing the philosophy of individualism , it suggests that in defying a repressive social order we can dis-cover ( and so be true to ) our real selves . |
| 14 | If you wish to obtain either of these more detailed reports we can request one from the surveyor or valuer we would normally use to obtain our report and mortgage valuation . |
| 15 | By requiring the investor to buy a proportion of debt in the geared company we can write , therefore , if this is true for a proportion , we can show that by dividing both sides of Eq . |
| 16 | " Maybe , " he said , " maybe for the British market we can call him Scum . " |
| 17 | Now you 'll be doing this before Christmas , and what it is is there , there are lots of different categories we can use but the standard one is dividing the population into six distinct categories . |
| 18 | But geometrical figures are not the only modes , and so are not the only things whose real essences we can know . |
| 19 | But even among established units we can distinguish grades of centrality . |
| 20 | A kind , sympathetic understanding of where people are is the best pastoral attitude we can have . ’ |
| 21 | In his early work we can see that Foucault 's position involves a remarkable development of Althusser 's hints that art can function as a privileged category that provides an ‘ internal distance ’ from ideology by relating histories , writing reports . |
| 22 | If the actual delivery or the birth of the baby had been difficult , traumatic for example a forceps delivery or a very long labour , where the baby and the mum got very tired and exhausted If there 's any , if there 's any congenital amalgamation we can discuss it |
| 23 | If the better service and more comprehensive service we can provide , th the better chance we have of getting repeat orders . |
| 24 | Whatever else we do tonight , we should reject the cruel illusion that the ERM is the great magic system that can give the people the stability they desire — in real life we can promise that to no one . |
| 25 | In a similar way we can use the die figures for the early imperial bronze coinages minted at Corinth to calculate that the total value coined over a century was only about half a million denarii , or less than 5000 per year . |
| 26 | In a similar way we can mock an accent or dialect , projecting a stereotyped figure more in the manner that stage actors do than in the manner that mere quotation provides … |
| 27 | In a limited way we can understand this , because for all of us certain dates stand out with striking significance . |
| 28 | Again , now that he is a man he is expected to observe those admittedly very minimal standards of decency which apply to excretion ( for instance , not urinating on someone 's feet when you are talking to them ) , and so to this very limited extent we can speak of initiation being like toilet-training . |
| 29 | Because now we 've got a binary network we can do different things . |
| 30 | ‘ With the worsening economic climate we can expect more unemployment , mortgage repossessions , bankruptcies and general indebtedness . |