Example sentences of "that individual can " in BNC.

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1 Research also suggests that individuals can adjust to , and offset , the changes affecting them in middle and later life .
2 In any large-scale undertaking there is usually some advantage in subdividing the work so that individuals can develop special skills in particular tasks .
3 I have to acknowledge too that since you ought to be aware from your fellow 's viewpoints and incline towards their benefit as well as your own , and ought also to be aware that individuals can not benefit themselves or each other by community without agreeing on common rules , the rules you follow in acting towards your fellows should be those of your community and not of mine .
4 Although it is certainly true that individuals can gain a false idea about the ease of making money on the Stock Market , there is also no doubt that privatisation has generated substantial interest in the Stock Market , much of it from new investors .
5 National reflections currently focus upon the need for college to be ‘ responsive ’ in order to ensure that individuals can gain access to the curriculum ‘ regardless of any disability or special learning need they may have ’ ( FEU 1990 : 11 ) .
6 This alternative view claims that individuals can only develop their characteristically human capacities within society and that ‘ living in society is a necessary condition of the development of rationality … or of becoming a moral agent in the full sense of the term , or of becoming a fully responsible , autonomous being ’ .
7 It would have formalised the position that individuals can have rights and obligations imposed upon them by treaties to which they can not be parties .
8 I argued that individuals can gain great advantage from their ability to refine and enrich their methods of communication by this means .
9 In very general terms , Marxist theorists look for the location of power in the wider social and economic structure of society There is continuing debate within Marxism over the exact role that the state ( or political level ) fulfils and whether it has any significant independence from the requirements of the owners of the means of production and the preservation of the system of capital accumulation In the long term , however , Marxists argue that the scope for human beings to choose freely and to shape their society as they wish is severely circumscribed by the private ownership of the means of production , the necessity of the state to respond to the crises and problems generated by capitalism as an economic system and the inequality of competition between different ideologies Elite theories do not go so far in limiting the scope for individuals to choose or to shape their societies They argue that individuals can choose , subjectively , to join , to maintain or to challenge the structure of power which exists .
10 They do , however , believe that individuals can exert far greater influence over society within capitalism than Marxists .
11 It may be that individuals can satisfy their needs outside the organisation altogether .
12 APL is based on the premise that individuals can and do learn throughout their lives and that often the ensuing skills , knowledge and abilities are those recognised formally in qualifications .
13 A principle of APL is that individuals can be assessed for their competence without regard for time , place or method of learning .
14 The foundations of interviewing lie in the mundane observation that individuals can report on what they feel , are , have , tell others about their lives , disclose what their hopes and fears are , offer their opinions , state what they believe in , say what they did last week , how much they spend on food , who they see regularly , and so on ; in short , they can impart masses of information about themselves .
15 Ideology is apparently a better predictor of attitudes of American voters to the introduction of a national health insurance programme than the personal benefits that individuals can expect to receive .
16 The following list of assumptions , which is by no means exhaustive , adds a note of scepticism to the claim that individuals can easily locate in the local communities that reflect their preferences .
17 Companies tend to use a ‘ firewall ’ along their route into Internet so that individuals can not be looked up in the directory of users — a sort of ex directory .
18 Finally , though it must be generally accepted that individuals can not be protected from foolish actions based on an inadequate knowledge of the law , the situation following the 1954 Act was so complex and , because of the inevitable unpredictability of the necessity for compulsory purchase , so risky that it appeared likely ( in retrospect at least ) that public opinion would demand a further change .
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