Example sentences of "[indef pn] can [adv] [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he knows that nobody can just order Israel to attend , or sign on other people 's dotted lines . |
| 2 | One can not leave Wordsworth 's religion without a glance at his final years . |
| 3 | One can not accuse Anita Debska of being lightweight or whimsical in her choice of topics . |
| 4 | However , considering the tightly controlled aloofness and the fact that Joyce ( whose contributions in a musical capacity are not in doubt ) has led a deliberately low profile , one can not blame Kent for the omission . |
| 5 | One can not understand Constanza 's actions without taking into account that side . |
| 6 | One can not support Fulani , whether by vote or contribution , without aiding the jackboot movement behind her . |
| 7 | One can legitimately ask Dr Runcie what are the temptations facing those who are unsuccessful , in regard to their own failings and failures — indulgence in self-pity ; trying to pass the buck ; bitterness , even resentment . |
| 8 | One can only admire Lucie-Smith 's confidence in taking on such an undertaking , but wonder why Laurence King Publishing were keen on this project . |
| 9 | Once through the narrows , and having explored and discounted tempting-looking passages that turned out to go nowhere — Bahia Inútil : one can almost sense Magellan growling with irritation as he named this immense body of water useless — the Captain-General entered the narrow waterway that would eventually take him into the neighbour-ocean . |
| 10 | Indeed , for this reason one can usefully add Mozart 's Don Giovanni and Bizet 's Carmen to the above list : the use ( in land-locked , mountainous Salzburg ) of a nocturnal seascape as the backdrop to Act III of Carmen was one of Karajan 's strangest and yet most haunting intimations of eternity . |
| 11 | In fact one can often feel Tolkien , between these ‘ low ’ and ‘ high ’ stylistic poles , breaking with complete success out of all the categories into which he should have been put , rising again from the edge of romance to what almost anyone might call ‘ myth ’ . |
| 12 | One can still climb Lewesdon through its aisles of trees and see the wide scene with its distinctive landmarks just as Crowe saw it , though the crowding sails of the ships of the line and the merchantmen have gone . |