Example sentences of "that [pron] can [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Einstein 's Theories of Relativity are generally assumed to tell us that nothing can travel faster than light . |
| 2 | Otherwise , the fact that nothing can travel faster than light means that the round trip to the nearest star would take at least eight years . |
| 3 | My Lord for convenience sake so that everyone can refer immediately to both documents when the experts are giving evidence , they are all in the expert bundle . |
| 4 | Erm ca n't think of anything else er er that I can suggest just to erm |
| 5 | So I think we 've developed in that direction that I can go ahead as soon as I 've got some dates and book it properly with Mr . |
| 6 | A policeman , already working overtime , said calmly : ‘ I hope there 'll be no trouble tonight so that I can go home early . |
| 7 | The extra bonus — the thing that makes me truly lucky — is that I can go home to the real friends and neighbours whose tales of burst drain-pipes , complicated recipes and domestic dramas sound every bit as interesting to me when I lack the leisure to enjoy them myself . |
| 8 | Under ideal conditions I can just see the components separately with 20 × 70 binoculars , but I am not confident that I can do so with any lower magnification . |
| 9 | I am not sure that I can do so , but with even × 7 binoculars they are clear enough . |
| 10 | th the problems that that is causing erm I 'm obviously I , I , you know very well I can talk for hours on , on many subjects and this is one of those that I can do so . |
| 11 | I do n't see that I can do very much , but there may be some questions that , in the circumstances , the police have not thought it necessary to ask . |
| 12 | ‘ That I can do very well , Señorita Shelley — I look after my abuelito all the time . |
| 13 | There are many things that I can do now , but could n't do as a young man , which contradicts the notion that in order to be a good instrumentalist you have to acquire a comprehensive technique i your teens . |
| 14 | I slide the rod-rest slowly into the sand , making sure it is positioned to that I can sit comfortably with the butt of the rod in my right hand and the tip pointing at the roots . |
| 15 | Using the bike and the pick-up stick I find that I can cover quite a large area of ground and take some very good exercise at the same time . ’ |
| 16 | I make hot chocolate so that I can sleep more easily and as I sip it I am suddenly overcome with weariness . |
| 17 | Please let me know if you wish to speak during lunchbreak so that I can gauge roughly how long it will take . |
| 18 | ‘ Louise ( 2½ ) likes to have her own activities , and I can enjoy the fact that I can participate too . ’ |
| 19 | I am so convinced that this is a fact I often only half-fill the ‘ feeder so that I can cast more often and take advantage of the extra number of casts and splashes and those thirty-second deadly periods . |
| 20 | With limited space , it is unavoidable that I can provide only a summary of the work of a very active Association , but I thought your readers would be interested to know that schools are not being neglected . |
| 21 | It 's very important that I can keep as many first team players fit to maintain a regular team , ’ says Nigel . |
| 22 | I feel that I can come forward now and offer my own view of the piece , and perhaps it will be a valid one . ’ |
| 23 | Over twenty years that same feature has become apparent to me , so that I can say confidently that one feature of a perfect trotting swim is that it will shallow up gradually downstream . |
| 24 | Not that I can say either Derek or I have ever had any problems in the Bedroom Compartment . |
| 25 | Not that I can see much after six o'clock or so , but there you are , we all have our little crosses . ’ |
| 26 | I do n't know that I can learn much other than the general profit-and-loss position — it would be an enormous job to go through bills of lading and check each individual consignment . " |
| 27 | Carers and friends need to start where the person is at , and not wonder how it is that someone can seem so upset at the death of a pet and yet apparently unmoved by the untimely death of their spouse . |
| 28 | I read once that nobody can stand more than ten years in prison , or more than one year of solitary confinement . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , their trade barriers are such that nobody can get inside and buy anything . |
| 30 | She knew , for instance , that nobody can live forever . |