Example sentences of "we can [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If ρ is associative then , by definition , these two evaluations are equal and we can unambiguously denote the result by |
| 2 | Bearing that in mind , we find ourselves setting whole group dramas on spaceships or sailing ships , in medieval castles , on expeditions ; and what all these have in common is that within the setting it is comparatively easy to ensure that each participant has an essential role ; we can easily create a chain of dependency , to ensure that each child feels they have a stake in the drama . |
| 3 | We can easily picture the respectably dressed girl , swinging her skirts as she approached , and as she not-quite-accidentally brushed the ‘ common ’ girls to one side . |
| 4 | If we do n't warm up first we can easily pull a muscle or tear a ligament , just as the elasticity in a rubber band is greater if it is warm than if it is cold . |
| 5 | In The Prelude we can easily detect a similar pattern imposed upon experience , though Wordsworth is describing a poetic rather than a Christian vocation ; and though he may appear to use religious vocabulary ( see again the discussion on pages 89–91 ) , he is expounding a secular philosophy . |
| 6 | For instance , we can easily miss the point made by our Lord when he set a child in the midst of the crowd and declared to the surrounding throng that if they wished to enter the Kingdom of Heaven they would have to become as a little child ( Matt. |
| 7 | On Rockhill Farm because the land has already been the farmer has already been compensated by the addition of extra land so that we can easily accommodate a gipsy site in that particular spot . |
| 8 | In the earlier academic anthropology of the colonial era , which was only beginning to lose its grip when I myself became involved in the subject , we can easily discern an implicit equation which reads : |
| 9 | For we can easily imagine a legislative structure that would produce compromise statutes mechanically , as a function of the different opinions about strict liability or racial discrimination or abortion among the various legislators , without any legislator being asked or required to vote for the compromise as a package . |
| 10 | We can easily imagine the effects of hacking on family life . |
| 11 | We can easily lose an inch or more in height as we go about our normal daily activities . |
| 12 | By moving the flux points around and changing their strengths we can easily assess the effect of a changing core field on VGP path . |
| 13 | In fact the surface-charge density will be equal to D. We can easily provide the proof by choosing a Gaussian surface as shown in Fig. 2.15 . |
| 14 | Being a property tax — there is not now any contention between the two main parties about that — we can either tax the kind of house and say , for example , that all three-bedroom properties shall be taxed the same , in which case my hon. Friends should be aware that we would soon have tremendous anomalies as the same tax is placed on a Mayfair flat as is put on a flat in a mining village , or we can have regional banding , and then there must be boundaries between regions . |
| 15 | We can either leave the L/R needle in it present off-set position , or preferably re-centre it . |
| 16 | When there is an interest rate change , we can either follow a move in base rates initiated by the clearing banks or we can choose to anticipate a move that they might make on the rates prevailing in the interbank market . ’ |
| 17 | Er Bleak Midwinter we can either have the traditional tune , |
| 18 | There are two options open to us : we can either mount a much more restricted display in the Library than originally hoped ( restricting ourselves to the two display cases in the Barrel Vault leading to the foot of the main staircase ) , or we can examine the possibility of creating a panel-mounted display which would go on show both in the Library and in other venues . |
| 19 | Additionally , it is possible to detect the electrical activity that is produced when muscles contract , and we can thus observe the complex co-ordination of activity in the muscles controlling speech production . |
| 20 | We can thus rewrite the demand function , equation ( 4.2 ) , as |
| 21 | We can thus find the empirical formula as follows : The empirical formula of the sugar is thus |
| 22 | ‘ I see no hope of avoiding war , ’ wrote Brailsford in the summer of 1936 , unless we can soon create a firm defensive alliance of England , France and Russia plus some smaller ‘ Left ’ States . |
| 23 | Thus we can normally expect a mature mind in a person at work and although developmental processes of growth and senescence are of some interest , studies of the person working usually assume that we are dealing with a mind which is equipped with the basic skills derived from play and education but one which has not been subject to any serious diminution of capacity . |
| 24 | We can normally agree an amicable settlement of any complaints we receive . |
| 25 | Whereas we can rarely help the ‘ delinquent ’ adult , we have some responsibility to young people with particular problems or insecurities that show in ‘ anti-social ’ behaviour and attitudes . |
| 26 | With the patterns within responsible for generating the patterns without , we can clearly perceive the process by which each creature is a whole . |
| 27 | And if the only relevant criticism of the practical experience of law is that of life then we can clearly identify the limitations of seeking to evaluate through the prism of science . |
| 28 | He discards the assumption to which most of us still cling ( if only because the ground seems to melt under our feet if we think otherwise ) that we can clearly distinguish the literal and metaphorical uses of a word , fix the literal by definition , and leave the metaphorical to the poets . |
| 29 | Instead we can clearly see a growth from 1989–94 , a slight fall from the peak in 1993 and a substantial fall in 1994 . |
| 30 | But the process was one in which Britain has played a leading role , and the result is one in which we can clearly see the imprint of our views . |