Example sentences of "we can see that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 While we can see that horses are adept , sensitive and subtle communicators , human observers suffer from the disadvantage that our sense organs do not work in the same way as theirs .
2 We can see that Bukharin had put his finger upon a central problem .
3 Moreover , since in this context the producer-consumer is mainly the agricultural one , we can see that Bukharin followed his previous thoughts on the necessity for growth and equilibrium to be seen as an interlocking set of social , political and economic factors .
4 Thus , a mechanistic system is closed and an organic system is open to the environment If we take local government as an open system we can see that inputs from the environment will include the following :
5 In some of the comments which follow , we can see that students are discussing more than a subject which they happened to choose to study at college : they are discussing issues which are central to their lives .
6 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 .
7 If we compare the height of A , B , and C , shown below , we can see that B is at the same time linked with A , which it follows and C that it precedes , and the three are ordered in sequence : A , B , C. B is , at the same time , taller than A and shorter than C.
8 If , as I have argued , thought and consciousness irreducibly escape the net of physicalist interpretation , and if , as I have suggested , the external world must possess the mind-like property of generality if it is to be conceivable , then we can see that Socrates ' assertion in the Phaedo , that the world must be explained by reference to mind , was essentially correct .
9 In so far as we consider Bukharin 's theory of equilibrium in relation to his ideas on the theory of capitalist economic crisis we can see that contradiction is a key element in explaining it .
10 We can see that God wants us to take the initiative to put things right no matter who is at fault .
11 Finally , we can see that Oakeshott , while rejecting natural law as a criterion by which to determine the justice of law nevertheless does not accept a purely formal positivist account of law .
12 Taking purely environmental factors first , we can see that diet is of great importance in both the maintenance of health and in the production of disease .
13 From this very general definition we can see that power is relational in character .
14 We can see that power is related to other concepts such as force , influence , authority or manipulation .
15 To put it in the broadest possible terms , we can see that intonation makes it easier for a listener to understand what a speaker is trying to convey .
16 Looking at the act of speaking in a broader way , we can see that intonation can signal to the listener what is to be taken as ‘ new ’ information and what is already ‘ given ’ , can suggest when the speaker is indicating some sort of contrast or link with material in another tone-unit and , in conversation , can convey to the listener what kind of response is expected .
17 We can see that age of acquisition may be taken as a predictive factor for current sign language training but that it is not a pure , uncontaminated variable .
18 Comparing Tables 3.4 and 3.5 we can see that sterling and ‘ other ’ liabilities are fairly closely matched by corresponding assets .
19 In this more temperate climate , we can see that rock 's estate is a grand one , and it 's tempting to tramp its grounds — necessary , perhaps , if only so as to have somewhere to ‘ go ’ .
20 So , whether we look purely to the way in which a corpus sustains itself internally , or to the production of new perspectives for the corpus , or to the intermingling of different corpuses , or finally to standing outside a corpus altogether and developing a critique of it , we can see that reason is exhibited within and given sense by a framework with its own tacit rules .
21 In retrospect , we can see that de Gaulle was leading France into a cul-de-sac in 1946 .
22 Now , we can see that market competition expresses only one part , only one model of the ‘ life ’ of separate commodity producers , i.e. , that model of relations which is not connected with the division of social labour .
23 From the outset we can see that Freud 's theory , while being sociological in its understanding of individualism as social product , has the advantage over Durkheim 's sociologism in being able to account for creativity and for change in human societies .
24 It will be seen that g' is dependent upon two variables , the rate of profit ( i.e. , the social rate of profit p' ) and the proportion of surplus-value consumed unproductively. if we assume , as in more orthodox models , that savings equals investment — and that investment and accumulation are analogous — then we can see that savings are a result and not a precondition .
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