Example sentences of "the [adv] we can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we pay him at time and three quarters which is the most we can pay him , we 're still making point six of a er on top of that . |
| 2 | The most we can do is expect Owen everywhere , and be strong enough to match him wherever he strikes . |
| 3 | Erm but to do , but like I say , if you 've got somewhere that could just er er you see , cos I mean what , the most we can do is fifty |
| 4 | The most we can hope for is that we do n't actually believe it . ’ |
| 5 | The most we can say is that if there are still economies of scale unexploited , the industry is a natural monopoly . |
| 6 | It only allows us to evaluate moves to the north-east or the south-west in Figure 15–1 , but it is the most we can say about efficiency without becoming entangled in value judgements about equity . |
| 7 | The most we can claim is that his social situation and his physical deterioration induces in him a condition that approximates the classical clinical picture given of schizophrenia . |
| 8 | The most we can get is convincing parallelisms between the two and the fact that some parallelisms are much more difficult than others and have hitherto not been attempted is no reason for denying that a choreographic genius like Massine has the right to attempt this . |
| 9 | The most we can get is some idea of the world view the one hand , impossible to say on the other and most importantly , what it is not possible not to say or avoid saying/implying ’ ( personal communication ) . |
| 10 | Because the more we hear from our Customers , the better we can make our service . |
| 11 | The sooner this is sorted out then the sooner we can go our separate ways . ’ |
| 12 | The sooner we know for certain what we believe to be true , the sooner we can mobilise against them . ’ |
| 13 | We 'd better be on our way because the sooner we get to the party and do our duty , then the sooner we can leave . ’ |
| 14 | And the sooner we can find one the better . " |
| 15 | The sooner we can work under our new title the University of Northumbria at Newcastle the better . ’ |
| 16 | I will argue that nationalism is the vocabulary that legitimises the function of the modern nation state , and the sooner we can dispense with it , the better for all of us . |
| 17 | The sooner we can say out loud ‘ Substance misuse and addiction are evidence of a spiritual vacuum ’ the better . |
| 18 | ‘ The sooner we can indicate to our suppliers that a particular style or colour is n't selling , the better for both of us . |
| 19 | Does he agree that the sooner we put new measures on the statute book , the sooner we can instil into these young criminals the knowledge that such selfish and irresponsible behaviour will not be tolerated ? |
| 20 | Not at all , we 'll see what happens with her , but the sooner we get that the sooner we can take things on if we need to . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't want to spend my time with you , any more than you want me at your side , so the sooner you tell me where Garry is , the sooner we can part company . |
| 22 | ‘ The longer we can procrastinate , the better for all concerned , ’ wrote an FO official in 1946 . |
| 23 | The captain has asked us to load to maximum capacity , so the better the ‘ trim ’ , the more we can load , perhaps 5,000 tonnes or more . |
| 24 | It is this ‘ something ’ that we need to investigate , because the more we can understand what turns stress on , the more we may be able to devise new and effective ways of turning it off . |
| 25 | The more one partner complains about the behaviour of the other but remains firmly attached to that person , the more we can suspect that a massive projective system is in operation . |
| 26 | The more we can get away from miracles , major improbabilities , fantastic coincidences , large chance events , and the more thoroughly we can break large chance events up into a cumulative series of small chance events , the more satisfying to rational minds our explanations will be . |
| 27 | ‘ We feel that the more we know about Michael , then the more we can help him . ’ |
| 28 | It has n't been raining very long , and the quicker we can move , the more likely we are to get them out before conditions deteriorate to the extent that the passages become impassable . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We 're desperately sick for Colin and now the least we can do is make the play-offs and win them for him , ’ said Whittingham . |
| 30 | At work he made a point of answering every letter that crossed his desk ; he told me , ‘ If people take the trouble to write , then the least we can do , as a courtesy , if nothing else , is to give them as complete an answer as possible ’ . |