Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] people [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , that 's not necessarily er an accurate way of understanding sex abuse but nevertheless it can it can perhaps help people restore their equilibrium a bit . |
| 2 | The minimal information about the candidates that will actually be sent to those nurses on the electoral roll can only enable people to make voting choices on the basis of assumptions or stereotypes . |
| 3 | You can not drag people screaming to one . ’ |
| 4 | You can try to restrict the use of written or spoken obscenities , but you can not compel people to think clean . |
| 5 | If you can not organize people to come into your home to look after the patient , he may be able to attend a local Day Centre run by the Local Authority . |
| 6 | Also , those most likely not to complete the questionnaire or do the interview are most likely to be delinquent ; and one can not force people to fill in questionnaires correctly . |
| 7 | Moreover , the association suffers from a very Periclean problem : you can not force people to vote in a self-regulatory organisation . |
| 8 | You can not force people to protect trees , wetlands , top soil , water or indeed other species . |
| 9 | Free markets can not induce people to take account of these indirect effects on other people if there is no market in these indirect effects . |
| 10 | The British Government can not order people to label inhumanely produced veal , but consumers can demand it , supermarkets can provide the labelling and the restaurant trade can do the same if it is so minded . |
| 11 | If that is right , there is little hope unless they can quickly persuade people to start buying again . |
| 12 | Gillian 's always been convinced I 'm a complete nut , and one of the advantages of being a known nut is that one can always get people to believe one 's acted in a nutty way . ’ |
| 13 | I do realise , though , that I can hardly advise people to do as I did . |
| 14 | You can hardly expect people to make a journey of six hours round trip for an afternoon 's event unless it is very special . |
| 15 | According to Lech Walesa , one can also imagine people exploding in sheer desperation — tomorrow . |
| 16 | ‘ We can also help people to ask the right questions because when a diagnosis is first made , they may feel confused and upset . |
| 17 | You can also ask people to speak in support of what you say . |
| 18 | We , we 'll meet about once a fortnight er we can actually let people know if er if all you leave names and phone numbers or whatever . |