Example sentences of "can [vb infin] that a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Fanny and Henry enjoy literature so therefore we can predict that a marriage between them would not have been a total disaster . |
| 2 | We can expect that a change of context after prolonged training would produce an actual increase in the magnitude of the observed CR . |
| 3 | We need to ask whether the effects of hypnosis upon human thought processes , on reasoning and memory , are really understood ; whether we can assume that a person under hypnosis truly remembers actual events . |
| 4 | In finding such probabilities , some account should be taken of deaths in the cohort during the year in question ; we can assume that a person dying lives , on average , six months of the year so that the population at risk of marriage at the start of the year should be reduced by half the deaths . |
| 5 | But , I think if we have further discussions with churches and districts that we might see that we can break that a bit further for that reason when we come to er , come to the resolutions I would advise you er er propose a minor amendment with the second thing . |
| 6 | Iain Robertson , chief executive of Highlands and Islands Enterprise , explained : ‘ By having all types of training meeting one common standard , we can ensure that a school leaver in Caithness with a training credit , a college student in Inverness or Stornoway , and the employer of a trainee in Shetland undertaking a Scottish Vocational Qualification , all benefit from further education and training to a standard which is underpinned by a recognised set of quality measurements . ’ |
| 7 | Searle 's position can have cogency only if he can show that a computer which is allowed to look through the window ( and preferably touch things as well ) could not succeed , though in these conditions the Westerner would succeed . |
| 8 | If the authority can show that a lack of sufficiently qualified staff is due to overall financial problems , then an action would be unlikely to succeed . |
| 9 | Also we can show that a change in the supply of base will cause a predictable change in the money supply , also dependent in size upon these magnitudes . |
| 10 | Likewise the Attorney alone may enforce the IBA 's statutory duties in cases where no individual can show that a breach will involve a personal injury . |
| 11 | It er , first of all I can confirm that an announcement is being made today er secondly secondly secondly I can confirm that it is not usual for such announcements to be made by way of oral statement . |
| 12 | We think it 's a false economy , but we can understand that a seaside hotelier , for example , may not want to train casual , seasonal staff . |
| 13 | erm that 's a clumsy , and perhaps you might say a rather German way of putting it , but seeing religion as one of the things people do , one of the things that we can understand now that we 're good at understanding history — we can understand how society works , we can understand that a person is interested in religion for psychological reasons because he is a certain kind of person , comes from a certain kind of family , and so from all sorts of angles religion is being understood and the cost is that it 's not such an absolute thing as before . |
| 14 | ( To understand the violence of this explosion , we can realize that a supernova may temporarily shine brighter than all the rest of the 100 billion or so stars in its galaxy put together . ) |
| 15 | By inspection of ( 3 ) we can see that a column vector xi postmultiplying ( 2I — A ) to give a null result must be such that unc vanishes ; two obvious vectors achieving this are{ 1,2,4 ) and{ 1,0 , — 1 } . |
| 16 | If we now look at the curve which shows the freon ratios in surface water and look for a ratio of two , and lining this up with the nought degree curve because we 're working with Antarctic water which of course is very cold , we can see that a ratio of two corresponds to the year nineteen fifty nine . |
| 17 | We can see that a horse 's physical needs , like food , will affect not only its health , but also its emotions ; and we can see , too , that denial of the horse 's psychological needs will only make life more difficult for ourselves . |
| 18 | From these answers we can see that a horse 's temperament may touch on all these statements , or their opposites , and that the horse 's temperament is demonstrated by its general or most consistent mood and natural disposition . |
| 19 | I mean I can see that a lot of people I mean I think that we should thank our men and women who were in the Gulf , of course we should , erm I 'm questioning only the way that we 've chosen to do it , by a victory parade . |
| 20 | If hesitating between a peach and a pear you languidly inspect sniff and fondle the fruit before deciding for the pear , and eat it slowly with a look of bliss , no one who has left behind the absolutism of childhood ( ‘ Anyone can see that a peach is nicer than a pear ’ ) will doubt that you made the best possible choice between the flavours ; the rightness of the choice , and the objective fact that in the fullest awareness of the two flavours you were spontaneously moved to take the pear , are two sides of the same coin . |
| 21 | If the response is not satisfactory a visit can have advantages in that the claimant can see that an interest is being taken in their welfare , the handler can consider whether or not an independent examination may be desirable and also may act as a catalyst in a speedy return to work . |
| 22 | From the above passage we can see that an examination of the production , circulation and consumption of the total social product presents different problems from those posed by the movement of a single capital . |
| 23 | Thus we can see that an uncertainty exists about formal support for old people in the community which contrasts oddly with the general acceptance of accountability for those in residential care , even in the private sector . |
| 24 | The latter requires the agreement of both the appellant and the authority and even where this is so , the Secretary of State can decide that a hearing is desirable — for example , if there is much local feeling on the issue . |
| 25 | Where a government is very keen to press on with its programme , and where it can foresee that it would otherwise be frustrated by pressure of time , it can move that a timetable be adopted for a particular measure and , if the House so resolves , the Business Committee of the House will arrange a programme for a particular Bill , setting aside a specific number of days for each stage . |
| 26 | We can conclude that an increase in national income will only be equivalent to an increase in real output per capita if both prices and the population remain unchanged . |
| 27 | In medical books one can anticipate that a description of a disease will be decomposed into first a subsection on the etiology , then a subsection on the diagnostic signs , then a subsection on the treatment , and finally a subsection about prognosis . |
| 28 | We can deduce that a nucleus of beryllium has four protons and five neutrons , iron has 26 protons and 30 neutrons , lead has 82 protons and an awful lot of neutrons . |
| 29 | While its hindquarters are towards you there is no real danger , but if it turns round and you can see its head you can bet that a bid to escape is pending . |
| 30 | He commented : ‘ While one can observe that a breast is nothing but a modified sweat gland and , indeed , a secondary sexual characteristic , can it truly be heard that breasts are anything but intimately associated with sex or things sexual . ’ |