Example sentences of "we can be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a bit of a mess but at least we can be warm and dry in our sleeping-bags . ’ |
| 2 | We can be trite or clumsy in our choice of words , but the strength of feeling is adequately conveyed . |
| 3 | The only way in which we can be convinced that the situation in South Africa is getting better is by abolishing all the racist laws , doing away with the whole system of apartheid , allowing every adult to be able to decide on their own future , in other words universal adult suffrage . |
| 4 | ‘ We can be thankful for that . ’ |
| 5 | I think we 've found a formula that we can be successful with in growing the business . |
| 6 | On other occasions something datable may by chance have been left with the hoard , as with the hoard of gold and silver coins deposited during the English Civil War at Breckenbrough in North Yorkshire ; the pot in which the hoards were found also contained two receipts for requisitioned cheese dating to 17 January 1644 , so we can be confident that the hoard was deposited in the run-up to the Battle of Marston Moor in July of that year . |
| 7 | In Fig. 1 we plot the wavelength of peak sensitivity ( λ max ) for each of the long- and middle-wave cones recorded in the present study , including those used to construct Fig. 2 : there is a clear separation of cones into two distinct classes and so we can be confident that our axial records are adequate for the present purpose of classification . |
| 8 | During childhood , adolescence , adulthood and middle age we can be confident of the consistency of evaluation of sleep . |
| 9 | It is only in the unlikely circumstance that the product market is perfectly contestable and that the factor markets are perfectly competitive , that we can be confident of extending the compass of the invisible hand result . |
| 10 | Mr Pascall 's emphasis came back time and time again to the idea of a ‘ framework ’ : ‘ The purpose of the national curriculum , ’ he said , ‘ is to ensure that there is a framework so that we can be confident that every child has the opportunity to read widely , to develop the habit of reading and to develop the love and understanding of literature . |
| 11 | We can be confident that , for practical purposes , the general notion that high Reynolds number ( or its counterpart ) implies turbulence is valid . |
| 12 | We will review your situation and explain if and how we can be helpful to you in achieving your particular goals . |
| 13 | We can be facetious about the examples that I am using . |
| 14 | We can be married as soon as it may be arranged . |
| 15 | We can be married as soon as you give the word ; as it is , what is Dinah to do ? |
| 16 | We are married in the only way we can be married , believe me . |
| 17 | So now we can be real friends . ’ |
| 18 | That way we can be sure it 's safe ! ’ |
| 19 | In an experiment , we can be sure that there are no third variables which give rise to both X and Y because the only way in which the randomized control groups are allowed to vary is in terms of X . |
| 20 | We can be sure that the model in figure 13.8 is better than that derived from figure 13.2 . |
| 21 | And under the godfatherly patronage of François Mitterrand , we can be sure that neither will Cresson . |
| 22 | How many such stories lie hidden from us we can not tell ; but we can be sure that he reflects many of the aspirations of his day : as a merchant on land and sea , in the Baltic , the North Sea and the Mediterranean ; as a pilgrim to the shrines of England and Scotland , to Saint-Gilles , to St Peter and to Jerusalem , he accomplished what many others were doing , and far more aspired to . |
| 23 | In fact we can say that we never need to have our own feelings if we can be sure that our nearest and dearest will express them for us . |
| 24 | And we never need our own defence if we can be sure that another will provide one for us . |
| 25 | We still have some way to go but if this magnificent generosity continues we can be sure that the future of the Cathedral is in the safe hands of the people of the Diocese . |
| 26 | Equally , if we conclude that other presuppositions are not true , we can be sure that in the long run they will not prove satisfactory either , and we should root them out . |
| 27 | And the best remedy for this doubt is to know the sure and sufficient reasons God has given us , to know why we can know God is there , to know why we can trust his revelation as true , to know why we can be sure of his love and his goodness , and to stand firm in our understanding of these truths . |
| 28 | If you could send us your real address , Anne , along with your ‘ distinctive ’ signature so we can be sure it 's you , a year 's subscription will be yours … |
| 29 | This two-stage procedure is unnecessary if we can be sure , a priori , that LP ( 1 , … , 1 ) is bounded . |
| 30 | This applies to problem P1 ( either constraint ) and so we can be sure that LP ( w 1 , w 2 , W 3 ) has an optimal solution for any w 1 , w 2 , W 3 . |