Example sentences of "[conj] can [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question that needs to be asked about these results is do they demonstrate the function of the context as a retrieval cue or can they be explained away in other terms ? |
| 2 | Is it true , as Marx sometimes seems to say , that in order for a group of people to constitute a class they must be conscious of their shared identity , or can they form a class on the basis of other criteria ? |
| 3 | decide whether or not they really need to be on that site for fourteen hours or can they do what they need to do in four ? |
| 4 | Do you believe leadership qualities are something a person is born with or can they be learnt ? |
| 5 | Do , do groups always have to the behaviour and performance of their members or can they do the opposite ? |
| 6 | Do we want or can we afford to alienate our British friends ? |
| 7 | Or can we call it totally de-recognition ? |
| 8 | Can we erm does it have to be all on here or can we use ? |
| 9 | er , given the amount of poverty and misery that there is in this country , can we really justify , or can we really say that by paying Prince Andrew a hundred thousand pounds a year we 're being cost effective ? |
| 10 | So is it just part and parcel of ‘ human nature ’ or can we evolve , change and even move beyond it ? |
| 11 | And if we 're keeping it in cash , can we buy some gilts ? or can we buy some fixed interest securities ? |
| 12 | The key question was put forcefully and eloquently by my right hon. Friend the Member for Sparkbrook : is the lack of an adequate penalty the root of the problem , or can we tackle the matter in other ways — for example , by extending motor schemes in the way he described ? |
| 13 | Is it formal , or can we attend in rags ? |
| 14 | Anyone wish to add any comments on criterion three or can we move to four ? |
| 15 | Any more comments on this one or can we move to criterion seven ? |
| 16 | Any more comments on this one or can we move to eight ? |
| 17 | Thank you , anybody else want to raise anything on criterion six , or can we move to seven ? |
| 18 | Er will the forty foots can they is there a time between 'em or can we just carry straight on with it . |
| 19 | ‘ Hello , are you busy , or can we interrupt ? |
| 20 | ‘ That young woman — was that on live , or can we cut it ? ’ |
| 21 | across a lot of papers but in this paper it starts er and as Mr just said it starts as far as incr increments , erm do we know at this time or can we be informed as soon as were informed , where of what , whether implement are erm , like , are restricted by the , the Chancellor 's statement , do we know or , are have we got ta wait ? |
| 22 | The absence of guys with the authority to tell people to either go-ahead with their plans or can them means nothing much is getting approved . |
| 23 | Does the name cover only pure-bred wild boars or can it include a cross , bred with a domestic pig ? |
| 24 | ‘ Or can it be the other way round ? ’ he asked . |
| 25 | Are the signals clear ? is my attention really needed at this moment , or can it wait ? |
| 26 | ‘ Or can it ? ’ |
| 27 | Does God 's making of himself known have any abiding content which can be articulated , or can it merely be pointed to and fleetingly glimpsed , but not retained ? |
| 28 | Does the idea of homology apply only to morphological patterns , he asks , or can it be applied to developmental processes ? |
| 29 | He considered the focus of the controversy to be the juridical effects of a stipulation made in favour of a third party , which he deconstructed into three questions : can a third party claim directly any such benefit or can it only be claimed through the auspices of a State party ; may the parties to the agreement amend or abolish the stipulation without the consent of the third party ; and need the third party accept the stipulation in order to be vested with the benefit in question ? 120 |
| 30 | 2 Is the product or sample small enough to slip between the pages of the magazine or can it easily be attached to the front cover ? |