Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lounging in bed long after waking can leave you feeling only half-awake all day . |
| 2 | To argue that religion can go wrong , and therefore should be rejected , is like saying that because surgery can go wrong , therefore all surgeons should be pensioned off . |
| 3 | The question thus with which we are confronted is that of whether this religion can contain the new consciousness of women . |
| 4 | But I would say to each of your listeners I sure you know people who find a tranquility , a centredness , a source of strength and confidence in their religious faith , they are the representatives of what religion can do , not the Ayatollahs , and not the fanatics , and not the people on television , but the people who spend their lives trying to be good and helpful , and one day they 'll look around and realise that happiness has snuck in the back door when they were n't even looking for it . |
| 5 | No limited , finite positive form of religion can encapsulate the universality or infinitude of religion . |
| 6 | The unacceptability of certain conversion methods is accentuated for Gandhi by his belief that all religions have elements of truth and error and that no particular religion can lay claim to a monopoly of the truth . |
| 7 | The basis of the book is that we are unfulfilled because we 've grown too sophisticated for God , we 're lonely , we 're morally confused , and I think God is the answer for this , it fashions , religion fashions the kind of community in which you 're redeemed from loneliness , it gives you the sense that when you come close to the end of your life you do n't have to panic that you have wasted your life because religion can show you that you have made a difference to the world . |
| 8 | As we have seen , Gandhi recognizes that no single religion can embody the whole truth , and that all particular religions contain errors since they are human constructs or formulations , but does it follow necessarily that when he speaks of Religion underlying all human constructs , or at the heart of all religions , he is referring to an ‘ essence ’ of an ‘ entity ’ or a ‘ primordial form ’ of religion after the fashion of Schleiermacher ? |
| 9 | His rejection of the right of a religion to claim superiority for itself over other religions underlines his claim that no particular religion can embody what he calls the one , true and perfect Religion . |
| 10 | A basic interest in questions about the meaning and purpose of life ( a ) to challenge secularist assumptions and to appreciate that religious truth-claims can not be easily dismissed ; ( b ) to understand what is distinctive about religion , that is , what it essentially concerns , and be able to distinguish between that and features of it which can vary and perhaps be dispensed with altogether ; ( c ) to realize in particular in how many different ways religion can masquerade as something else , and fail to be what it claims to be ; ( d ) to appreciate the highly controversial nature of religion and of almost everything that is said about it by anyone , whether religious or not ; ( e ) to have a firm grasp of criteria by which to evaluate precise examples and manifestations of religion in practice ; ( f ) to appreciate the force of the question-mark with regard to the ultimate divide between religion and non-religion , and to appreciate the reality of the dilemma , and the ways in which religion needs to be questioned for its failures , negative attitudes , hypocrisy and externalism . |
| 11 | ‘ Or do you see him as an inconvenient remnant of outmoded superstition — a bit like a gallstone — of which we must all be purged before religion can take on its true form , that is , without him . ’ |
| 12 | It is difficult to see how avoiding teaching about what is distinctive of religion can help people gain an understanding of it ! |
| 13 | Yet , as has already been discussed in Chapter 3 , it unfortunately is the case that religion can become a powerful ally of thuggery , violence , aggression , intolerance and denial of human rights . |
| 14 | Moreover , the tendency of the instinct to create beauty rather than ugliness can be protected only by the power that a ‘ god ’ and religion can provide . |
| 15 | So said Freud , it 's no wonder that people believe in religion , because religion can provide you with a lot , with a lot of gratification , but the fundamental psychological explanation for this , says Freud , is that these feelings that religion gratifies in adult life , are transferences of feelings that we all had in infancy . |
| 16 | There are times when a little extra speed can make a big difference to how your mail is received by overseas clients or family and friends abroad . |
| 17 | There 's stll Rocky and Tinkler in the wings , Wallace can play wide on either side and Speed can play in the middle , so we would still have enough cover . |
| 18 | It has shown what organized action can achieve and , in comparison to the situation of the common prisoners , has won a surprising degree of autonomy . |
| 19 | However , for really intricate cutting , a machine with scrolling action can give more accurate control . |
| 20 | The lifeworld both provides the basis of meaning on which communicative action can draw and it is also a product of the exchange of meaning that constitutes communicative action . |
| 21 | Habermas rejects this analysis because the level of communicative action can have an impact on the process of modernization that Marcuse ignored . |
| 22 | Two examples from Victoria , Australia , show how coordinated legislative and voluntary sector action can have a substantial impact on public behaviour . |
| 23 | From the point of view of the doctor , even an unsuccessful action can have negative effects on career , and the action will be time consuming . |
| 24 | The delays caused by such action can have considerable impact on services because the integrated railway timetable is very susceptible to disruption . |
| 25 | A patriotic feeling or the witnessing of a noble or generous action can evoke the same emotion . |
| 26 | It is suggested that only by acting on the systems which constrain them can women hope to free themselves , and each of the three novels explores different possible forms this discursive action can take . |
| 27 | Joint action can take place only if we agree . |
| 28 | Because only co-operative action can tackle environmental problems , they will not be resolved by unhampered market forces . |
| 29 | We have set up a Review Group but I do not think all action can wait on its recommendations . |
| 30 | The diversity and changeability of social structures is a central theme in this knowledge , together with the revelation that human action can recast social relations and institutions . |