Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] can [vb infin] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , although we can show that deprivation produces loss of function on certain tasks , these studies do not indicate how the loss may be combatted , if at all and , from a psychological point of view , they do not give any idea of how this changed processing affects other aspects of function . |
| 2 | Erm Lorraine did it for me and er to analyze it , honestly if you can hear that Moira it 's classic ! |
| 3 | If we can show that screening reduces deaths by 20% , then a national screening programme is worthwhile . |
| 4 | If the defence is used by a drug manufacturer where a new drug has caused damage to users , then provided he can show that laboratory tests showed no defects , he would be justified in marketing the drug while testing is still under way . |
| 5 | If he is and if he can prove that Luke and Sonny and the other three were the guilty ones , then he wo n't be goin' to prison alone . |
| 6 | Boat owners are worried that they may be unable to move their vessels freely in EC waters unless they can prove that VAT has been paid . |
| 7 | While we can see that horses are adept , sensitive and subtle communicators , human observers suffer from the disadvantage that our sense organs do not work in the same way as theirs . |
| 8 | Anyone can work out who the ‘ subspecies ’ Marxomanni , Mussolimini and Swastici are meant to represent , but they do not really play an important part in the story , since we can feel that John , the Pilgrim , is not really tempted or overwhelmed by them , any more than Lewis ever felt the slightest inclination to become a Maminst or a Fascist . |
| 9 | This assumption is not required before you can assume that X causes Y , but it is required if you want to know how X is causing Y . |
| 10 | In previous work , the investigator has developed a means to investigate children 's understanding of recursive beliefs in story characters , that is , whether they can understand that John does not know that Mary knows where the ice cream van is . |
| 11 | Like all the other uses of see + to infinitive denoting inference , the sentence above can be paraphrased by means of a that- clause : ( 53 ) It might be soon , for I can see that Mrs Bonner is breaking visibly . |
| 12 | For we can say that deconstruction involves the decentralization and decolonization of European thought — insofar as it is ‘ incapable of respecting the Being and meaning of the other ’ , and to the extent that its philosophical tradition makes ‘ common cause with oppression and with the totalitarianism of the same ’ . |