Example sentences of "we can [adv] [verb] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We , if you comes and gives evidence against us , then we can either show that he 's incorrect in a substantive way , or we can attack his credibility . |
| 2 | Here I am ! ’ and we can either pretend that it is ‘ out there ’ , or we can take a serious look at ourselves . |
| 3 | At Macmillan College we select only because we are overwhelmed by applications and by selection we can thus ensure that we do have a fully comprehensive intake drawn from all parts of our catchment area . |
| 4 | After holding an executive meeting on June 8 we can again announce that our position on this matter has not changed . ’ |
| 5 | We can already say that I mean there there obviously there 's a lot of talk now about erm taxation towards towards resource taxes and those sorts of things which the Green Party were saying you know fifteen years ago or something . |
| 6 | Given the observations about the importance of methodology , study design and case definition noted above we can probably conclude that there is no one single ‘ true ’ estimate of dementia . |
| 7 | This is important because , in the early days of life when replicators first arose , we can not suppose that there were enzymes around to help them to replicate . |
| 8 | A second ploy used by buyers is the ‘ sell cheap , the future looks bright ’ technique : ‘ We can not pretend that our offer meets you on price , but the real pay-off for you will come in terms of future sales . ’ |
| 9 | We can not assume that what the linguist identifies as significant should correspond with aspects of language to be focused on in the teaching and learning of a language as a school subject . |
| 10 | Since standard English and Irish English syntactic forms do not mark the same temporal and aspectual distinctions , we can not assume that they are embedded in the same underlying grammar . |
| 11 | Just because the technology offers exciting possibilities , we can not assume that they will be realised . |
| 12 | Because it is both difficult and painful to maintain one 's stomach in a state of emptiness , we can not doubt that there are powerful psychic motivations for sustaining such an activity , which is not only abnormal , but directly contrary to both physiological and social pressures . |
| 13 | we can not accept that there can be a breach of the peace unless there has been an act done or threatened to be done which either actually harms a person , or in his presence his property , or is likely to cause such harm , or which puts someone in fear of such harm being done . |
| 14 | ‘ even in these days when affrays , riotous behaviour and other disturbances happen ill too frequently , we can not accept that there can be a breach of the peace unless there has been an act done or threatened to be done which either actually harms a person , or in his presence his property , or is likely to cause such harm , or which puts someone in fear of such harm being done . ’ |
| 15 | Yet we can not claim that our sensory reality is more real than theirs : that we see it the ‘ right ’ way and that they see it in some less than real manner . |
| 16 | If we do not know whether they are representative , then we can not claim that our conclusions have any relevance to anybody else at all . |
| 17 | However , she points out that ‘ from a linguistic point of view we can only say that speech and writing are different : we can not say that one is superior to the other ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 18 | We can not say that there is a separate , solid , objective world which different creatures perceive in different ways . |
| 19 | Now although it is true that we need to consider contextual factors to explain what it is that creates a feeling of unity in stretches of language of more than one sentence , we can not say that there are no formal links between sentences in discourse . |
| 20 | These trends might of course represent the beginning of a change in progress , but if this is so , it is not yet established as a pattern that we can show by our methods as regular , and so we can not demonstrate that it is a change . |
| 21 | Although we can not guarantee that your requirement will be met , we will certainly pass on your requests to the Hotel concerned , and make every effort to satisfy your requirements . |
| 22 | still a human error even though you know how to do it , and we can not guarantee that you 'll do it so it , so it is , the , it is very important that nobody takes anything off the shelf automatically assume |
| 23 | But we can confidently assume that there are no languages where part of an M-tense system is not realized somewhere in time-adverbials or the like , not to mention the implicit assumption of M-present if no further specification is provided ( Lyons , 1977a : 686 ) . |
| 24 | Since comparative studies from Africa seem to reinforce the evidence from all over that children pass through much the same stages , we can confidently predict that they mean as little to the children of Kenya or Zambia . |
| 25 | And we can exclusively reveal that it 's turned out nice again for The Liverpool George Formby Society who will have their first ever meeting on Friday , November 13th . |
| 26 | But in the light of what has been said we can also see that it was of especial significance in emancipating , not merely the hand from locomotion , but the brain from its reliance on chemical stimuli mediated by the sense of smell . |
| 27 | In the provinces of the empire , however , there was no choice of magistrates : the provincial governor ( or a deputy appointed by him ) heard all cases , whether they were based on the civil law or not ; and we can hardly expect that he switched from one procedure to another according to which kind of case he was hearing . |
| 28 | If the bias we have detected in broadcasting was not obvious to media specialists we can hardly expect that it would have been obvious to the general public . |
| 29 | If he makes no will we can hardly say that there is in early times any common law as to how his goods shall be divided ; much or all will depend on local custom . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't really think we can necessarily say that it must be vitamin E that is a protective factor , but what we can now say is that fruit and vegetables seem to protect against heart disease , ’ says Professor James . |