Example sentences of "can say [that] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , one can say that a bodily sensation has the intrinsic quality of being a tingle , or is hall-marked ‘ tingling ’ , but not that it has an in-the-foot quality . ) |
| 2 | We can say that a given pattern of cusps is associated with given conditions of beach material , beach gradient and wave characteristics . |
| 3 | Thinking the same way about syntax , we can say that a given set of rules ( a syntactic analysis ) is a function whose domain is the set of possible combinations of morphemes in the language L , and whose range has just two elements , denoting the grammatical and the ungrammatical in L ; or thinking about semantics , we might say that a semantic analysis of L has as its domain the set of well-formed sentences of L , and as its range the set of semantic representations or propositions representing the meaning of each of those sentences . |
| 4 | While we can say that the average figure is likely to fall between 1 and 3 metres , since we do not know how many are 1.6 metres , 1.7 metres or 2 metres tall , we can not calculate the average . |
| 5 | If it is not , then we can say that the upper class enjoys a high degree of social closure relative to classes below . |
| 6 | There are some fairly simple rules ; we can say that the strong form is used in the following cases : |
| 7 | On this basis we can say that the vast majority of families with an unskilled manual worker as sole earner were at best only marginally above that line . |
| 8 | A confidence limit is the interval within which we can say that the true value of the quantity we are estimating will lie with a specified probability . |
| 9 | A confidence limit is the interval within which we can say that the true value of the quantity we are estimating will lie with a specified probability . |
| 10 | In conclusion , we can say that the classical system depends crucially upon : ( a ) the dependence of investment and saving on the rate of interest ; ( b ) the upward and downward flexibility of wages , prices and interest rates ; ( c ) the existence of competitive forces in the economy . |
| 11 | In essence we can say that the sentenced prison population is a function of the number of people received into prison and the average length of sentence that they actually serve ( sometimes known as effective sentence length : Fitzmaurice and Pease , 1992 : 575 ) . |
| 12 | For only in this way can we take up the saying ‘ pray without ceasing ’ as being possible , if we can say that the whole life of the saint is one mighty , integrated prayer . |
| 13 | One can say that the whole material universe has a certain colour , but not that it has a certain position . |
| 14 | Accordingly , we can say that the academic community stands in a direct relationship to research but in an indirect relationship to higher education . |
| 15 | In reaction to this , one can say that the very way in which the church leaders view the subject is itself revealing of significant mediations between religion , state , and national ideology in the institutions of schooling . |
| 16 | In summary , we can say that an oriental rug , in order to be truly authentic within the generally accepted meaning of the term , must be either hand-knotted or hand-woven , originate from one of the traditional weaving regions and also follow certain ancestral patterns of composition and designs . |