Example sentences of "[conj] can [verb] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the ‘ one every few years ’ , and Alfieri knows , or can predict what the outcome will be . |
| 2 | Nobody in this much bull-shitted century has achieved anything that can outlast what the men who laid out these stones did here . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's time for the mediocrity that has governed and dominated Nineties pop music to give way to a band that can deliver what it promises , ’ declares Damien , the gold lamé-shirted singer and lead guitarist . |
| 4 | When the White House lawyer first tried to debrief Reagan on what he knew of the affair , the president was said to have told him stories of Hollywood ; when journalists badgered him about the deals he had half-wittingly struck with Israel and Iran in August 1985 , he replied amiably : ‘ Everybody that can remember what they were doing on August 8th 1985 , raise your hand . ’ |
| 5 | Er , I dare n't give away Rosemary and John , 'cos they 're the only two that can understand what the hell I 'm talking about . |
| 6 | Each edge is labelled and can carry whatever information is needed for the parsing task . |
| 7 | ‘ When I 'm eighteen and can do what I like , I 'll eat all my cakes uncooked , ’ Benny pronounced . |
| 8 | ‘ And Mother Francis will be the Reverend Mother General of the whole Order and can do what she likes , and go to see the Pope , and everything . ’ |
| 9 | Some , some people possess the means of product production and , and can do what they like to many other people , they 're the people |
| 10 | Ca n't you wait until you have a cottage to yourself and can do what you like with your life , Seb Quilter ? ’ |
| 11 | Please use this system so that we are aware of your views , problems , complaints etc. and can do what we can to help . |
| 12 | The most important question seems to be how far individuals believe they are in control of their own environment and can control what happens to them . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sick to death of looking over my shoulder every time I come here , wondering and dreading if someone who knows me has seen me and can guess what I 'm coming here for ! ’ |
| 14 | Lévi-Strauss has rendered social anthropology an invaluable service in emphasizing the significance of such contrasting motifs ; although we need not go so far as him and turn our subject into an esoteric animal , vegetable or mineral parlour-game in which every card is a joker and can assume whatever meaning the player likes . |
| 15 | Pessimists see this fragmentation as a recipe for disaster , particularly since the Supreme Court ruled that the assembly is sovereign and can decide what it likes . |
| 16 | We 'll then have heard from the hospital and can decide what to do about the situation . |
| 17 | In the light of this passage we can interpret one of Wordsworth 's gnomic sayings — ‘ The Child is Father of the Man ’ — and can understand what the attractive childhood episodes are doing in Books i and ii ; they are now seen to be similar ‘ spots of time … enshrined … for future restoration ’ . |
| 18 | They reflect the fact that some groups in society can create laws , and can determine what behaviour is seen as criminal . |
| 19 | He also talks to him about the possible relationship between stress , smoking , poor dietary habits , alcohol and the incidence of peptic ulcers so that Peter understands what is happening and can consider what changes he might make in his lifestyle . |
| 20 | The denial of the importance of freedom of speech by the Chief Justice in Duncan v. Jones suggests that it is open to the constable to take the surest means to prevent a breach of the peace , and can take whatever steps he chooses . |
| 21 | The second is the position apparently preferred by the police itself : where it is not subject to the whims of party politics and can develop what it considers to be the best safeguard for the community — the professionalization of the police force , in other words , it wants to be regarded as a profession and , like the medical and legal professions , to be left to do its job according to its own discretion . |
| 22 | But when we took it over the , one of the first things we did was to redesign the kitchen because the soup was made in these great boiler and it was probably heated up every day of the week and can imagine what it would be like being in prison . |