Example sentences of "[that] [pron] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monica , 44 , said : ‘ I know that nothing can bring Alan back but for me no sentence that our courts are allowed to impose could ever be enough . |
| 2 | Position heaters carefully so that nothing can overheat and catch fire . |
| 3 | Recognizing that nothing can change in the unc and z directions ( |
| 4 | Einstein 's Theories of Relativity are generally assumed to tell us that nothing can travel faster than light . |
| 5 | Otherwise , the fact that nothing can travel faster than light means that the round trip to the nearest star would take at least eight years . |
| 6 | No , they wo n't be moving away faster than light is travelling because the theory of relativity says that nothing can move faster than light , but there are certainly things which may be happening now which we shall not learn about for thousands of millions of years because they are so far away . |
| 7 | The essence of his difficulty was that time and change imply that the same thing can have contradictory properties — it can be , say , hot and cold , depending on the time — and this conflicted with the rule that nothing can possess incompatible attributes . |
| 8 | Now it appears that nothing can prevent the enthusiastic fossilisation of all that remains of the revolutionary structures of 1919–39 . |
| 9 | The service also maintains that nothing can beat it for warmth , dependability and value for money . |
| 10 | ‘ But such is the new-found and disturbing power of punk that nothing can stop the disc 's runaway success , ’ ranted the Sunday Mirror . |
| 11 | This is not a call to glorify suffering for its own sake , but to realize that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ , whatever it may be . |
| 12 | When I consider the striking natural beauties of such a river as that at Matlock , and the effect of the seven-storey buildings that have been raised there , and on other beautiful streams , for cotton manufactories , I am inclined to think that nothing can equal them for the purpose of disbeautifying an enchanting piece of scenery ; and that economy had produced , what the greatest ingenuity , if a prize were given for ugliness , could not surpass . |
| 13 | Rufus had always heard that nothing can go on in a village without the gossips knowing . |
| 14 | When the grand collapse starts , it is so violent and so rapid that nothing can halt it . |
| 15 | It 's not just that nothing can harm them ( that old suave illusion ) , but that nothing can harm anyone they care about either . |
| 16 | Thirdly he should be loved devoutly ( 113.171f. ) and sweetly and that is when the soul feels overcome with joy , burning in the heat of the Holy Ghost — a Noah 's ark of security in the love of God that nothing can destroy : On the question of how the lover can recognise whether he is loving , Rolle warns that apart from the overwhelming assurance which accompanies the gift of the experience of singular love , man can not live by certainty , but faith , since that is the nature of the game ; but he does suggest a do-it-yourself questionnaire which is really designed to reveal to the user where his heart is fixed . |
| 17 | How is it possible that a black hole appears to emit particles when we know that nothing can escape from within its event horizon ? |
| 18 | There must be no ‘ sacred cows ’ an I hope all of you will assist and will recognise that everyone can make a contribution . |
| 19 | Now , obviously , you know , yo getting the menopause out into the open so that everyone can talk about it , exchange information that that it 's not seen as a as a taboo or something to be particularly fearful of by men or women is n't going to be much good if it just makes everybody worry for er , for for the first half of o o o of their lives and , and then gibber through the second half ! |
| 20 | What is far more important , however , is that the TCCB should make sure that it is indeed a national league by selling rights to the BBC , so that everyone can feel part of the competition . |
| 21 | My Lord for convenience sake so that everyone can refer immediately to both documents when the experts are giving evidence , they are all in the expert bundle . |
| 22 | And design your dinner so that everyone can eat the same thing and enjoy it — with the recipes below , even the greediest red meat-and-potatoes man will feel he 's had his fill ! |
| 23 | The reason why there is such a consensus about Europe in Germany is that everyone can unite around this vague concept . |
| 24 | No , top hat and tails have no real use other than to make a nervous bridegroom look even more awkward so that everyone can enjoy his discomfort and , therefore , the wedding . |
| 25 | Then you put a good big handle on it , so that everyone can get hold of it and pick it up . |
| 26 | Some states even go to the trouble of having two switches , one a ‘ dummy ’ , so that everyone can say , ‘ it was n't me who actually killed him ’ . |
| 27 | Sir Patrick Mayhew and Mr Dick Spring must give him his answer tomorrow , in terms that everyone can understand . |
| 28 | Trestles make it all so much easier and safer , and it is worth while having a second one so that everyone can relax for a few minutes if it is proving difficult to align both wings to get the main pins in place . |
| 29 | Five different tastes that everyone can share . |
| 30 | It is , however , essential that everyone can see the demonstration and hear what is being said . |