Example sentences of "[to-vb] they can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sportingness and fairmindedness of those supporters has been clearly demonstrated on many occasions , particularly following their sides sad departure from the FA Cup at Bramall Lane where there was only one ‘ serious disorder ’ outside the ground — nice to know they can take defeat so graciously . |
| 2 | In any case , you have to make sure all your Mobs have sufficient characters to ensure they can fight properly . |
| 3 | What arrogance is it that drives people to believe they can have power over them ? |
| 4 | The ‘ crisis ’ is now a crisis for at most two or three large US banks , which have good reason to believe they can count on government help if worse comes to worst . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm glad to see they can work on their own . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Everybody in this town , including the stuffed seagull shop , seems to reckon they can sell books , ’ said a disgruntled Mr Coward . |
| 7 | Becker says that it is expecting too much of Third world bourgeoisies to think they can bring about societal transformations on a grand scale or act in the ‘ heroic ’ way of entrepreneurs a century ago ( Becker 1983 ) . |
| 8 | Unfortunately when other divisions come and use it they seem to think they can pick up the caravan and there 'll be a wonderful display in there |
| 9 | Liberal Democrats like to think they can provide the brain to Labour 's brawn , but with 18 MPs and 19 per cent of the vote , Ashdown 's claim to provide ‘ leadership for the wider debate about the construction of a post-socialist , non-Conservative Britain ’ is a fantasy . |
| 10 | The use of all three technical aids will improve the environmental quality of your system and reduce any free-swimming pathogens , but to say they can control the outbreak of diseases is being optimistic . |
| 11 | It 's easy for us as establishment people to say they can come to us . |
| 12 | Course members will sleep in a tent while I take a suite at the Inverlochy Castle Hotel , and at the end of the week everyone gets an official hand-written certificate to say they can put on gaiters without |
| 13 | It 's all very well to say they can appeal but that 's not easy |
| 14 | Once they have realized what they want to achieve they can talk about this to their child . |
| 15 | Those who provide public services will have to prove they can give the right quality at the right cost . |
| 16 | Everyone who wishes to find the Stone must show documents to prove they can attempt the task . |
| 17 | A group of young disabled mountaineers are on their way to Mount Everest to show … to prove they can climb … they can reach the peaks of life … |
| 18 | It can mean employee share-ownership schemes , especially if companies are small enough for workers to feel they can make a difference . |
| 19 | Presumably pop-stars and politicians feel otherwise , but many people like to feel they can control the extent to which their names are known ; it is to them an aspect of personal privacy , and it extends to other identifiers like home address . |
| 20 | Most want to feel they can give responsibility to one contract . |
| 21 | ‘ We want them to feel they can join us , hop off for a bit , and re-join further down the line . ’ |
| 22 | Although it is frightening that so many people take Ecstasy to guarantee a ‘ good time ’ , what is more frightening is that it takes a Class A drug for them to feel they can lose their inhibitions . |
| 23 | Community nurses need to feel they can trust Council to act for them and their patients in directing the development of the profession , but unfortunately , his episode will do little to persuade them that this is the case . |