Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] can [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The File Manager obligingly scans the entire disk and lists all the files beginning with Q. I can see that the ones I want have been installed under D : \WINDOWS\QUOTE , and I can use the File Manager to look at them . |
| 2 | In my own defence I can say that everyone else got it wrong too . |
| 3 | When I drew the attention of the Leader of the Opposition to previous threats of that sort , he wrote as follows : ’ Of course I can confirm that there will be absolutely no action of this kind . ’ |
| 4 | To be fair to the manufacturers I can say that most of the better filter units available have very comprehensive instructions , either on the packaging , or contained inside the box as a leaflet . |
| 5 | In any case , in the harsher bathroom light I can see that I 've put it on too thickly . |
| 6 | Slowed down to the frequencies that suit our ears you can hear that they differ in volume , length , pitch and frequency and include squeals and yelps , grunts and trills . |
| 7 | The most recent has been from the late 1970s through the 1980s , and if we think of those years as one of only four periods of major structural change in nearly two centuries we can appreciate that we have been living in interesting times . |
| 8 | With this in mind we can see that the indulgent familiarity of the maternal uncle towards his nephew matches the mother 's generous affection towards her child . |
| 9 | Now on the subject of Aston Villa we can confirm that despite today 's report to the contrary , the two million pound transfer of Tony Daley to is on . |
| 10 | Pursuing , perhaps riskily , a computer analogy we can argue that while the body resembles the hardware of a computer the mind comprises the software , the programmes that analyse and organize information to produce responses to inputs . |
| 11 | From the investigation of distracting unattended words we can conclude that words are recognised before they are fixated , and that meanings might be useful in guiding our eyes efficiently across the text . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | There are considerable difficulties for them , like promotion — ‘ We 'd never get to be archdeacons , because we are n't priests ’ — but there are also pastoral roles they can fill that a man ca n't . |
| 14 | Tracking along the trajectories he can establish that the electron which eventually fell onto this spot of the photographic plate was the one he called A whilst the one that collided with the gold atom was the one he had called B. Quantum mechanically ( that is to say , with the electrons of the real world ) this can not be done . |
| 15 | Having worked on interview panels with the now defunct ILEA I can say that the object has not been to block the drama school selection so much as to see that the grant is well justified . |
| 16 | ‘ In fact , if we 're busy at work I can see that having to try and explain all the complexities of the London Metal Exchange to someone who knows absolutely nothing about it is going to be a real drag . ’ |
| 17 | Can you suggest a special cleaner I can use that will not spoil the colour ? |
| 18 | Comparing the energy values of mixes with straights you can see that they are pretty similar . |
| 19 | If it 's empty Anthony you can throw that in the bin |
| 20 | In his early work we can see that Foucault 's position involves a remarkable development of Althusser 's hints that art can function as a privileged category that provides an ‘ internal distance ’ from ideology by relating histories , writing reports . |
| 21 | From the above passage we can see that an examination of the production , circulation and consumption of the total social product presents different problems from those posed by the movement of a single capital . |
| 22 | You can erm by word of mouth recommendations it means that we , we have to spend less money on advertising , now that means that in the long run we can pass that on to the client like yourself |
| 23 | In both circumstances we can see that the caveman 's body must be prepared , following the initial fright or increase in anxiety , for fight and/or flight . |
| 24 | With hindsight I can see that I was already predisposed , given the right circumstances , to become anorexic . |
| 25 | There 's no place you can go that I ca n't follow . ’ |
| 26 | If you want to make the point you can add that you have already spoken to the Personnel Department about pay and conditions . |
| 27 | when you use your imagination you can imagine that you 're somewhere else ca n't you ? |
| 28 | But , now with Stamford you can feel that they were Litchet way , I think . |
| 29 | But , for all practical purposes you can say that a wind angle of 60° produces maximum drift . |
| 30 | For BSL and its community we can see that both of these opportunities may be less available to hearing learners . |