Example sentences of "we can [vb infin] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think we can identify a good reason for this . |
| 2 | Similarly , when we look at the South in contemporary perspective , we can identify a wide variety of indicators on which it stands out . |
| 3 | We can identify a formal partnership by the partnership deed . |
| 4 | An appreciable number of us have ‘ perfect pitch ’ : we can identify a musical note exactly . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps in time we can perform a similar service to you . ’ |
| 6 | At first it seems that we can draw a sharp distinction between perceptions and attitudes . |
| 7 | Alternatively we can rent a small boat and row along the channels through the reeds and into the lakes . |
| 8 | I think that if today we can give a little help to those who are carrying on the race the money will not be wasted , ’ ( House of Commons Debate , Vol. 300 , col. 1634 ) . |
| 9 | With a causal theory of knowledge and the thesis that a belief is justified if if true it would be knowledge , we can give a causal account of justification which is not vulnerable to the existence of false justified beliefs . |
| 10 | Well , we can give a certain clear sense to saying that the hot coffee is able or has a power to dissolve the cube of sugar . |
| 11 | Parents today are far more responsible , they 're , they sort of say no erm we wo n't we 'll only have the number of children we can give a good start in life to . |
| 12 | It would be harsh to rule 3 out just because the argument demands that only justified beliefs can justify others ; if we can give a reasonable sense to the notion of a belief standing on its own feet , as it were , rather than on those of others , we could easily see 3 as a special case of 2 . |
| 13 | Evaluation , then , may require prior criteria against which the evaluation can be made ; but that does not mean that we can give a full and detailed account of those criteria . |
| 14 | Suppose that , in the first case , we can give a detailed account of how expansion occurred , and in the second can recount the calculations and decisions of the firm 's executives . |
| 15 | The results of this policy are clear each day on Radio and Television : correspondents have more outlets for their wares — we can cover a wider range of stories — and we can spare people to work off rota on stories that will break new fresh ground . |
| 16 | If this is not possible we can achieve a similar result by the more complicated design |
| 17 | By accepting changes and variations on the ancient recipes we can achieve a different kind of authenticity , one which has at least some semblance of reality . |
| 18 | It is about time that the Government accepted their responsibility for all sorts of things — for example , the rising unemployment levels , the rundown of the health service , the lack of measures to reduce homelessness and the failure of their economic policy to generate growth and investment to end the recession so that we can build a better Britain . |
| 19 | Together , we can build a happy life , I am sure of it . ’ |
| 20 | Well so far we 've just been looking at the record of growth bands in this coral skeleton , but we can acquire a great deal of additional information by sampling the skeleton , and we sample the skeleton using a small drill and we can analyze the , the powders that we collect for the stabilized of oxygen . |
| 21 | ‘ We can spot a strange car . |
| 22 | Well unfortunately we were scheduled to have a meeting erm something like ten days ago and then two or three of the key people had to drop out so I cancelled the meeting because obviously we want the people there who were going to actually get the thing up and running so that we can formulate a first public meeting and I would like erm , you know , now , to establish a working party but again a number of the people who one would expect to be on it are not here and it 's slightly awkward . |
| 23 | however , we can perceive a curious twist to the argument , with a blending of the Gaian and abiotic schools . |
| 24 | We can stage a little comedy for ourselves if we pick out two expressions that I used in my last paragraph , and imagine ourselves presenting them to the startled and unwelcoming gaze of Max Beerbohm . |
| 25 | On the basis of our ideas of particular men , we can form a general idea of ‘ man ’ , and by abstracting differences from the ideas of ‘ man ’ , ‘ horse ’ , and ‘ lion ’ , we can form still more general ideas , such as that of ‘ animal ’ . |
| 26 | Also er saw er Nick last week and he 's agreed that we can offer a similar sort of training scheme around the force people apply just for er a one day course so what I 'm saying to any community affairs staff |
| 27 | We can offer a partial answer to this question by observing that , if we can find w k > O satisfying and for j = 2 and 3 , then the BFS of P4/T1 is an alternative optimal solution of LP ( w 1 , w 2 , w 3 ) and another optimal ( efficient ) solution can be found by pivoting in column 1 ( x 1 -column ) . |
| 28 | Finally we can offer a super value day trip . |
| 29 | For vocation and training groups we can offer a comprehensive course covering all aspects of outdoor pursuits , watersports and general recreation facilities in the Craigavon area . |
| 30 | In return for your commitment , we can offer a competitive salary benefits package . |