Example sentences of "we can [adv] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we can easily see that an external contingent relation , no matter how regular a contingent relation it is , wo n't do the trick . |
| 2 | If we put a gentle shearing force upon the crystal as a whole we can easily apply that little extra strain needed to break the whole line of sorely stretched bonds but we find ( Figure 5b ) that we have merely reformed the whole arrangement one atomic spacing further on . |
| 3 | We , if you comes and gives evidence against us , then we can either show that he 's incorrect in a substantive way , or we can attack his credibility . |
| 4 | therefore , the rate we can grow is to a large extent governed by the rate we can either attract or develop the specialised management staff we need . |
| 5 | Here I am ! ’ and we can either pretend that it is ‘ out there ’ , or we can take a serious look at ourselves . |
| 6 | We can either accept that God is sovereign and recognise that this is part of his plan , or we can have a pity party and completely neutralise everything God wants to do through us . |
| 7 | At Macmillan College we select only because we are overwhelmed by applications and by selection we can thus ensure that we do have a fully comprehensive intake drawn from all parts of our catchment area . |
| 8 | We can thus conclude that the ε-ζ values of roughly -30° observed for these steps in the dodecamer conformation clearly belong to the B I family . |
| 9 | We can thus assume that |
| 10 | We can thus see that the whole of the rest of the parish could be used for arable . |
| 11 | In C. S. Lewis ' quest for joy , we can clearly see that the void left by his mother 's death was never replaced in his childhood , nor indeed perhaps ever in his whole life . |
| 12 | After holding an executive meeting on June 8 we can again announce that our position on this matter has not changed . ’ |
| 13 | We can justifiably expect that academics will adhere to the demands of rationality in their professional work , developing the open character of their discipline . |
| 14 | For example , in the case of Rome in the third century BC , we can calculate that the total amount of silver coinage produced was small in comparison with Rome 's ‘ income ’ at the time , as defined by plunder , tribute and indemnities , and we can thereby see that silver coinage played only a minor role in the economy . |
| 15 | Would n't it be much simpler to tackle the problem at its root , and at least try to return towards old fashion farming methods — smaller fields , natural fertilisers and pest controls , a level of productivity we can comfortably consume and an end to the gradual poisoning and demolition of our countryside ? |
| 16 | That is , if a creature 's phenomenology has any dimension comparable to visual experience as we know it , we can intelligibly ask whether ( and when ) distinctions such as these are perceived by it . |
| 17 | It is here that the goal of developing a different vision , for locating a different set of values , becomes pre-eminent — because with that different vision , with a determination to create a new set of values which recognises intrinsic value in all living creatures , we can properly inform and inspire a programme that works , albeit a gradualist one ! |
| 18 | In the later interviews it is only when grandparents were not known directly that there is no significant memory of them , and we can reasonably assume that this was also the commonest reason for lack of memory in the first set . |
| 19 | From the fact that it leads on to all sorts of other questions , we can reasonably infer that many of the justifications given in the literature are indeed question-begging . |
| 20 | Doing far more than we can reasonably do and if you like , doing it by very definition , badly , or worse than it could have done . |
| 21 | We can already say that I mean there there obviously there 's a lot of talk now about erm taxation towards towards resource taxes and those sorts of things which the Green Party were saying you know fifteen years ago or something . |
| 22 | We can surely conclude that if you know that you are sitting reading , you know that you are not a brain in a vat , and hence ( by simple modus tollens ) that since you do n't know that you are not a brain in a vat ( agreed above ) you do n't know that you are sitting reading . |
| 23 | It is their way of stressing that the Beyond has come into our midst , and we can neither organise nor domesticate him . |
| 24 | Given the observations about the importance of methodology , study design and case definition noted above we can probably conclude that there is no one single ‘ true ’ estimate of dementia . |
| 25 | Therefore we can probably conclude that conditions ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) or some close equivalent , are in fact necessary . |
| 26 | We can not suppose that one action is good and another not good unless we can pick out a further relevant difference between them . |
| 27 | This is important because , in the early days of life when replicators first arose , we can not suppose that there were enzymes around to help them to replicate . |
| 28 | Thus , at night , urine flow would be low because we can not drink when we are asleep , and in the daytime our kidneys would respond to an increased fluid intake . |
| 29 | There are certain things we can not do but there are certain things we can . |
| 30 | In some ways they are even better than our own , for a squid can distinguish polarised light which we can not do and their retinas have a finer structure which means , almost certainly , that they can distinguish finer detail than we can . |