Example sentences of "can [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's still not widely appreciated that men can want to be objects , as much as agents , of desire . |
| 2 | And , after two weeks that would have cracked a lesser man , Taylor proved he still has what it takes to ensure that England can qualify to be one of the outside contenders . |
| 3 | We can divide the components of sea water into three erm categories firstly those things which we can consider to be major constituents these are substances which are present are concentrations greater than one part per million . |
| 4 | The function of the impartial mediator or conciliator may be described as to act as a catalyst to ensure that negotiation does take place and that the issues are confronted and as a facilitator to enable an agreement which both parties can perceive to be fair . |
| 5 | Those who pursue explication can expect to be seen as suspicious , for they embody the marginality of the anthropologist , described by Lévi-Strauss ( 1973 : 67 ) as being someone who is ‘ psychologically speaking maimed , an amputee ’ . |
| 6 | They will have to answer for the team 's performances and can expect to be closely questioned on how often they saw those performances . |
| 7 | The Wanderers ' manager , Phil Neal , has some way to go before he can expect to be so honoured but he collected several brownie points after his side 's spirited performance . |
| 8 | Touch legering , like so many things worth doing , needs to be practised before you can expect to be proficient . |
| 9 | The average household can expect to be burgled once every forty years , for example , while violent confrontation between the intruder and victim is very rare — one per cent of ail cases . |
| 10 | The informatics graduate can expect to be at the forefront of the development of new software products and tools or to follow a career in developing technology applications for a range of areas — from industry to the public sector and from health care to agriculture . |
| 11 | Given our financial priorities , we will not be challenging the big six in Europe but we can expect to be an increasingly strong player . |
| 12 | For a longer period than in years gone by they can expect to be on their own together . |
| 13 | Neil Tennant may wonder how they can expect to be taken seriously but , to millions of record buyers the world over , they are the ultimate realisation of the rock dream ; tribal passion , myth , commitment and the belief that guitars really can bring down governments . |
| 14 | But King He can expect to be freed in three years ' time but Don King is convinced the former champion 's conviction will be overturned at a forthcoming appeal . |
| 15 | A pure Scot arriving in New York , Cardiff or any other of the non-Scottish capitals can expect to be welcomed by other Celts , whatever their original nation and however many generations have passed since their ancestors left it . |
| 16 | City goalkeeper Tony Coton can expect to be carpeted by the FA following spitting allegations during Tuesday 's win at Wimbledon . |
| 17 | The lieutenant believed ‘ it will be a long time before he can expect to be advanced to be captain in so old a corps . |
| 18 | We are indebted to Beumont et al for having grasped the nettle in laying down the grade at which a girl or woman can expect to be respected as a climber and transcend the status defined by ‘ bimbo , ’ i.e. interesting only if she happens to be pretty . |
| 19 | With both types , the lenders have your new home as security , but since they 're taking a bigger risk than normal , you can expect to be charged a higher rate of interest . |
| 20 | A new entrant into a creative department can expect to be doing such jobs . |
| 21 | Field men can expect to be contacted not only with requests to handle complaints , instructions to attend pollutions or collect samples , but also on quite trivial matters . |
| 22 | According to Goffmann , what lends credibility to our concepts of personal self is the recognition of certain rules or conventions which limit the claims we can expect to be acknowledged with respect to freedom from untoward threat , interference and so forth . |
| 23 | The voting pattern for the parties is so uniform throughout the country that the influence on a constituency of a particular candidate is insignificant ; candidates without the support of a major party can expect to fail and minor or ad hoc or single-interest parties can expect to be swept aside … |
| 24 | But this Sunday they 've all got something in common — it 's Father 's Day , the one day of the year when they can expect to be thoroughly pampered and spoiled by the rest of the family for a change . |
| 25 | Neither party can expect to be in permanent government or permanent opposition : each party " swings " in and out of office . |
| 26 | You can expect to be promoted within two or three years of qualifying . |
| 27 | As a result , people can expect to be on the waiting list for about seven years whereas under the Labour Government it was about one year . |
| 28 | A bureau that promises more output than it can deliver can expect to be penalized by lower budgetary allocations in the future ( Niskanen 1971 , p. 42 ) . |
| 29 | Employers know that ‘ insiders ’ will not co-operate with any undercutting ‘ outsiders ’ if they employ them , while on the other side of the market would-be undercutting outsiders can expect to be ‘ harassed ’ by insiders if they are successful in gaining employment . |
| 30 | If it succeeds , other shops can expect to be brought to court . |