Example sentences of "we can [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 We can identify a number of interlocking and mutually reinforcing reasons why the situation prevails .
2 First , it seems as though we can identify a locally based form of politics , arising from local social relations and social processes .
3 An appreciable number of us have ‘ perfect pitch ’ : we can identify a musical note exactly .
4 We can identify a formal partnership by the partnership deed .
5 Similarly , when we look at the South in contemporary perspective , we can identify a wide variety of indicators on which it stands out .
6 We can identify a number of factors :
7 We can identify a number of important changes which have occurred :
8 Well I think we can identify a good reason for this .
9 We can seat a coachload the driver the courier and two others all at once so we should n't have too much queuing
10 When we have obtained unc we can perform a check , which is in any event needed when the vectors are normalised .
11 ‘ Perhaps in time we can perform a similar service to you . ’
12 But I do not believe that we can assemble a majority for anything as negative as ‘ get the Tories out ’ .
13 I know they 're asking more than we want to pay , but if we can assemble a package of cash , stock options , and newly issued shares as a good inducement , I think we 'll convince the key manager and he 'll persuade the others to sell .
14 This means that we can tell a star 's temperature from the spectrum of its light . )
15 We can tell a lot about all the characters in ‘ Great Expectations ’ from their first appearances in the novel .
16 As women , we can feel a dread of being overtaken by this archetype .
17 At first it seems that we can draw a sharp distinction between perceptions and attitudes .
18 From this example , we can draw a conclusion of crucial importance for the analysis of material culture : divisions which may appear important in language and ideology may be absent from object differentiation , while distinctions within the domain of artefacts may constitute important divisions which would elsewhere be ignored or denied .
19 And basically we can draw a line between an element in one set , and an element in the other , and say that represents some sort of relationship .
20 Through each point on the c 1 c 2 curve in Fig. 8–3 we can draw a line with slope ( ) , noting that r falls as we move up the curve .
21 The gradient of a curve is the gradient of tangent , so we can draw a tangent where you wanted it at that place .
22 Alternatively we can rent a small boat and row along the channels through the reeds and into the lakes .
23 If we can fix a meeting a date up to suit them
24 Now if we can give a sense to a residue of basic rules which qualify as human rights , as I have argued , then a respect for life would certainly be one of them .
25 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 .
26 The room itself is an object , with all its elements , carpets and hangings included , constituting an authentic whole , through which we can give a lesson in the development of style and taste .
27 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 ) .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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