Example sentences of "one can [verb] [Wh det] " in BNC.

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1 An important consequence of this is that one can observe what is called interference between two sets of waves or particles .
2 If one can discover which protein is missing , then one has a clue to its necessary role in memory formation .
3 Indeed , before one can decide what action is appropriate one requires an understanding of the social context in which one is acting and an interpretation of the actions occurring in that context .
4 No one can tell what stimulus it may bring or the fruit it may bear in creative work by later generations .
5 Even in making oneself more aware in preparation for a choice , it will be enough that one can identify which would be the relatively stronger inclination in the fullest attainable awareness ; there will be no need to experience it in its full intensity or to prolong it after the choice .
6 In typical nemo dat quod non habet ( no one can convey what he does not have ) fashion , the rights acquired by the consignee or transferee of the bill were measured by the rights conveyed or retained by the shipper .
7 No one can imagine what she and the children have gone through . ’
8 I suppose when we were younger , we all rather took Alice for granted , but looking back , one can see what a strong character she had even then .
9 One can see what happens if the animal sometimes receives food on pecking a disk , and sometimes does not .
10 The best possible way to do this will be to set down the account resulting from a different approach , so that one can see what it is that has been overlooked so far ; and this is something which this book sets out to do .
11 One can see what sort of benefit would have been taxable if the courts had decided that a tax charge could arise .
12 No one can predict what will happen when we let that thing loose . ’
13 No one can predict what will make news as we enter the next ten years of Central , but as long as the talent survives , we 're promised entertainment well worth watching .
14 ‘ No one can remember what they were doing the day Angela Brickell disappeared . ’
15 No one can say what the next century will bring .
16 With a dentist one can understand what the chap is actually saying .
17 One villager said : ‘ They were a very pleasant couple and no one can understand what has gone wrong . ’
18 No one can know what he would have written because he was a direct witness and he had an exceptional personality — a deep artistic sensibility and great erudition .
19 It is important , therefore , to be clear about the differences as well as the similarities so that one can know what to query as well as what to accept in the concepts .
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