Example sentences of "can [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a man believes in a different god , or even if he uses a different ritual for worshipping the same god , blind faith can decree that he should die — on the cross , at the stake , skewered on a Crusader 's sword , shot in a Beirut street , or blown up in a bar in Belfast . |
| 2 | I really did enjoy myself in the Tests last summer and know I can reproduce that form again . ’ |
| 3 | We can hypothesise that if there is a change in visual perception then pointing with a non-preferred hand should show the same adaptive shift as for the normal hand , while pointing to an auditory target should show no adaptive shift . |
| 4 | Erm , well I think I can reassure that it is the latter . |
| 5 | I do n't think I can make that either but er |
| 6 | Now you can make that look even smarter by making a second white line on the outside . |
| 7 | There is only one person who can make that happen — and that is you . |
| 8 | really I mean what you 're almost sort of presiding over is a sort of steady decline , really , but on the other hand I think some people think if you can make that as erm as sort of dignified as you can and actually give them sort of support when they actually need it , |
| 9 | The Government will welcome any arrangement that the liquidator and the principal shareholders can make that would result in BCCI 's depositors getting a considerably greater return on their investment than was previously thought possible . |
| 10 | No , you can make that Oh your doing well by that , that Arf . |
| 11 | I hope you will take note of the wishes of your constituents and do all you can to see that Garstang retains its Magistrates ' Court . |
| 12 | My friends are very anxious that there should be no difference between their people and the Mamur Zapt , and will do all they can to see that things go no further , at least for the time being . |
| 13 | No one who reads the three solid essays in what is described as the catalogue of the exhibition ( though it is n't quite that ) can think that ‘ Barnumising ’ in any way describes Pound 's ardent response to painting and sculpture , photography and architecture , first in London 1908–1920 , then in Paris 1920–1925 , and thereafter in Italy . |
| 14 | A dog may well think that his master is at the door : but unless a dog masters a language it is hard to see how he can think that he is thinking that his master is at the door . |
| 15 | All these groups can think that Mr Clinton is their man because of what he said during the mesmerising presidential campaign of 1992 . |
| 16 | We believe that it is right to have a minimum deterrent so that no potential aggressor can think that this country could be attacked and that they could be unaffected by any retaliation . |
| 17 | It 's just that we can think that that is a feature that is detected by the perceptual system . |
| 18 | We can explain that they come from an age when theology and the natural sciences were not divorced from one another , when God was held directly responsible for disasters we would now call ‘ natural ’ , and for which we would have scientific explanations to hand that did not mention God at all . |
| 19 | For example , if a patient confesses to you his anxiety about a forthcoming operation and asks you questions about the procedure , you can explain that you are new to the ward and unable to answer his questions adequately . |
| 20 | ‘ I think I can explain that : he was frightened . ’ |
| 21 | However , if prisoners are at risk of sentence under the Public Order Act 1986 , the pack of information can explain that just as easily as it can explain the contents of this miserable and irrelevant little Bill . |
| 22 | We can locate that earlier discussion within the context of power by arguing that membership of such groups can confer power upon individuals , particularly if that group has status and prestige . |
| 23 | Walter and Marjory probably lived at Dundonald Castle and we can presume that before and after their marriage , Robert Bruce would visit the castle on his peregrinations in north and central Ayrshire . |
| 24 | We can presume that the novelty of the Society had worn off for the capricious upper classes . |
| 25 | It is not yet known what form this report will take but one can presume that a national format will be designed eventually . |
| 26 | can presume that it it 's going to involve as a whole so it will have some |
| 27 | No reasonable doubt can exist that the School will attain under his supervision a much higher rank in the estimation of the Inhabitants of Stockport and that it will prove of very great importance and advantage to its community . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't need to ask Bill the first question , I can answer that for you right away , it 's on this list . |
| 29 | If you tell me of Sarah 's or Rachel 's or Rebecca 's nursing their children I can answer that the one drew water at a well for her father 's flocks , another baked cakes on a hearth , and another dressed savoury meat for her husband . |
| 30 | Er I do n't know if I can answer that I suspect not . |