Example sentences of "can we [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Can we abandon half the globe to the caprice of peoples still in their infancy … ? |
| 2 | ‘ Can we quote you on that ? ’ asked a white-faced , red-nosed newsman . |
| 3 | So is it just part and parcel of ‘ human nature ’ or can we evolve , change and even move beyond it ? |
| 4 | ‘ How can we dance if you 're miles away ? ’ |
| 5 | But chairman Slinger also has the power to ask his eight-man jury : ‘ How can we punish a chap for telling the truth , even if he has breached his contract ? |
| 6 | So we come back around the circle to the capital side of the balance of payments , and the operationally interesting question : for how long can we expect the world 's savers to make up our domestic shortage ? |
| 7 | How can we expect her to adopt the thought patterns of an earlier age ? |
| 8 | How can we expect to be lifted by the language of prayer ‘ if the sentence itself needs to be lifted — by a stretcher ? ’ he asked . |
| 9 | How can we expect to be lifted by the language of prayer ‘ if the sentence itself needs to be lifted — by a stretcher ? ’ he asked . |
| 10 | Alas , solitude is not very likely , there is so little of it in life , so what can we expect after death ! |
| 11 | Can we expect to find the fundamental and universal principles in development ? |
| 12 | What can we expect in the future ? |
| 13 | And the human species can not be considered to be eternal either , as we know it did not always exist in its present form , nor can we expect it to have an infinite existence . |
| 14 | Sad about the Derwent but what can we expect ? |
| 15 | We must have confidence in ourselves ; if we do n't , how can we expect someone else to ? |
| 16 | But if even in the sciences rationality is no more than the capacity to criticize the spontaneous , where can we expect it to be anything else ? |
| 17 | But how can we expect the Brazilian Government to care for trees when it does n't care for many of its people ? |
| 18 | SINCE everyone 's gunning for Chancellor Lamont can we expect him to lose his job soon ? |
| 19 | Can we expect to achieve sufficient political agreement to formulate the necessary dispute-resolving rules in an ideologically divided world , even if the avowed intention is to establish rules which are neutral as between such ideologies , the acceptance of which would not be taken as manifesting more than a commitment to getting some agreed rules ? |
| 20 | Further , can we expect states to agree to accept such a system , particularly with compulsory reference to international courts and mandatory application of their decisions , even if there are not sanctions attached to non-adherence ? |
| 21 | And can we expect states to allow non-coercive jural agencies to gather information in an effective manner when this involves the divulgence of state secrets , even if this is seen as the only way to secure confidence in , for instance , disarmament treaties ? |
| 22 | It was disappointing , though , that he seemed to be knocking the efforts of those with other aims : ‘ How can we expect the Brazilian Government to care for trees when it does n't care for many of its people ? ’ |
| 23 | And what can we expect of the Pitch Shifter live extravaganzas ? |
| 24 | So when can we expect Bill to ditch comedy for good and go all-out rock on us ? |
| 25 | So can we expect to hear soon that other national railways are introducing similar schemes of their own ? |
| 26 | But this poses a problem : if ‘ crimes ’ are diverse , changeable and selective , how can we expect to be able to make any general statements about the conditions that influence their prevalence ? |
| 27 | And what changes can we expect to see during the coming year ? |
| 28 | When , may I ask , can we expect another ‘ slim vol . ’ ? |
| 29 | With no disincentives for patients to request night visits and incentives for general practitioners to visit can we expect the increased level of activity to yield health or welfare benefits or avoid costs elsewhere in the system ? |
| 30 | When when can we expect this as a standard feature on the database ? |