Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] they can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If our staff are worried about problems at home or work they can not achieve that , ’ said , staff relations manager with Standard Life in Edinburgh , explaining the company 's decision to provide an Employee Assistance Programme ( EAP ) . |
| 2 | Both are held to economic ransom by a system that ensures they can never free themselves of debt — no matter how hard they try . |
| 3 | Pious it may sound , but I do actually believe that there is a sense in which a group of students do collectively know much of what they need to know about learning : the problem of the PGCE year is to give them confidence that they know ; and the experience that knowing they can successfully act on their knowledge . |
| 4 | Children misbehave when they are discouraged and believe they can not succeed by useful means . |
| 5 | This incapacitates them temporarily ; whilst imprisoned they can not victimize the public , although they do continue to victimize other prisoners , sometimes at a rate that exceeds community crime levels . |