Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] [verb] that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the best will in the world I can not imagine that a meat man would have the time , or that an un-horsy policeman would risk life and limb to scrub the mud from the hooves of every animal which roughly fits the description of a stolen one . |
| 2 | I can hardly see that a mere frigate is going to inconvenience you to all that extent . |
| 3 | I can only suppose that a large bird took hold of the ring on top of the box with his talons , and flew away with it . |
| 4 | Obin is quick to point out that this approach is simply a good starting position for the Cobol community , which can easily accept that an existing program is an object . |
| 5 | You can not guarantee that an editor will read to the end of a press release . |
| 6 | You can hardly believe that a few stretchsuits and some nappies can possibly cost as much as they say , but nine months and a lot of shopping trips later , you will have been forced to accept that your new addition has managed to tip the scales severely in the debit direction . |
| 7 | And we can easily see that an external contingent relation , no matter how regular a contingent relation it is , wo n't do the trick . |
| 8 | We can not assume that a divergent phonological system , for example , is structurally similar to or derivative from RP , or that lexical items belong to the same phonemic sets , or that the tense/aspect system is structured in the same way as that of standard English . |
| 9 | The Labour party says that we can not argue that a single person should pay less than a family next door with several working adults . |
| 10 | ‘ Whatever future conclusion we may reach as to this , we can not deny that an object once attended to will remain in the memory , whilst one inattentively allowed to pass will leave no traces behind . ’ |
| 11 | Never forget that these assumptions are just that ; we can never prove that a variable is prior rather than intervening or ensuing . |
| 12 | We can only hope that a combination of international intervention and dawning sanity among the fighters will silence the sound of the guns . |
| 13 | We can only surmise that a few basic signalling systems emerged early in evolution and were then modified in subtle ways to meet the unique signalling requirements of different cells . |
| 14 | But one can not assume that an everyday ‘ coherent ’ sense of self is readily available . |
| 15 | But one can not deny that a more scientific decision would have been to try to make the return of the offending plates obligatory , so that only the accurate , authentic figures were permitted circulation . |
| 16 | As for those who already receive High and do n't want another copy , or those ex- Mountain subscribers who just do n't want High , then one can only hope that a refund will be available . |
| 17 | Indeed , one can only wonder that a deep , profoundly intelligent and inherently human European culture is retreating to the background before the primitive revelry of violence and pornography and the flow of cheap feelings and low thoughts . |
| 18 | It can both suggest that an effect previously believed to exist does not exist and that one thought not to exist does exist . |
| 19 | It can also happen that a Pump Wagon is obliged to move into friendly troops , although this is rare as you can move the machine as you wish . |
| 20 | It can also happen that a speaker is interrupted and leaves a tone-unit incomplete — for example , lacking a tonic syllable . |
| 21 | And in so doing it can often convey that a past is not a thing to be discovered . |
| 22 | It can certainly happen that a head might at the same time be expected to manage the school democratically by the staff , deferentially by the governors , assertively by the local authority and pliantly by parents . |
| 23 | First , I do not understand how anyone can possibly think that a menu which features one fat-laden course after another — foie gras , creamy soup , fat-wrapped lamb , pan-fried potatoes , cheese and more cream in the mousse — is a well-planned menu . |