Example sentences of "[conj] we can [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 So we need a better way to practise our scales where we can relate to a key area from any one of the seven notes in the scale .
2 Mourning is a much more conscious process where we can focus on a loss , either which we have experienced or which we are going to experience .
3 ‘ Now , sir , ’ Cranston continued quietly as the other traders slunk back , ‘ I can ask the wardsman to convene a jury of your peers or we can settle on a fine ? ’
4 It is in these higher-order achievements that we can talk of a logical correspondence , although not identity , between the roles of student and of researcher .
5 Does this increase in variation mean that we can speak of a specifically ‘ local ’ politics , and if so is this based around local issues and is it generated through local processes ?
6 It is arguable , with some hope of success , that we can speak of a choice or a decision as an effect and not be committed to there having been a causal circumstance which was required for it , and speak of an action as an effect and need not be committed to there having been a causal circumstance that was — roughly speaking — prior in time to the agent 's initial neurophysiological activity .
7 and I think it 's perhaps important to start with that we go with something that 's a little bit open-ended that we can review in a years time er , perhaps a little bit later and say well look we have shown that we can do it valuably er the proof is in the pudding , it now beholds everybody to do it this way .
8 It is , then , by learning to analyse the nature and the diversity of cultural formations-in close association , as is later argued , with the analysis of cultural forms — that we can move towards a more adequate understanding of the direct social processes of cultural production .
9 And what I mean by that is for example er a pan like that we can buy for a quid which happens to be a .
10 Britain has always taken a stand against bullies and tyrants to ensure that we can live in a safe world and I pray that our resolution to do this will remain undiminished .
11 We can no more abolish one without destroying the others than we can think of a circle without a circumference …
12 So we can go for a Big Mac , ’ she said as if talking to an infant .
13 Invite me into your room and we can talk in a civilised manner — through the bathroom door if you insist — while you get ready for tonight 's date . ’
14 If you go away then as soon as you know that you 're going we 'll send off registration for Bishop Challener and that 's it and we can send off a year 's a year 's umm fees in advance ca n't we ?
15 But the authorities of the cat world do seem to have their eyes firmly fixed on possible dangers , and we can hope for a much greater restraint than has existed in the case of a number of breeds of dog .
16 And we can help in a variety of ways with immediate cash help … paying towards the cost of a heating bill … a rates demand … or a telephone bill , sometimes an elderly person 's only link with the outside world .
17 Clearly , I do n't want to see us having just an open ended thing , that every time they get into trouble , we bail them out , but I do think that we need to give breathing space now , until we can come with a , a , a decent set of proposals for the future of the building .
18 So let's see if we can think of a way of doing it .
19 We 'll see if we can come to a solution
20 If we can sneak in a small bottle of strong acid to the Bookman , ’ Mr Litmus explained , ‘ he can use it to burn through the bars at night .
21 It is not very close to the theatre but we can arrange for a car to take her back after every performance . ’
22 Your consent is required before we can apply for a report and you may see the report before it is returned to us .
23 Mr before we can ask for a seconder on it I 'd ask the clerk to make a de definition about expenditure that has not necessarily been costed beforehand .
24 When we can look upon a man in the same way ( not that this is necessarily desirable ) then the world will have changed .
25 The subjects of Nietzsche 's two public lectures were already chosen by the time of his letter to Ritschl , as we can see from a letter to a friend in late September .
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