Example sentences of "can they [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the brain is three-dimensional with inconceivably more cells , and those cells are far more wonderful for not only can they light up in patterns to show pictures representing outside vision , but they can subtly change the material and they can remember everything . |
| 2 | The author asked , ‘ if they lose money in doing business how can they calm down to do their studies ? ’ |
| 3 | Can they answer ? |
| 4 | Like , for instance , can they bargain with you to alter any of the exclusion clauses , or do they have to take it as it is and that 's that ? |
| 5 | How on earth can they protest about hunting when they are prepared to injure humans and horses in their cause ? |
| 6 | Men can not breastfeed babies , nor can they experience what it is like to have carried a child , however much their partners may have encouraged them to feel the moving infant inside the belly . |
| 7 | But what can they think of him ? |
| 8 | Who can they blame now ? ’ |
| 9 | Who can they blame now ? ’ |
| 10 | Listen to the words of Abraham to the rich man who died ‘ between us and you there is a great gulf fixed : so that they which would pass from hence to you can not ; neither can they pass to us that would come from thence . ’ |
| 11 | Can they reach his brain in time , obliterate the clot , and learn the secrets the man holds ? |
| 12 | Can they reach us ? |
| 13 | Can they reach point B , thereby preserving their privileged position as insiders ? |
| 14 | In news broadcasts , panel discussions or documentaries can they distinguish how fair or balanced are the points of view presented ? |
| 15 | The locals have obviously never tried a good pint of 6X ; how can they drink this stuff ? |
| 16 | There is nothing more I can do to help them , nor can they collect any low-preference votes that may have been given to them by voters whose higher-preference votes have been given to candidates of other parties . |
| 17 | What instrumental techniques can not do is evaluate the sensory attributes of an odour , in particular its acceptability , nor can they compete with the human nose as far as sensitivity to most odours is concerned . |
| 18 | How can they preach unless they are sent ? |
| 19 | Is it true , as Marx sometimes seems to say , that in order for a group of people to constitute a class they must be conscious of their shared identity , or can they form a class on the basis of other criteria ? |
| 20 | They can not report nonsense in your writing , they do not judge accuracy , including spelling , nor can they detect incorrect word usage . |
| 21 | Can they stare in new confusion at our pain ? |
| 22 | But how can they meet ? |
| 23 | But where can they meet ? |
| 24 | I would hear gruesome or stirring stories from the Old Testament , miracles from the New , or rousing appeals from the pulpit , and think , ‘ How can they sit there so still and do nothing if it 's all true ? ’ |
| 25 | The recruitment team can not get the letters out and keep the records up to date at the same time ; and if they employ temporaries , other problems arise : where can they sit ? |
| 26 | Only if would-be parents fully understand about mental handicap can they make the right sort of rational decisions when faced with these circumstances and face the situation with a true sense of proportion . |
| 27 | To this end , students must live for their work : " So only can they make themselves accepted leaders ; so only can they aspire to form a part of that priesthood of humanity to whose commands the world will yield obedience . " |
| 28 | USE GAMES … can they make them harder ? … can they understand each others ' rules ? |
| 29 | USE GAMES can they make them harder ? can they understand each other 's rules ? |
| 30 | Can they make themselves into a statue of , for example , Anancy playing a trick ? |