Example sentences of "[indef pn] can [adv] [verb] that this " in BNC.
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| 1 | By intervening in this way , one can reasonably assume that this request can be regarded as making an exception to the general rules — implicit or explicit — of identification . |
| 2 | One might have suspected them of being adverbs that simply lacked the ordinary morphological marking , as in : ( 12 ) Grandmother took the corner too fast However , one can conclusively show that this is not so by finding examples where the predicate qualifiers fill a position which can also be occupied by a true adverb ; here we observe that the effect is strikingly different . |
| 3 | One can not establish that this is the case in one case without establishing that it is the case in all like cases . |
| 4 | One can only assume that this puppy 's there so Olympic hosts Spain at least get a sniff at a medal . |
| 5 | One can only assume that this is another example of the popular press indulging in unwarranted smears , this time against the Mission Impossible Party of Labour and the loyal supporters of Darlington FC . |
| 6 | So one can only surmise that this rather authoritarian sign is aimed at people whose knuckles scrape the tarmac . |
| 7 | One can only surmise that this arrangement was for the programming convenience of the television station which covered the matches . |
| 8 | The economic recession during which this book has been written has seen a reduction in merger mania but one can almost guarantee that this will be a temporary blip in the inexorable progress towards higher and higher profits . |