Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pers pn] can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The keepers also appear to be a knowledgeable and dedicated group of people , for whom I can only express my admiration of their hard work . |
| 2 | L-Fields are links in a ‘ chain of authority ’ which starts with the simplest living forms , runs upward through all life on this planet to the most complex form we know — man — and then extends outward into space and upward to an ‘ infinite authority ’ , about which we can only speculate . |
| 3 | There are ‘ hidden ’ factors about which we can only speculate , such as the direct effects on sand-eel stocks from the greatly increased shoals of herring and mackerel which are the result of recent bans on fishing for these species . |
| 4 | This is also a ‘ dead time ’ during which you can profitably respond . |
| 5 | The most recent GUIs also incorporate a windowing facility enabling users to create a window within one application through which they can simultaneously run another . |
| 6 | It is , for the viewer , the perfect world through which you can even make friends . |
| 7 | But a Churchill of whom I can only speak with deep affection is Randolph 's son , Winston . |
| 8 | And in the absence of someone you can legitimately blame ( it 's rarely possible to give the person firing you the sort of vitriolic tongue-lashing you 'd like to ) , you may hit out at your nearest and dearest . |
| 9 | These machines , which are comparatively new to the domestic market , have jog/shuttle dials with the aid of which you can rapidly pinpoint edits by playing the tapes back and forth at any speed you like from single-frame and slo-mo to five or more times faster than normal . |
| 10 | Well — I compare human life to a large Mansion of Many Apartments , two of which I can only describe , the doors of the rest being as yet shut upon me . |
| 11 | A lot of it I can just push aside but |
| 12 | And some of it I can only get in Stowmarket anyway because it 's heavy . |
| 13 | But I 'll make , I 've got to make the other half of it , so when I make the other half of it he can probably have , er have a couple of jam ones |
| 14 | This much more elaborated nervous system is associated with a much greater range of what we can recognizably call adaptive behaviour . |
| 15 | Er the erm the environmental health check I think he did discuss it at fantastic length , the question of our public lavatories an an and the savings that can be made and the judgement it came to in the end was a , was a very one I think on the outlook against of what you can reasonably do , erm nevertheless I do gather that erm erm it is no longer necessary under standing orders , for erm amendments to the budget to be self financing because you can move amendments to simply increase the budget and er the amendment that I reserve I suppose , it 's not very much . |
| 16 | In the case of the B flat Concerto ( and this is the only major piano work of this type that comes to mind ) , Brahms sometimes simply wrote down too many notes — unrestrained by the practicality of what you can actually play . |
| 17 | I am sure that many must , like myself , have the feeling that the small democratic element which still exists within the governmental and constitutional framework of this country is being cast aside in favour of what I can only call a self-perpetuating oligarchy . |
| 18 | Well , if you 'll just , if I 'm allowed to turn round and consult the chap sitting behind me I can actually give you a direct a direct answer . |
| 19 | You sit there and spend a million dollars on effects to try to make it sound like something you can already go out and buy . |
| 20 | If you are behind him you can sometimes catch a glimpse of little bits of him because all the smoke is being blown out in the front . |
| 21 | With this cautionary illustration behind us we can now proceed to a more complex and interesting example . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's going to be hard because Spartak have got a lot of international players and lots of pace , but if we can get at them and the crowd get behind us we can hopefully get the right result . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It 's going to be hard because Spartak have got a lot of international players and lots of pace , but if we can get at them and the crowd get behind us we can hopefully get the right result . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's going to be hard because Spartak have got a lot of international players and lots of pace , but if we can get at them and the crowd get behind us we can hopefully get the right result . ’ |
| 25 | Above all , from the child 's viewpoint , the teacher needs to be an interesting person , one with whom they can readily identify . |
| 26 | On the other hand , when people outside the Church see no one within the Church with whom they can readily identify , they will not be so easily attracted . |
| 27 | They may find someone to talk to , but rarely someone with whom they can actually cry although Damon Runyan claimed that the tears shed on Broadway by ‘ guys in love ’ , would produce enough salt water to start an opposition to the Atlantic and the Pacific . |
| 28 | Roddick claims that the answers to such bizarre questions tend to be very revealing and she can usually judge whether an applicant is going to be somebody who is on her wavelength and with whom she can comfortably work . |
| 29 | He puts forward the concept of the ‘ eye-beam ’ as an instrument of perception with which we can actually touch and feel objects : |
| 30 | It is important to make changes at a pace with which you can easily cope . |