Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [vb infin] about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of my article on computer tidal prediction in the December issue , several readers have asked what practical advice I can offer about the effects of abnormal meteorological conditions on tide predictions and when to apply correction to take them into account . |
| 2 | Like most people I can talk about the state of the world , sex and football in one conversation in the pub . |
| 3 | All I can say about the cuntona incident is why is he still walking ? |
| 4 | Repetition is likewise the musician practising her scales until she can be consistent every time , so that while she performs she can think about the music itself rather than the individual notes . |
| 5 | For each of the following sets of data , based on non-RP accents , say what you can conclude about the phonology of that accent . |
| 6 | You 've got to live in their world if you gon na affect that change , if you do n't live in their world and only live your own , if you do n't recognise , er , the problems that they 're making in terms of change happens , and those are the that you are going to give into the So yes , you can think about yourself and and others , and you can think about the reasons , and you think about the priorities , about planning , about structure level . |
| 7 | If you can forget about the row of portaloos in the background it could almost be the real thing . |
| 8 | Set it and you can forget about the meal until the buzzer lets you know it 's ready and to keep all those pots and pans there 's even a large storage compartment which has been specially contoured with smooth rounded corners to make cleaning easier . |
| 9 | If you receive any of the following , you can forget about the tax angle altogether — at least as regards these particular items : |
| 10 | It also helps when the time comes to break off the affair , because you can talk about the money instead of feelings and love and messy , painful stuff like that . |
| 11 | So while you can talk about the expansion of federal powers and the dominance of the national government in certain areas , it is but nothing compared to the dominance of central government in Britain over , over local government . |
| 12 | It 's more at the medium-term level that you can talk about the system making sensible adjustments to new circumstances , and indeed , many schools and many Local Education Authorities have simply had to do that , they 've had to erm adjust to much smaller numbers of pupils , correspondingly smaller numbers of teachers , and a much more static situation generally . |
| 13 | Hence if , say , you are watching a flock of starlings pecking for worms on a lawn , you can talk about the centre of the flock . |
| 14 | You can talk about the holes in the AOL there ! ’ |
| 15 | And , as one cynic pointed out , ‘ If you 're running out of conversation , at least you can talk about the decor ’ ! |
| 16 | You can talk about the nature of art — blah , blah , blah — and I did do some dribbling off into text and stuff , but now I know that movement says more to me than any of this other tosh . |
| 17 | It can either be looking at the animal as an observer , in which case you can talk about the animals and what they are doing . |
| 18 | ‘ At least if there 's a human being there you can talk about the deal , ’ says Legal & General 's Michael Payne with just a trace of exasperation . |
| 19 | Every scrap of understanding you can glean about the dynamics of bereavement will , of course , be valuable ; but never try simply to ‘ play it by the book ’ — this or any other , for in the long run it will be the way you use your heart , not your head , that will count most . |
| 20 | Anything you can remember about the man ? ’ |
| 21 | But that is simplifying it too much ; for it is like learning how to ride a bike : you can read about the technique , but only lots of practice will give you a feel for it and the essential balance you need . |
| 22 | You can read about the study in the ‘ Lothian Looking Forward ’ newsletter which was distributed to staff earlier in the year . |
| 23 | You can argue about the amount of resources devoted to health but what you can not sensibly argue about is that the resources devoted to health care should be used to maximum effect . |
| 24 | You can learn about the place of new technologies , acquire new skills and update old ones . |
| 25 | From the family history you can learn about the family 's ancestors , where they have lived and worked , where they met , their education , work skills , achievements , hobbies , and character . |
| 26 | You can write about the sort of person you know well , or even are . |
| 27 | er to raise two matters or comments rather than matters erm seating er , new cushions have now been purchased and were used with great success at the October production and Alan has asked whether there are any comments we can draw about the success or otherwise of the October production and whether the experiment is worth continuing . ? |
| 28 | The natural way to do this is as an N-dimensional rectangular array ; but all that matters is that there is some metric D on the set of nodes , so that we can talk about the distance |
| 29 | Of course we can talk about the standard of controversy in the seventeenth century and habits of erm arguing ad hominem more than , I suppose , would normally be acceptable today . |
| 30 | All this means we can forget about The Communards ' cover version of ‘ Never Can Say Goodbye ’ , and we can forget about the wretched Pet Shop Boys , the only successful contemporary pop ironists . |