Example sentences of "one can [verb] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think the question remains or that my doubts remain that there will be a level of there will that one can assume a level of commitments which would be it would be sensible to try and draw back from or phase over a longer period of time . |
| 2 | It perhaps is a function of the early stage of interpreter development in the UK ( though there are only a very few positive indications that the situation is different in other more developed countries ) and one can expect a change of provision , attitude and therefore skill . |
| 3 | Thus , by the end of gastrulation , one can draw a map on the embryo showing the developmental path to which various regions are now committed . |
| 4 | There , too , one can assign a co-ordination of properties , as in ( 44 ) , or a single complex property , ( 45 ) , but it is simply taken for granted that one does not produce grammatical monstrosities such as ( 46 ) and ( 47 ) with , respectively , simultaneous and successive ( but in neither case co-ordinated ) assignment of different properties . |
| 5 | There are Christians who would say that one can meditate a lifetime on them . |
| 6 | Although the expressive effect is not easy to pinpoint , one can detect an impression of resultativity , as though the passive abstracts from any particular hearer so that the infinitive evokes the resulting impression that was left with all present . |
| 7 | They were especially critical of the assumption that one can explain a form of behaviour simply by observing its incidence and correlating it with other variables . |
| 8 | Like an ordinary face that one can build a character upon with multiple disguises , Peter Sellers 's for example , Dustin draws on the blank score sheet of his voice . |
| 9 | This is not too unscientific or random an approach , as it is often found that one can do an experiment in a defined situation and reinforce one 's findings by consulting one 's colleagues about their own experience . |
| 10 | One can reach a frontier without crossing it . |
| 11 | No one can prevent a word from being used in any way the user wishes , and there need be no confusion provided the user makes clear what ( s ) he means by the term . |
| 12 | There are a few exceptions to the general rule that no one can make a transfer of goods who is not the owner . |
| 13 | No one can guarantee a way of avoiding heart disease but the risks can be greatly reduced . |
| 14 | But while no one can guarantee a profit on stocks and shares , some companies are now offering a safe bet — a profit or your money back . |
| 15 | Or one can imagine an experience of beautiful music existing in a void . |
| 16 | Where annual rents were protected by custom , the only payment which could be varied was the entry fine payable by a new tenant , and one can see a decline in these comparable with those in payments for leases . |
| 17 | Cnoc Grianail , Kilellan where some are oval , and from the air one can see a group behind Bridgend . |
| 18 | The first breakthrough comes when one can predict a solution without actually doing the mathematics . |
| 19 | By having an optical arrangement in which the stop is at a conjugate point of the source whilst the observing screen is at a conjugate point of the fluid , one can obtain an image of the flow pattern with these intensity variations . |
| 20 | In general , it is fair to say that one can use a magnification of × 50 for each inch of aperture ( forgive my temporarily reverting to Imperial measure ! ) , so that a 3-inch refractor will bear a magnification of × 150 , a 6-inch will bear × 300 , and so on . |
| 21 | ‘ No one can book a spot for two consecutive issues . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend is right , and when one recalls that one of the world 's biggest employers was the Red Army , one can read a lot into that country 's full employment policy . |
| 23 | To a fevered imagination , it seems no one can turn a corner in the crowded conference complex without running into a mug shot of one or other high-theoretician leering pensively from a wall of hardback dust covers . |
| 24 | One can lose a sense of perspective if the condemnation of Galileo is taken to epitomize the attitude of Catholic authorities toward the natural sciences . |
| 25 | One can lose a sense of perspective , too , if one overlooks the positive side of Catholic educational programs . |
| 26 | And again it helps if one can get a group of other people to agree with you . |
| 27 | There is a small landing-stage to which one can take a caique from the port . |
| 28 | My colleagues and I do not believe that the British people will be fooled a second time — one can take a horse to water but one can not make it drink . |
| 29 | The science fiction idea is that maybe one can take a shortcut through a higher dimension . |