Example sentences of "we can [verb] [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Observation of historical states is affected by the limitations of the database , and we can liken this to a situation in which the object is viewed from a distance . |
| 2 | We can represent this as a three-dimensional search space ( see Fig. 1.1 ) . |
| 3 | We can make this into a general principle . |
| 4 | We can compare this with a similar attempt made eight years later by Stubbs ( 1983 ) , who distinguishes four main areas of language which teachers should know about if they are to be able to make informed decisions about language problems at school : |
| 5 | We can use 600 as a kind of benchmark for a game , and express all |
| 6 | We can use 600 as a kind of benchmark for a game , and express all scores as a percentage of this benchmark . |
| 7 | How a textbook deals with this is highly relevant and we can use this as a guide . |
| 8 | If we want to tell somebody a fact about the world — let's say that John ate fish and chips — we have a number of ways in which we can put this into a sentence . |
| 9 | With them , we long to believe that our expectations of happiness can be transformed , so that we can become happy in a way we never thought possible . |
| 10 | So erm we can cast this in a different context . |