Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it is important to concede that what we can loosely call the anti-antiracist position associated with sections of the new right and with populist politics has fed on crucial ambiguities in antiracist and multicultural initiatives . |
| 2 | For example , if I normally doff my cap only to my superiors , but on an occasion doff my cap to an equal , then I can effectively communicate an ironic regard , with either a joking or a hostile intent ( the non-linguistic example is intended to draw attention to the great generality of the phenomenon ; for a study of a particular linguistic practice and the jokes thus made available , see the study of the openings of telephone calls by Schegloff ( 1979a ) ) . |
| 3 | During beta testing , Bristol will be working with small independent software vendors willing to hand their source code over to Bristol so that it can properly babysit the whole operation . |
| 4 | While a person engaged in a particular event can rarely see the whole set of circumstances in clear perspective he can record the minutiae of a situation which might well be lost when the position is looked back on at a later date . |
| 5 | One good reason why such people ( if they want to become anthropologists ) should start off by studying a cultural system which is radically different from their own is that they can thereby undergo the traumatic experience of discovering that , in other societies , this deeply emotive private/public distinction may operate in quite a different way . |
| 6 | The Created God can supply the human need to have an agreed authority to supply the justification for the way in which people are allowed by their fellows to behave , and can thereby become a rationalised replacement for the ‘ Oracles ’ of old . |
| 7 | This is the deadly period when you can most expect a good take . |
| 8 | For many of these people , anxiety about money and about arranging credit can powerfully reinforce the general tendency to stick to credit arrangements they are familiar with , and avoid searching out new and perhaps better-value alternatives . |
| 9 | If we can successfully compare a present-day situation to an historic one then we can use hindsight to tell us what may happen next . |
| 10 | Specialist day centres , advice centres , and advisory services staffed largely by professionals and volunteers from the community can successfully bridge the cultural divide and also link individuals into mainstream services when these are required . |
| 11 | If you try and fudge it and set up three or four , say they can all discuss the same thing , you are building in the ability for major conflicts . |
| 12 | If an economic power can sufficiently dominate the international economy , it can provide a hegemonic stability which enables other states to co-operate with it and with one another . |
| 13 | Ministers can merely attack the Labour Party : the only passage in Mr Lawson 's speech on Thursday which moved his audience to genuine enthusiasm was his attack on Neil Kinnock . |
| 14 | It can apparently recognise an impressive variety of regional and foreign accents . |
| 15 | Strictly nocturnal predators like the eagle owls can entirely miss a common rodent species if that species is diurnal , and in these cases the prey assemblage has an unbalanced species composition compared with the small mammal community actually present . |
| 16 | By interviewing people we can obviously obtain a great deal of information in a relatively short time . |
| 17 | ( iii ) The addition of non-standard do-it-yourself devices can obviously provide a wide range of spectacular additional facilities , but ( except in the unlikely event of the program designers and programmers being in a position to market the additional hardware device with the program ) the use of such devices is impractical for any program intended for use in a range of establishments . |
| 18 | Comedy , in any case , is not necessarily optimistic , and it can tellingly present a tragic world — a point readily overlooked by those who confuse literary forms like tragedy with states of mind like a tragic view of life , as if over-obsequious to a terminology or eager to be confused by one . |
| 19 | Looking after the status quo is rather more their tendency , so we can perhaps expect a greater emphasis on defence with rather less activity from the operatives up front — the strikers . |
| 20 | We can perhaps draw a useful analogy with pharmaceutical products . |
| 21 | to find out from her if it comes to it we can perhaps ask the old lady if she can set something up where |
| 22 | When the children help , they sometimes suggest a different way of arranging things and even a small alteration can suddenly make a forgotten toy more popular . |
| 23 | Campaigners say that can only fuel the alarming interest in Hitler 's propaganda . |
| 24 | Whether you can only spare the occasional day or are prepared to help on a regular basis , Chapter 12 , Voluntary Work , lists a fund of suggestions you might like to consider . |
| 25 | The practice of judicial obedience to statute can not itself be based on the authority of statute : it can only reflect a judicial choice based on an understanding of what ( in contemporary conditions ) political morality demands . |
| 26 | Simon Wright has almost lost his memory , and can only walk a short distance . |
| 27 | ‘ You can only evaluate a neural network empirically ; you can not guarantee up front that the neural network will work correctly , ’ warned Professor John Stonham of Brunel University . |
| 28 | One can only applaud the selfless dedication of our law-enforcers . |
| 29 | We can only protect a national curriculum from the political dogmas of either the right or the left if we understand the reasons for these changes . |
| 30 | I feel it can only damage a wonderful friendship . ’ |