Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] that a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for those who already receive High and do n't want another copy , or those ex- Mountain subscribers who just do n't want High , then one can only hope that a refund will be available . |
| 2 | We can only hope that a combination of international intervention and dawning sanity among the fighters will silence the sound of the guns . |
| 3 | ‘ Whatever future conclusion we may reach as to this , we can not deny that an object once attended to will remain in the memory , whilst one inattentively allowed to pass will leave no traces behind . ’ |
| 4 | You can not guarantee that an editor will read to the end of a press release . |
| 5 | With the best will in the world I can not imagine that a meat man would have the time , or that an un-horsy policeman would risk life and limb to scrub the mud from the hooves of every animal which roughly fits the description of a stolen one . |
| 6 | It does the Palace no credit that its officials can not grasp that a guide dog is not a pet but a valued half of a very special partnership . |
| 7 | First , I do not understand how anyone can possibly think that a menu which features one fat-laden course after another — foie gras , creamy soup , fat-wrapped lamb , pan-fried potatoes , cheese and more cream in the mousse — is a well-planned menu . |
| 8 | It can both suggest that an effect previously believed to exist does not exist and that one thought not to exist does exist . |
| 9 | But concurrent interference theory can also allow that an association between the target stimulus and its antecedents might also contribute to the effect . |
| 10 | It can also happen that a speaker is interrupted and leaves a tone-unit incomplete — for example , lacking a tonic syllable . |
| 11 | It can also happen that a Pump Wagon is obliged to move into friendly troops , although this is rare as you can move the machine as you wish . |
| 12 | And in so doing it can often convey that a past is not a thing to be discovered . |
| 13 | Even at the primary stage , it has been shown that children can often grasp that a country house contains material that has accumulated over a long period . |
| 14 | Only that intelligent people can surely accept that a man who has a job like mine can accidentally forget that his wife is giving a dinner party without immediately assuming his lapse is due to lack of concern for her . ’ |
| 15 | It can certainly happen that a head might at the same time be expected to manage the school democratically by the staff , deferentially by the governors , assertively by the local authority and pliantly by parents . |
| 16 | Never forget that these assumptions are just that ; we can never prove that a variable is prior rather than intervening or ensuing . |