Example sentences of "[adj] can we [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst we 're singing this can we take up our morning offering . |
| 2 | HOW MUCH CAN WE BORROW ? |
| 3 | " How much can we sell them for ? " |
| 4 | In this short series we 're looking at the boundaries of science , and we 're asking questions such as ‘ How cold can we get ? ’ and ‘ What is the smallest particle that we can envisage ? ’ . |
| 5 | And how many can we put in ? |
| 6 | how many can we take all together . |
| 7 | Now , I would say how stupid can we get ? |
| 8 | Good can we move on to the next one ? |
| 9 | Should specialist services be brought in from outside for advice on specific problems and for continuing support ? iv Can we reconcile hopes for continuity of care in a service with ideas of segregation ? |
| 10 | Erm , a number of issues will come through in a moment or two , but first of all can we start this morning 's business by calling on the Chair of the Standing Orders Committee John , to give report number three . |
| 11 | An hour or so in the best of company , the bar is open , and all for £3 — what more can we do ? |
| 12 | What more can we discover ? |
| 13 | Well I have n't , it 's just that that people have said , you know , when the permissions available can we see it as soon as possible that was all , I just wondered if that document was available , |
| 14 | Both light ( dark and heavy ) and patient ( doctor and dentist ) can be said to have more than one opposite , but only with the former can we construct a cell : |
| 15 | First can we have you back in the church ! |
| 16 | Indeed , how much longer can we expect the other provinces to continue carrying us ? |
| 17 | How much longer can we tolerate mass starvation ? |
| 18 | John Cole It really takes the biscuit How much longer can we tolerate mass starvation ? |
| 19 | And if Andrew 's approach was humorous and satirical can we afford to believe that the " new concept " of love in adultery was ever at any time seriously advocated ? |
| 20 | but the second way in which section fourteen arises is this slightly more oblique way , erm , it 's , it 's not really the question of competition law it 's more a question of administrative law or constitutional law , erm whether it arises on the question er , your Lordship will have to decide , but , if , if it does then we believe that our case is extremely strong , because what one is saying here is , is section fourteen a block to an article eighty five action , erm does it make it either virtually impossible or something lesser excessively difficult , er and we say er that that 's one aspect and two can we show it 's discriminatory , well we say first of all it is discriminatory because even on analysis of the bad faith argument they are putting in a claimant with an article eighty five case to an extraordinary length in order to make good his case , he first of all has to super declaration presumably that he is entitled to damages , but he ca n't get damages all he 's entitled to is the declaration if then do n't satisfy that claim by paying up and their not going to be ordered by the court to pay up because that 's a claim for damages and you ca n't have that then you have to sue them again on the basis of breach of bad faith , er no other provision in English law would go to that effect and that of course even , even that assumes whether rightly or wrongly and we say possibly wrongly that er , er the failure to comply with the judgment of the declaration would be bad faith within the meaning of the act , but even assuming it 's right it puts a plaintiff suing for breach of article eighty five in the worst position possible |
| 21 | But because of the evidence neither can we explain it away : there is the beginning of the rationality of faith . |
| 22 | Although we can not control some of the key factors which determine our success , neither can we sit by and hope for a turn of fortune . |
| 23 | ‘ Neither can we afford a court settlement . ’ |
| 24 | Neither can we accept that Community foreign and security policy should be decided by majority voting . |
| 25 | But neither can we impose it . |
| 26 | They ca n't live like that , neither can we live like that . |
| 27 | Neither can we guarantee that everywhere on Earth will be warmer as the greenhouse effect progresses . |
| 28 | Aggregate demand = Aggregate supply Only when this condition is satisfied can we say that the total value of goods and services that households and the other economic agents want to buy is equal to the total value that firms want to produce . |