Example sentences of "[noun pl] we can [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The most recent has been from the late 1970s through the 1980s , and if we think of those years as one of only four periods of major structural change in nearly two centuries we can appreciate that we have been living in interesting times . |
| 2 | CAFOD also exists to raise awareness of the causes of poverty and injustice in the Third World and the steps we can take to bring about change . |
| 3 | But even among established units we can distinguish grades of centrality . |
| 4 | There are some computers we can use but there 's one special one we ca n't use — it 's just for the staff . ’ |
| 5 | For example , the number of unconnected words we can hold in immediate memory is about the same as the number of unrelated digits , even though a word contains much more information than a digit . |
| 6 | In other words we can study stress from the point of view of production and of perception ; the two are obviously closely related , but are not identical . |
| 7 | From the investigation of distracting unattended words we can conclude that words are recognised before they are fixated , and that meanings might be useful in guiding our eyes efficiently across the text . |
| 8 | The English language is particularly rich in words we can use to describe our emotions , which makes it rather difficult to assess how many basic emotions there are . |
| 9 | So in other words we can write the general scheme , a stimulus leads to an increase in the se level of the second messenger , and that increase in the level of the second messenger leads to a response . |
| 10 | A society where by limiting our demands on nature and sharing our resources between all peoples we can overcome the divide between first and third worlds . |
| 11 | Through our branch network of some 2,000 retail branches we can deal with all cash requirements on both small and large scales . |
| 12 | We can at will like Democritus develop this faculty of laughter , so that when we look at our fellowmen we can smile and even in the labyrinth of our own thoughts we can resort to humour and thus our lives can be less drab . |
| 13 | In the case of problems with two variables we can approximate the NLP : maximise subject to by taking and writing maximise subject to . |
| 14 | So by studying how the life habits of living bivalves are reflected in the shapes of the shells we can make deductions about how the fossils lived . |
| 15 | As we are time-travellers we can peer into the future and notice that it is the professional class that will have the last laugh ; for the ‘ bourgeoisie ’ ( as Marx called them ) took over from the gentry . |
| 16 | This section discusses ELT video materials under these headings as a way of relating them to the roles we can give video in the classroom . |
| 17 | Erm I 've got the Observer Ghost Story winners we can leave that for another week . |
| 18 | By tabulating these responses we can gain insights into not only the sorts of patterns which recur , but also the variety of responses which is reflected across the six groups . |
| 19 | From the four Gospels we can see the extent to which our Lord invested his time in people . |
| 20 | Now one of the areas we can get involved in when we 're talking to our clients is well what do they mean by cancer ? |
| 21 | When they 're placed on floppies we can use a program ( called a ‘ packer ’ or ‘ zipper ’ ) to encode this information so it takes up less space . |
| 22 | Superhero torch pens we can send off for now mm so . |
| 23 | By simplifying and emphasizing the features of major strokes we can make them easier to teach but paddle strokes are only copies of the real thing . |
| 24 | In both circumstances we can see that the caveman 's body must be prepared , following the initial fright or increase in anxiety , for fight and/or flight . |
| 25 | But Beck said : ‘ Under exceptional circumstances we can get clearance from the Football League . ’ |
| 26 | well if you get three amps we can have that er , that |
| 27 | They usually work best in conjunction with the two senses we can record , sound and sight . |
| 28 | Between stops we can try and find out why their debut LP , ‘ Eva Luna ’ , is such a welcome anachronism that gives a shock to the nerve-centres of the techno ‘ n ’ grunge consensus , why rhythm is omnipotent once again and why they 've finally broken the apathetic silence by taking us all to task with some bold statements on matters of importance , instead of indistinct paeans to various objects of desire . |
| 29 | There is no limit to the wants we can express in language and hence we may well set up problems that are impossible to solve because they require the resolution of contradictions . |
| 30 | And if we harness our minds to influence our bodies and our internal blocks we can change our health and attitudes , habits and perception of our own limitations . |