Example sentences of "[Wh adv] we can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ … it will be a great thing not to have to depend on the fickle wind for making a passage , and still more to know that we may pounce down upon those rascally fast-sailing dhows whenever we can sight them in a calm , and be sure of overtaking them … ’ |
| 2 | Work continues whenever we can muster a gang of at least two , which is quite often . |
| 3 | ‘ But ours is the only alternative whereby we can hope to get rid of him legally . ’ |
| 4 | Practically , design becomes the means whereby we can change ( transform ) society in accordance simultaneously with what is desired and the reality principle . |
| 5 | In a context where design debate , narrowly conceived , seems to be meeting with little success in evaluating design 's social import , the questions raised — is design the means whereby we can shape future socio-technological systems to create a richer and more emancipated life or simply the often impotent agent of techno-economic systems ? — become a means to general design understanding . |
| 6 | Presenting a model of these factors gives no prescriptive power over the language analysis in BSL or speech , but it is a framework whereby we can see separate elements in the task . |
| 7 | Our classification is based solely on the speaker-variables of age , sex and area , and on contextual styles , and this is regarded as a procedure whereby we can establish the internal linguistic norms of the community . |
| 8 | With regard to informal partnerships , s.2 Partnership Act 1890 provides a number of rules whereby we can ascertain the nature of the enterprise and identify whether or not it is a partnership within the scope of the 1890 Act . |
| 9 | These fast-changing times should cause all of us to reflect on the lives we are leading and how we can better them for ourselves and those around us . |
| 10 | Any ideas Claire how we can sort this out , how we can find out what is exactly one third of the way round this circle ? |
| 11 | And I think that for me , having learnt quite a bit about these differences , I find what I want to do now is go forward to see how we can build some sort of unity and on what basis and whether in fact that is required . |
| 12 | We will have to think on how we can build up numbers . |
| 13 | Secondly , we are now in a position to see how we can isolate uses of perceptual words from implications of possible judgement , for what remains is not just behaviour and ‘ sensory data ’ , as Frey supposes , but pre-linguistic prototypes of the fully developed language-game . |
| 14 | Similarly , when Mill tries to explain how we can decide which is qualitatively the better of two pleasures , his actual answer is more or less that the higher pleasure is the one which is actually more liked by those in a position to compare them . |
| 15 | As we have no continuous contemporary account of the persecution of Antiochus IV and of the Maccabean reaction , I do not see how we can decide whether any Psalm may be labelled as Maccabean . |
| 16 | So I 'm not saying th th that there are n't these th the important other inputs , but , but what I am saying is that if you ask yourself where the kind of gene behaviour interface really exists is clearly in the human er in , in the human mind and it may be that the basic kind of parameters erm have , have been set for our emotions and I really do n't see how we can change those . |
| 17 | I do not see how we can separate principle from practice , policy from implementation . |
| 18 | It also sought to initiate a debate on how we can start regenerating the north of England and develop a more balanced nation . |
| 19 | On one level it is hard to see how we can avoid reproducing this contradictory space when speaking of the inner city as a place , a fusion of social problems . |
| 20 | ’ Yes , you do , and so do I. So we have to figure out who 's after us and how we can avoid another attack . ’ |
| 21 | I hope that other hon. Members on green Benches — we can see mostly green Benches today — will join me in trying to find out how we can avoid the consultant-promoter corrupt relationship . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't see how we can avoid that , ’ said Robert , ‘ unless you use some kind of periscope . ’ |
| 23 | Totally negative approach , of course if you start to do a programme which we have n't been involved in some mistakes will be made but we should be positive and look forward to see how we can avoid the mistake we 've been making in the future . |
| 24 | Having shown ( in 2.2.1 ) how we can give an unambiguous definition of binary relation in set-theoretic terms we make the notation more readable . |
| 25 | She will talk about how we can give better support to people with hearing disabilities . |
| 26 | My hon. Friend should bring with him members of the NRA so that they can provide best advice on how we can give our river back to the people of Dartford . |
| 27 | Please let us know if you have any constructive suggestions as how we can improve further . |
| 28 | ‘ But I am also keen to hear from anyone who has suggestions to make on how we can improve our environmental impact . |
| 29 | ‘ If you have a suggestion on how we can improve , I want to hear from you . ’ |
| 30 | After introducing yourself , you say ‘ I 'd like to talk with you about how we can improve the efficiency of your photocopying operation . |