Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I will talk to anybody if I can bring about lasting peace . |
| 2 | The fact that a cause of the wine 's being cool , say refrigeration , is my means-this is the fact that ( i ) I can bring about that cause , and ( ii ) it is a cause of what I desire . |
| 3 | One thing I can remember about that evening was that I could n't eat anything . |
| 4 | God is seen as one who can bring about such kairoi in history , and who has a will for humankind . |
| 5 | If we find out who killed the Daine projection , I figure we can bring about some sort of dramatic crisis and finish the whole thing off . |
| 6 | Becker says that it is expecting too much of Third world bourgeoisies to think they can bring about societal transformations on a grand scale or act in the ‘ heroic ’ way of entrepreneurs a century ago ( Becker 1983 ) . |
| 7 | Most sceptics about natural selection are prepared to accept that it can bring about minor changes like the dark coloration that has evolved in various species of moth since the industrial revolution . |