Example sentences of "can at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they are a reality which Naipaul treats in such a way that they , too , can at times seem phantasmagorical . |
| 2 | The status of comedy is crucial to the debate , and we can at least be sure that Kingsley Amis would not object to having his practice compared with Waugh 's , or to being placed with him among the monologists of the Right . |
| 3 | You can at least organise your life around your aims and ambitions . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I can at the moment , ’ I said apologetically . |
| 5 | However , unlike with the front kick , the fact you have leaned back means that your centre of gravity is not thrust so far forwards , and you can at least land comparatively lightly . |
| 6 | She stood on the pavement and pointed the spray can at the low brick wall of their front garden . |
| 7 | The purchases , together with the remedial action , should ensure that Martin Craddock , chairman and chief executive , can at least match analysts ' forecasts of £1.8m pre-tax when he reports on the 1989-90 year . |
| 8 | Davies can at least reflect that after tomorrow , his rugby league education will be complete . |
| 9 | Indignant over suggestions that the Prime Minister has replaced his Jaguar with a Rover , Nigel Lawson can at least draw comfort from the fact that he is a wanted man in the City . |
| 10 | We can at least begin to understand the human life and affection and anger and doubts and suffering and death of God in a way that we could not possibly begin to understand what it means for him to be God . |
| 11 | A decision is always easier to defend than vacillation , so — provided he is spared a second — the Chancellor can at least be glad that the base rate hike happened last week . |
| 12 | The consequences for the country , especially in the many cases where the recipient government is not able to sort out the resultant confusion , can at worst be disastrous . |
| 13 | I run fast as I can at the window , but it still wo n't break . |
| 14 | We can at least be thankful that microbes are not subject to such corruptions . |
| 15 | Hardly any Iraqi combat aircraft have been destroyed , which means that they may still try to intervene in the land battle , or to hit harder than Scud missiles can at Israel and Saudi Arabia . |
| 16 | But it can at least hope it will not be handicapped by its inability to control events on its own side of the frontier . |
| 17 | Even if we can not get at ‘ the truth itself ’ and ‘ be admitted into the very inner shrines of nature ’ , we can at least ‘ glimpse … some slight image of it ’ , and ‘ live among certain of the outer altars ’ . |
| 18 | From a swift glance at the back of a person 's head I can at once estimate the intelligence and sexuality of that person . |
| 19 | ( I can at least remember that I was helpful about the sheep 's wool for her corns , and being willing about errands . |
| 20 | The main approaches to the scientific detection of fakes are : the study of composition and methods of construction to see if they match the supposed age of the object ; examination for evidence of aging , such as the formation of a patina ; and the application of archaeological dating techniques , which can at least give an indication of age and in some cases an actual date . |
| 21 | From a woman , it can at most indicate availability . |
| 22 | ‘ You can at least decide and call to me through the door , whatever you are busy with . ’ |
| 23 | I must have studied her with attention for I find that I can at this moment , however reluctantly , see her face before me as distinctly as though I was still sitting in that coffee bar with a quarter of an inch of the brown dregs left in my cup . |
| 24 | Anyone who has not seen Karajan 's Berliners in full cry — the CD videos will rectify this omission in the fullness of time — can at least catch something of the wonder of the spectacle in the piece Neville Cardus wrote about the first of the 1961 Beethoven concerts in London . |
| 25 | It is usually paid for via state-funded organisations and can at least be relied on even if it can be at times both economically and spiritually unrewarding . |
| 26 | The West may be reluctant to become involved in the fighting but it can at least leave Belgrade in no doubt that the price of aggression will be diplomatic and economic isolation . |
| 27 | Two such distinct behaviours can at times be observed , either by the participant himself or by an outside observer . |
| 28 | Neither is it always wet ; again , the forests of Queensland can at times be very dry ( and the tops — the canopy — where the leaves are held in the sun all day , must endure conditions that would stress a cactus ) . |
| 29 | Whilst I can not within the scope of a short book consider what each religion in turn has to say about God , I can at least take note of the religious pluralism of our time . |
| 30 | But whereas one can at least look underneath the books for evidence of something underneath them , one can never look ‘ outside ’ reality . |