Example sentences of "[to-vb] [that] [pron] can do " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Under these conditions we have little option other than to accept that we can do little more than look with envy towards those farmers in New Zealand making a living without the ‘ benefit ’ of subsidies . |
| 2 | It has had to accept that it can do neither without a deal with the opposition . |
| 3 | But once again it is to deny that they can do this by virtue of their intrinsic properties as individuals . |
| 4 | The victims are unlikely to believe that they can do much from their own resources if action is dependent on billions of dollars , and the developed nations can hardly man every environmental barricade from Ethiopia to the Amazonian rainforest . |
| 5 | Third , you have to believe that they can do as well as you . |
| 6 | Finally , you have to believe that you can do better than them . |
| 7 | In other words we have to be able to demonstrate that we can do better by some sort of synergy in the group ; if we ca n't do that then the group is better broken up and the individual parts allowed to fly free and attract their own shareholding . |
| 8 | You may be surprised to learn that it can do . |
| 9 | However hard it is , however cosy you are in your chair , you must just say , ‘ I 'm going to stretch my legs ’ or ‘ I 'm going to walk down the passage just to show that I can do it ! . ’ |
| 10 | I have known couples choose to have no children and be very happy with their choice ; but the moment they have changed their minds , only to discover finally that one or other of them is infertile , life instantly fills with despair coupled with a single-minded commitment to prove that they can do it . |
| 11 | I have to prove that I can do a better job than the lads already in the side . ’ |
| 12 | everybody should be able to feel that they can do that , you know ? |
| 13 | I do n't know about you , but if I had to sort of pass something on to somebody else to check , if I can see somebody scribbling on it , I , I , I , I feel quite edgy , I hate it , I like to feel that I can do it and I can do it well and that other people do n't need to have to amend it . |