Example sentences of "[to-vb] [that] [pers pn] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | They need to know that they can give you your professional , their professional attention they will not make it compulsively , the majority party of what went wrong this is you were no longer the majority party . |
| 5 | READERS might like to know that they can play a part in choosing the UK ‘ People of the Year ’ . |
| 6 | Bond owners might like to know that they can use her Knitmaster Chunky ribber-carrying cases for their machines — the bags are the perfect size for the Bond Classic . |
| 7 | Of course , you can always do more but it is encouraging to know that you can reap the benefits of exercise in just ninety minutes a week . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't take it out very often but it 's nice to have , to know that you can go anywhere you want if you feel like it . ’ |
| 9 | The child needs to know that he can win the heart of his parents , but also that such feelings can be handled safely . |
| 10 | It may well then be valuable for the beneficiary of a trust to know that he can obtain the property intended for him if he sues and prevails in cognitio against the trustee . |
| 11 | I like to know that I can paint a hand or fingernail in great detail , almost photographically in contrast to areas of detail . |
| 12 | These people may need to get married — trapped — to prove that they can get out , that divorce is not impossible , to discover that they can influence and do something about the situation . |
| 13 | You will , no doubt , be amazed to find that you can recite the list in order quite easily . |
| 14 | But they could , of course , take it to indicate that they can trample all over you . |
| 15 | For example , he should wait for the buyer to indicate that he can sit down or , at least , ask the buyer if he may sit down . |
| 16 | ‘ Finally , I wish to observe that I can see no inconsistency between English law on this subject and article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights . |
| 17 | ‘ Finally , I wish to observe that I can see no inconsistency between English law on this subject and article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights . |
| 18 | I wish to observe that I can see no inconsistency between English law on this subject and article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights . |
| 19 | But it is disingenuous for academics to pretend that they can participate in such discussion on terms of complete equality with their students , for there are questions of power and authority involved ; at the end of the day , grades and marks , assessing and examining , come into the picture . |
| 20 | Even when the swing is slightly out of tune , the really good golfer has such good feel for the ball and where it ought to go that he can produce a respectable shot most of the time . |
| 21 | Nenna thought : I 'm pleased for him to see that I can make a proper job of something . |
| 22 | That proposition presupposes that if you make a reduction in the district figures , then you must have an idea what the district contribution towards the Greater York figure is , er and I find it difficult to see that you can have , if you have a new settlement , if you have a new settlement the C provision for the new settlement floating in this table , erm but can I just say before we adjourn for coffee , that I really would like to have some very firm answers to the questions which are posed under issue two , er and particularly about two D and that is specific guidance on the location of the new settlement . |
| 23 | You do n't need to write another essay , you just need to acknowledge that you can see a link between the work and that actually makes the work look a l a lot better , a lot more rounded , so that 's a cheap way of getting marks . |
| 24 | It is preposterous for the Opposition to claim that they can introduce such a tax and then complain about the Government 's introducing a new tax in 1993 . |
| 25 | A few successful trips to restaurants will not only be enjoyable for the patient , but they will boost his confidence and help him to realize that he can take part in normal social life . |
| 26 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is a diabolical liberty for people to suggest that they can increase people 's taxes by the underhand method of raising national insurance contributions , as is proposed by the Labour party ? |
| 27 | My hon. Friends who will sit on the Committee will be entertained to hear that they can debate the Bill for as long as they wish , but sadly it will be open to the Government Whip to stand up whenever he wishes and move the adjournment . |
| 28 | Indeed , and to allow them to take that sort of action that they feel allows them , or enables them to express what they 're feelings are , but to assume that they can take the sort of action that we as adults have not been able to take , i.e. to find different ways and more mature ways of resolving conflicts is putting expectations on children that we as adults have n't been able to achieve ourselves . |
| 29 | According to the Court of Appeal in Tagro v Cafane this requires the valuer to assume that he can sell it on the open market to a willing buyer , and in so doing to ignore any covenant against assignment which restricts alienation of the landlord 's interest . |
| 30 | But once again it is to deny that they can do this by virtue of their intrinsic properties as individuals . |