Example sentences of "can see that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can see that I may have a little difficulty explaining this first part of my story , especially to anyone not acquainted with the often bizarre rituals of academic life . |
| 2 | Even I can see that he should have been implacable . ’ |
| 3 | If , as I have argued , thought and consciousness irreducibly escape the net of physicalist interpretation , and if , as I have suggested , the external world must possess the mind-like property of generality if it is to be conceivable , then we can see that Socrates ' assertion in the Phaedo , that the world must be explained by reference to mind , was essentially correct . |
| 4 | However I was amazed by the quality of the exhibition as a whole , and can see that marquetarians are continuing to produce work of the highest standard . |
| 5 | But even the most mercenary of foreign firms grows a little queasier about trading with a regime which shoots dead its citizens , and then tries to score popularity points by offering convict labour to foreign factories ; and even the most unreconstructed optimist can see that the resurgence of hard-line Marxists in the Peking power structure is likely to militate against further free-market reforms . |
| 6 | This was not at all unreasonable but , looking at the full deal , you can see that Three No-Trumps would have been easy . |
| 7 | As an experienced community policeman in the area said , the attitude of the police changes because policemen and women can see that the community ‘ is not all yobbos ’ ( FN 15/5/87 , p. 4 ) : |
| 8 | Particularly in the music-hall connections of his plays ( which later became their West End connections ) we can see that he was attempting to do this in his own creative work at the time . |
| 9 | If people can see that you know your job , that you work probably harder than they do , that you communicate with them and tell them what you 're doing , they will respect you . |
| 10 | Looking back at the works of Marx and Engels so far examined we can see that these leave a fairly clear picture concerning some topics , and major uncertainties concerning others . |
| 11 | Ahead I can see that Odd-Knut has stopped and is off his sledge . |
| 12 | ‘ No , it is not that , they can see that women are more militant than the men , doing more work on the picket line . |
| 13 | Accepting that we respond to our environment , whether it is natural or artificial , we can see that these responses appear to produce further changes in us . |
| 14 | I know that the ‘ black baby ’ campaign was merely an attempt at fund-raising , but when one realizes that this implies that black children were ‘ for sale ’ one can see that this term would be deeply offensive to black Catholics and others . |
| 15 | If you 're unhappy with your face , I can see that you might be tempted . |
| 16 | Anyone can see that the breaching of the Berlin Wall is a great symbolic event as well as an actual one . |
| 17 | Surely you can see that the very serious element in it puts the straightforward demonstration ‘ Maggie Maggie Maggie Out Out Out' ’ protest song , in its place and makes it seem trite and a little bit cosy ? ’ |
| 18 | In this more temperate climate , we can see that rock 's estate is a grand one , and it 's tempting to tramp its grounds — necessary , perhaps , if only so as to have somewhere to ‘ go ’ . |
| 19 | But they can see that there are advantages , worth paying a price for , to an orderly , step-by-step separation , as the federal prime minister , Ante Markovic , reminded everybody recently . |
| 20 | They can see that the UN gives them a position at the bargaining table . |
| 21 | Putting these answers together we can see that at the heart of fundamentalism is a longing for a faith which is secure , tangible , successful , simple . |
| 22 | That way we can see that he gets the credit . |
| 23 | I mean , I can see that he upset you about something . ’ |
| 24 | You can see that there are plenty of reasons to maintain a reasonable level of exercise . |
| 25 | You can see that in January this person weighed 9 st 8 lb ( 60.8 kg ) for eight days , 9 st 7 lb ( 60.3 kg ) for twelve days , 9 st 6 lb ( 59.9 kg ) for five days , 9 st 5 lb ( 59.4 kg ) for five days , and 9 st 4 lb ( 59.0 kg ) just once . |
| 26 | You can see that the preparation is long and complex , but now it is virtually over . |
| 27 | You can see that there need not be the same number of fat goals as sugar goals . |
| 28 | More importantly , I can see that I am very effectively disposing of all the apparent or alleged similarities between Daniel Miller and myself . |
| 29 | I can see that I will have to get away from this stinking city with its endless acres of asphalted rumour , its tenements of whores and pimps , its traffic in misery and its festering suburbs of ding-dong doorbelled malice . |
| 30 | We can see that a horse 's physical needs , like food , will affect not only its health , but also its emotions ; and we can see , too , that denial of the horse 's psychological needs will only make life more difficult for ourselves . |