Example sentences of "can imagine that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can imagine that Aubrey might be indiscreet , but not that you — of all people — would celebrate the fact in your morning orisons ! ’ |
| 2 | If you buy the same make of jeans as your favourite film-star , you can imagine that you , too , are rich , talented and good-looking . |
| 3 | I can imagine that there may be some listeners who fill find the earlier movements just a shade self-effacing , despite the exceptional playing standards , typically glowing Philips recording , and exemplary foresight and structural awareness . |
| 4 | I can imagine that there will be those who fill find his rendering of the main theme 's final return somewhat cloying , but by this time I was already far to engrossed to worry unduly . |
| 5 | It was never fully explained why he had to leave , but we can imagine that the ardour with which he had previously performed his duties ( always the first to take on extra work ) had gone too far . |
| 6 | I haven 's seen the film but I can imagine that it would be a great advantage to be shown the highly symbolic garden and to breathe the house 's atmosphere of sunny perversity . |
| 7 | Since x 1 is basic in the optimal tableau P2/T4 , we can imagine that x 1 acquires an implicit row and , since 2 < 3⅔ , this means that σ 1 <0 . |
| 8 | There is no reason to suppose that these beautifully caparisoned vessels were in use only round the coast of Thera ; they were probably not intended for long voyages on the open sea , but we can imagine that very similar passenger ships plied round the coasts of Crete , gliding elegantly from bay to bay . |
| 9 | But one can imagine that Nicky , by virtue of size and age alone , could scare away any hungry young men looking to pour their hearts out to the delicate seeming star . |
| 10 | On the whole , during what Duiker has called ‘ the Stalinist years ’ , this was something that was accepted by the Vietnamese Communist Party but one can imagine that it was not always so easy to accept the advice which came to them from their French comrades . |
| 11 | We can imagine that there might be some argument about this . |
| 12 | Now that you have seen us , you can imagine that we enjoy little in the way of sensory awareness . |
| 13 | Initially , we can imagine that A is on top of B which is on the table , and C is also on the table . |
| 14 | Describing a map with words and symbols , such as appear on this page , is not very easy ; but you can imagine that each entry on the map is recorded as a fact of the form here-found ( x , y , thing ) where x and y are coordinates , longitude and latitude , and thing is any feature such as a mountain or river or city . |
| 15 | You can imagine that the inputs to each RAM chip are taken from a random selection of points on the retina . |
| 16 | One can imagine that if Xerxes had been successful and absorbed Greece into the Persian empire , Greek archaic art might have crystallised in the decorative academic formulae which characterise Achaemenian ; while the threat and its repulse can be seen as the catalyst which released the spirit of Hellenism , flowering in the fifth century as richly in literature and thought as in the visual arts . |
| 17 | We can imagine that a small advertising agency may well share a common culture , but a large government department , such as the Home Office , with multiple functions and goals is unlikely to exhibit the same homogeneity . |
| 18 | I can imagine that the whole process must be frustrating for marine archaeologists . |
| 19 | You can imagine that some drivers er went the wrong way , and it was just that they , they just did n't concentrate on the run but nowadays they seem to run all over the town . |
| 20 | When I was due to arrive in Tasmania to stay with a geologist colleague , Penny Green , you can imagine that I was n't too displeased when I was asked if I minded going on the odd fishing trip as the whole family was ’ into ’ it ! |
| 21 | You can imagine that er on some occasions with a li just a little more sunlight that er lighthouse would really stand out . |
| 22 | I take it that I do n't like modern art and yet I can imagine that while being the same person that I am I might have liked modern art . |
| 23 | There 's work that needs to be done , in most of the major sports grounds , but that 's proceeding and there 's , if you can imagine that there 's , in Shrewsbury for example , a lot of the work which we would want to be done on the grounds have been less than enthusiastic about doing , because they 're likely not to be there for very long . |
| 24 | One can imagine that soon duels will be fought at dawn between men brandishing baguettes . |
| 25 | when you use your imagination you can imagine that you 're somewhere else ca n't you ? |
| 26 | So you can imagine that it wants something done . |
| 27 | I can imagine that Tom would find it funny . |
| 28 | Now , I can imagine that when they started off the journey Ruth , a was full of excitement and wonder what was gon na happen , what were these people who lived in Bethlehem like ? |
| 29 | Yes and one can imagine that it might be like that , but of course the women that we meet at university are those who have become scientists very often . |