Example sentences of "we can [vb infin] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The catering industry needs things like industrial cleaners for dishwashers which are phosphate free , for instance , and if we can speak to the suppliers as an industry , rather than as individuals , we have more power of persuasion . ’ |
| 2 | Does this increase in variation mean that we can speak of a specifically ‘ local ’ politics , and if so is this based around local issues and is it generated through local processes ? |
| 3 | So with one of the four functions normally predominant over the other three we can speak of a sensate , intuitive , thinking or feeling type of person , who can be either extroverted or introverted . |
| 4 | It is arguable , with some hope of success , that we can speak of a choice or a decision as an effect and not be committed to there having been a causal circumstance which was required for it , and speak of an action as an effect and need not be committed to there having been a causal circumstance that was — roughly speaking — prior in time to the agent 's initial neurophysiological activity . |
| 5 | Second , a labour market can be defined by skill or occupation : we can speak of the market for economics lecturers or the market for car workers . |
| 6 | Since most of the parameters here will normally be constant during a given experiment we can speak of the blackout level for a given light intensity . |
| 7 | I wonder whether we can speak of the smoothness of having little to do … the bobbliness of being entertained … the thickness of being warm … the knittedness of being kinaesthetically involved … |
| 8 | We can speak of an orbital as being full if it contains two electrons , half-filled if it has a single electron , or empty . |
| 9 | ‘ First , we have to define abuse , so we can differentiate between the criminal abuser , who must be removed as a carer , and the voluntary carer who , through frustration and lack of support , starts to abuse ’ . |
| 10 | It is a service we can perform for the Royal House . |
| 11 | Please so we can finish at a reasonable hour . |
| 12 | We can bowl from the side . |
| 13 | This is also the first thing we can tell about a person when meeting for the first time . |
| 14 | We can tell from the way it leaps . ’ |
| 15 | Who ( or what sort of audience ) must the implied addressee(s) be , so far as we can tell from the passage itself ? |
| 16 | er to raise two matters or comments rather than matters erm seating er , new cushions have now been purchased and were used with great success at the October production and Alan has asked whether there are any comments we can draw about the success or otherwise of the October production and whether the experiment is worth continuing . ? |
| 17 | These similarities mean that in analysing the behaviour of bureaucracies we can draw on the parallels with the theory of the firm notably on the separation of ownership and control , and on the economics of internal organization . |
| 18 | ‘ I think we can draw on the experience of winning the Senior Cup on two occasions . |
| 19 | When organizing an exposition of the subject , we can draw upon a vigorous intellectual tradition which established a unified law of contract based upon a remarkably small set of interlocking principles . |
| 20 | We can draw upon the experience of Hugh Andrew to work out the theoretical ‘ flat ’ size of the ‘ chute . |
| 21 | He wants to get us close enough so we can ski over the border , but needs find a road so he can field the dogs before collecting us . |
| 22 | In effect , this occurs by what we can regard as a self-timing of the system . |
| 23 | The combination of such marked terms with a widespread use of word play is what we can regard as the typical exploitation of language in the French fabliaux . |
| 24 | Quite apart from the fact that every £1.00 you give us by covenant is worth £1.33 your contributions mean we can rely on a regular income . |
| 25 | ‘ If we can rely on the Journal . |
| 26 | For example , a labour market can be defined simply in terms of its location : thus , we can refer to the labour market in the south-west of England or to the London labour market . |
| 27 | Third , a labour market can be defined by sex , age or social class and we can refer to the female labour market or the market for young , middle-class executives . |
| 28 | ‘ We can wave to the house , though , ’ Nick said . |
| 29 | Mr Chamberlain 's services to the State are infinitely greater than any I have been able to render , but we are both men who are giving all we can give to the service of the State ; we are both men who are , or try to be , actuated by principle in our conduct ; we are men who , I think , have exactly the same views on the political problems of the day ; we are men who I believe — certainly on my side-have esteem and perhaps I may say affection for each other ; but the result of this dynamic force is that we stand here today , he prepared to go into the wilderness if he should be compelled to forsake the Prime Minister , and I prepared to go into the wilderness if I should be compelled to stay with him . |
| 30 | It will have to be the shortened version , I 'm afraid , but you 'll be surprised how much we can cover in a few hours . ’ |