Example sentences of "can see that the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We can see that the economic aims of Thatcherism have been contradictory to its moral postures .
2 Well if he was there and you came along well that 's two people , so it 's not that secluded , okay , so we have to look on the positive side , if at the end of the day you 're going to get to a situation where , okay , you can see that the ordinary erm true blue course of events is just not gon na work , then it 's down to you , you have then got to make up your own mind what you 're going to do for the casualty and your own safety , okay , if somebody had been bleeding that long and you could n't of got help for them , what would your priority now probably be ?
3 You can see that the tall , first-floor windows have been thrown open .
4 With this in mind we can see that the indulgent familiarity of the maternal uncle towards his nephew matches the mother 's generous affection towards her child .
5 From this we can see that the only pieces that can be affected by the commutator [ F , R ] are those which are in the overlap or are moved into the overlap by F or R .
6 ( 8–23 ) ) , we can see that the proportional savings function provides a benchmark case .
7 For instance , if we look at religious culture , we can see that the monotraumatic theory is outstandingly good for totemism , the totemic aspects of polytheism and many aspects of monotheism .
8 If you look at a dissection of the human arm you can see that the string-like tendons which attach to the fingers are joined further back in the arm , to the muscles .
9 If , bearing in mind the theory of society and superego development so far advanced in this book , we now turn our attention back to the analysis of modern culture outlined in the article from which I quoted so extensively in the chapter before last , we can see that the following remarks , also from that article , take on a much greater significance in the light of the point which I made at the conclusion of the last regarding the lack of a culturally determined latency period among the Australian aborigines :
10 With the benefit of hindsight , we can see that the disappointing results were largely caused by the use of telephone mouthpieces ( in the absence of better microphones ) , and a cutter whose moving parts had too much inertia .
11 Whilst the examples used come from civil law , we can see that the ideological grasp of those subject to criminal law is removed totally , because ‘ common sense ’ would not allow it a voice .
12 Between about 3300 Ma ago and about 2500 Ma ago you can see that the heavy bombardment gave way to a fairly constant light bombardment which persisted until comparatively recent times .
13 If g is taken to be the local gravitational acceleration then we can see that the metric connections correspond to the components of the gravitational acceleration .
14 From the equipment , we can see that the Frankish horse soldier was in the earliest stages of development into the armed and armoured knight of later centuries .
15 Looking at this one you can see that the whole format 's totally different , like the cartoon on the front and the layout .
16 We can see that the widespread strategy of programmed learning is the means by which the genes tell their dim-witted couriers when and what to learn ( how else could an insect reason it out ? ) and then what to do with the knowledge thus obtained .
17 " And I can see that the big chap is really happy here . "
18 One can see that the natural sciences are in the main concerned with the ‘ knowing ’ of physical , chemical and biological ‘ objects ’ in a largely ‘ normal ’ or operational mode .
19 If we look back to Chapter 1 , we can see that the constitutional authorities regarded the British constitution as properly providing for representative government of a liberal-democratic kind .
20 We can see that the social distance between french and English is much less .
21 However , one can see that the relative emphasis on these four factors may vary ( and sometimes conflict ) not only from job to job ( in some cases expertise is of the essence , in others the degree content is virtually irrelevant , and ability and ‘ personality ’ are the key things ) but from one employer and even personnel manager to another .
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