Example sentences of "can [adv] [vb infin] that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But it might just be that we ca n't have both and we ca n't ensure that people vote from the right from moral motivation rather than personal interest and we ca n't ensure vote
2 I ca n't see that Cowdrey knew what was going on among the fielders while Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram bowled .
3 Mary , you must try and transfer it , do n't you , because you ca n't see that Jo 's handset 's off the hook , we 'll assume that we know that , okay , we 'll cheat , we 'll try and call park it .
4 ‘ Oh , no — I ca n't see that payment will be necessary .
5 No matter he might stop being a soldier if something changes in that family to bring him back ( though I ca n't see that happening , the Talvi are the kind who never have a change of heart ) .
6 I ca n't see that children 's perception of women is going to change until there are as many dads as mums waiting in the rain and , frankly , I think hell is likely to freeze over first .
7 He ca n't understand that people make mistakes . ’
8 You ca n't prove that Oliver 's my brother . ’
9 You ca n't say that males , females , the old or the young a are those who , who carry on their sexual role in a regular way , or those who do it in an irregular way have a privileged point of view .
10 ‘ Now you ca n't say that talent is being suffocated any more .
11 I ca n't say that alcohol did anything to lift my spirits , but at least it filled in the time before my date with Detective Inspector Redpath .
12 ‘ Thought I ca n't say that redemption is something that preoccupies me greatly . ’
13 One ca n't believe that players such as Colin Stephens , Aled Williams or Adrian Davies would not do a better job in the No10 jersey and it seems a far cry from the days when the Welsh stand off factory was in full production .
14 ‘ I ca n't believe that Paul was a black magician .
15 No , I am appalled at people , I ca n't believe that people behave the w er take the attitude the way er
16 I ca n't believe that people would take this attitude .
17 It 's it 's quite unbelievable , I mean you sit here and people go away and say , I ca n't believe that Jenny 's just got all that from a page of writing .
18 I ca n't believe that Chrissie would let you come down here without setting you up better than this . ’
19 I ca n't believe that Mike just let us drive it away . ’
20 I ca n't imagine that George is gon na continuing doing that forever and it may well be that we 'll be faced with a possibility of , of what we do in the future to have that piece of administration done will we be able to assume that it could done voluntary in the future ?
21 We can justifiably expect that academics will adhere to the demands of rationality in their professional work , developing the open character of their discipline .
22 For example , in the case of Rome in the third century BC , we can calculate that the total amount of silver coinage produced was small in comparison with Rome 's ‘ income ’ at the time , as defined by plunder , tribute and indemnities , and we can thereby see that silver coinage played only a minor role in the economy .
23 So to summarize that in terms of a of of a kinetic diagram , we can basically write that channels exist in closed and open states .
24 Certainly from the rapturous reception when he walked on court and the sympathetic response after a performance containing too many embarrassingly bad moments , Borg can rightly claim that people still want to see him play .
25 I make the observation that given the Opposition 's effort to determine the Government 's view two or three years from now , I can only conclude that Opposition Members expect us to be in government after the next general election .
26 I can only record that prisoners and prison staff displayed a rare unanimity in condemning the present system .
27 When I listen to him now , gung-ho for Delorsism , I can only reflect that Saul on the road to Damascus was nothing compared to Neil on the autoroute to Brussels .
28 The vagueness of some of the " Activities " tends to cause recurring difficulty , and I can only assume that Durant and Fabb have their own ways of making them work .
29 One can only assume that Clinton means well .
30 We can only assume that Sussex did not diverge too far from the rest of the southern English religious experience , after its rather late entry into the fold .
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