Example sentences of "one can [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think the question remains or that my doubts remain that there will be a level of there will that one can assume a level of commitments which would be it would be sensible to try and draw back from or phase over a longer period of time . |
| 2 | It perhaps is a function of the early stage of interpreter development in the UK ( though there are only a very few positive indications that the situation is different in other more developed countries ) and one can expect a change of provision , attitude and therefore skill . |
| 3 | If as Mr Dalyell alleges , the EEC is about the push for lead-free petrol , one can expect a propaganda barrage more far reaching than Associated Octels recent £100 000 advertising campaign . |
| 4 | ( Wells et al , 1990 ) Two options are available — one can select the character combinations based on transitional probabilities between characters or one can specify a vocabulary list and check the character combinations within that list . |
| 5 | Thus , by the end of gastrulation , one can draw a map on the embryo showing the developmental path to which various regions are now committed . |
| 6 | One can tap a person to gain attention without being charged with battery : Rawlings v Till ( 1837 ) 150 ER 1042 . |
| 7 | There , too , one can assign a co-ordination of properties , as in ( 44 ) , or a single complex property , ( 45 ) , but it is simply taken for granted that one does not produce grammatical monstrosities such as ( 46 ) and ( 47 ) with , respectively , simultaneous and successive ( but in neither case co-ordinated ) assignment of different properties . |
| 8 | But London 's pattern of hospitals is such a historical muddle that no one can wave a wand and transform everything overnight . |
| 9 | Block ( 1980 ) has argued that one can construct a case where one would be forced to say that a conscious individual not only contained , but consisted of , other conscious individuals . |
| 10 | The idea that one can earn a living away from the smoke , perhaps by tele-commuting , are popularised by journalists . |
| 11 | There are Christians who would say that one can meditate a lifetime on them . |
| 12 | Occam gives extra scope for this because it is a parallel language : one can improve a program not only by reducing the overall amount of calculation , but also by configuring it for the ( possibly parallel ) machine on which it is to be run . |
| 13 | If one can spread a core cost over a larger operation one can offer cheaper fares . |
| 14 | Although the expressive effect is not easy to pinpoint , one can detect an impression of resultativity , as though the passive abstracts from any particular hearer so that the infinitive evokes the resulting impression that was left with all present . |
| 15 | The RISC hypothesis is that by reducing the instruction set one can design an architecture which reduces the design time , number of design errors , and the time for individual instructions . |
| 16 | They were especially critical of the assumption that one can explain a form of behaviour simply by observing its incidence and correlating it with other variables . |
| 17 | Like an ordinary face that one can build a character upon with multiple disguises , Peter Sellers 's for example , Dustin draws on the blank score sheet of his voice . |
| 18 | The formulation is strange , since it suggests that one can measure a person 's ability to conform to the law . |
| 19 | So you see that being a MIDI device has massive advantages : first , sound changes which might otherwise require the drastic resetting of several controls can be carried out instantly , by calling up a patch containing the new settings ; and second , when using another MIDI device , such as a multi-effects processor , the two can be linked via the MIDI sockets and a patch change on one can trigger a patch change on the other . |
| 20 | This is not too unscientific or random an approach , as it is often found that one can do an experiment in a defined situation and reinforce one 's findings by consulting one 's colleagues about their own experience . |
| 21 | One can reach a frontier without crossing it . |
| 22 | No one can prevent a word from being used in any way the user wishes , and there need be no confusion provided the user makes clear what ( s ) he means by the term . |
| 23 | There are a few exceptions to the general rule that no one can make a transfer of goods who is not the owner . |
| 24 | ‘ Nowadays , ’ observed Bromley , ‘ one can make a corpse look almost alive . ’ |
| 25 | In stratigraphy One is always using one ruler to measure another and one can only call a deposit exceptional if we have something more " normal " with which one can make a comparison . |
| 26 | So no one can make a fuss . |
| 27 | Is it really possible for a woman to break a man 's penis in the same way that one can break a wrist or an arm ? |
| 28 | Given a probe order π , and a subset mapped with suborder π m , then one can compute a similarity measure M π , π m ) between the orders . |
| 29 | They are however counted to wood for righteousness : as long as one can hear a timber structure one is very unlikely to break it . |
| 30 | Consequently , if we are to achieve your objective in terms of price , then unless one can find a niche buyer , it may be difficult to achieve . |