Example sentences of "things which [pers pn] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A child acquires our concept of red through being trained to react as the rest of us do to certain things ( things which we can specify only by using the language in question [ cf. 432 ] ) . |
| 2 | For instance , the experimental psychologists Premack and Rumbaugh have asked whether chimps can perceive the world as humans can , and do things which we can do . |
| 3 | These views concern the fact that the singular particular things which we can point to and pick out with the words ‘ this ’ and ‘ that ’ , and to which we often give names , such as ‘ James ’ or ‘ John ’ , are not thought of as being merely particular . |
| 4 | We can divide the components of sea water into three erm categories firstly those things which we can consider to be major constituents these are substances which are present are concentrations greater than one part per million . |
| 5 | Although you will not be able to take your puppy out at once , there are many things which you can do to form a close bond between you and your new pet . |
| 6 | And , you know , the sort of things which you can remember , which I can remember , some of the glorious ones , one when I was working up in Lancashire , about this time of year when the , the new May Day Bank Holiday was announced in about nineteen seventy-two or three or something and through five editions of the Lancashire Evening Post was a headline which said ‘ New Pubic Holiday ’ . |