Example sentences of "we can [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we can estimate this model although we 've got a couple of problems that we 'll come to later on , but nevertheless it 's essentially estimatable . |
| 2 | We can estimate this time by comparing molecular sequences in the two species . |
| 3 | Broadly speaking , we can identify two types of normality — sentence-internal normality and contextual normality ( it is probably the case that the latter is the stronger determinant of sense selection ) . |
| 4 | Leaving aside here the more extreme version of the theory of elites as expounded by Pareto or by Ortega y Gasset ( 1930 , p. 49 ) in his distinction between the inert masses and ‘ the select men , the nobles , the only ones who are active and not merely reactive ’ , we can identify two types of political theory which , while accepting some aspects of modern democracy , are concerned to limit its significance . |
| 5 | Looking first at expenditure flows , we can identify total expenditures within the economy as the sum of consumption spending by the personal sector ; investment spending by the industrial and commercial sector ; investment and current spending by the government , local authorities , and the public corporations , i.e. the public sector ; and the net position with respect to imports and exports ( ‘ net ’ since imports represent expenditure on output of another economy ) , i.e. the overseas sector . |
| 6 | Broadly speaking , we can identify four sets of pressures which serve to disable the media from meeting their own criteria of objectivity and balance in the coverage of public disorder . |
| 7 | I was just going to make a quick comment if I may on Oxfam , because I noticed that they 're down for the street collections and for the flag day , now next year 's their fiftieth anniversary , so I think it 's quite appropriate next year , but I do , my own view is , that we will get , we ought to get one comprehensive list of all these organisations , for both the street collections and the flag days , with an indication in the column of whether it 's flag day they 've gone for or a street collection , so that we can identify that sort of situation . |
| 8 | We can identify three categories of casual worker , each having very different characteristics . |
| 9 | We can identify three kinds of sentence which are considered wrong , in addition to those with writing errors of spelling and punctuation . |
| 10 | The graphemes themselves are individual letters or small groups of letters such as " b " , " ou " , and " ght " , and when we can identify these graphemes and then pronounce them together as the sound represented by /bo:t/ ( which rhymes with " port " ) , we can be said to have used the GPC rules . |
| 11 | We can identify social mechanisms which secure the transfer of upper-class privilege across generations , transmitting both economic and cultural capital and perhaps also political influence . |
| 12 | However , we can identify different pitch possibilities in the head , though these are limited to two which we will call high head and low head . |
| 13 | We must also ensure that we can identify local variations from the national pattern ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ If we can identify this Person Y … it seems the only thing to do . ’ |
| 15 | Turning to the third category , of strokes that serve to separate clearly a single note from a group of slurred notes that either precede or follow , we could call them ‘ separation strokes ’ We find strokes in such patterns as shown in ex.3a so overwhelmingly , that we can identify sporadic dots as shrunken strokes . |
| 16 | So if we let Q equal sine X we can find D Q by D X we can differentiate this side with respect to X and that side Q by D X when we differentiate . |
| 17 | So because we can differentiate manufactured products very easily , and because consumers want differentiated products , alright get increase in demand for manufactured goods right . |
| 18 | so we can differentiate both sides there with respect to U. |
| 19 | ‘ We can match any skin , and give any woman the exact combination of texture , weight and coverage that she wants ’ |
| 20 | Notice how we can perform this calculation using 4-quarter moving totals , e.g. |
| 21 | As with the stereotypes we refer to in the business of everyday life , we know they are not , and can not be , comprehensively true or correct , but they provide us with an indispensable framework within which we can interpret particular instances . |
| 22 | By taking advantage of this facility , we can draw one pattern in a basic design option ( such as Fair Isle as we have done ) and then use it for many different types of knitting . |
| 23 | We can draw considerable encouragement from the improved quality of their health care . |
| 24 | No one can speak for all women , but we can draw some conclusions . |
| 25 | From this again , if we read with an eye to the preceding context , we can draw further conclusions of a social nature . |
| 26 | The forum would now use the information to ‘ press for changes in legislation to enable more money and resources to be directed at the problem , while at the same time doing all we can to enable local people to find local solutions ’ . |
| 27 | Hopefully , we can if we can retain some membership , then obviously hopefully we can put some money to return to these unemployed centres and give the government what it needs , a good kick up the arse . |
| 28 | We need to learn and understand how he composes his rage , so we can harness similar potencies in our own writing . |
| 29 | We can classify most speech or verbal signals under five functions : |
| 30 | Of course we can contest this kind of sexism by arguing about the accuracy of particular scientific findings . |