Example sentences of "we can [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 ) .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 We can identify three categories of casual worker , each having very different characteristics .
5 We can identify three kinds of sentence which are considered wrong , in addition to those with writing errors of spelling and punctuation .
6 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 .
7 This means that we can ignore one row of A ; we exemplify this below .
8 In fact they have no contractual right to do so any more than we can give twelve weeks ' notice to increase the pay of our members .
9 With r = 0 , Equation ( 2.7.1.5 ) becomes unc Hence if we choose co to make k1 zero , it will contain no contribution from x1 , and , as r increases sufficiently to a value s , ( 2.7.1.5 ) will tend to unc The condition unc means that we can express one element of co in terms of the remaining n — 1 .
10 In comparing societies with this ideal , open condition , we can distinguish two aspects of mobility :
11 In bright light we can distinguish 60 images per second .
12 right well if we have n't got the decision then by the thirty first of January you 're agreed we can offer one job to from ?
13 Consequently , if we can exhibit one BFS corresponding to a tree , all BFSs will correspond to trees .
14 The behaviourists insist that we can observe two things : first , what an animal does , and second , its previous environmental history .
15 Also , we can transform one scale into another .
16 When we are told there is a shortage of floppy disks , what they ought to be doing is sending out working printing saving and using versions of their programs that we can load 10–20 times then said software will commit Hari Kari .
17 ‘ Right , ’ said Sean , ‘ we can do two things .
18 We can do one hell of a lot more if the whole of is combined in Europe and fighting it 's corner because as sure as hell that golden triangle in the South East is not gon na give us a slice of the action unless we take it , and for the members opposite to site their with their ancient out-dated ideas of Liberalism , right ?
19 In other words , we can make two pointers reference the same variable , or we can test whether or not two pointers point to the same variable .
20 If we can average 1.5–2 pts between now and 8th January ( AND beat Scum ) we should still be in there with a shout .
21 Well , now we can kill two birds with one stone .
22 So we can use one sense to stimulate a reaction in another sensory area .
23 In this way we can put one edge at a time in place while we exchange another pair of edges .
24 There are three stages in this calculation : Stage 1 : Determination of The reaction is carried out at constant pressure and so we can put 4 qP .
25 If we wish , we can establish one melody for the first verse and merely repeat it in the others , possibly varying some factor such as accompaniment , volume , colour , etc .
26 We can take two examples .
27 We can take two people from each yacht , and course members join us afloat from 10am to 5pm each day for 4 days during the first week of a Villa-Flotilla holiday .
28 In this conversation then , we can see two patterns .
29 Looking through Acts at Paul 's call to evangelise , which culminated in many churches being planted , we can see five stages through which he went .
30 Accepting that the calculations can take years to complete , he asked : ‘ If we can spend 10 years on an experiment , why ca n't you do these calculations ? ’
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