Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] [conj] there " in BNC.
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| 1 | With fixed exchange rates , an inflationary impulse from the exchange rate can only arise when there is a devaluation of the domestic currency . |
| 2 | Schools can only succeed when there is dialogue within the staffroom — a dialogue which leads to a broad agreement on the direction in which the school should move , both in the present and in the future . |
| 3 | And the Attorney-General can only act if there is a complaint about sentence within 28 days of the verdict and can only refer it for review on grounds of leniency . |
| 4 | However , in the absence of factual information , we can only say that there is no scientific evidence for the theory that carp can tell if the food is doing them good and will , therefore , prefer this to what has delightfully been described as a crap bait . |
| 5 | If interdependencies exist between corporate segments , top managers can only see that there are no major actions by one segment which adversely affect the others . |
| 6 | We shall not now make the point that contradictions and tautologies are often socially acceptable ; the important point is that we can only see that there is a contradiction in ( 29 ) because , as users of the language , we know how to interpret the rules of intensional combination , and those rules have not been broken . |
| 7 | A Customs and Excise spokesman said they can not tell if there has been an offence as they are not sure if an import licence was ever necessary . |
| 8 | v. Lindley Lord Reid said , ‘ A case where a defendant presents to the plaintiff the alternative of doing what the defendant wants him to do or suffering loss which the defendant can cause him to incur is not necessarily in pari casu and may involve questions which can not arise where there is intimidation of a third person . ’ |
| 9 | Some people , for instance , can not sleep if there is traffic noise at night ; others hardly notice it and may even welcome it as a ‘ sign of life ’ ( I have heard this said more than once ! ) |
| 10 | ‘ Evil can not exist where there is love , ’ said the Book . |
| 11 | This is important because , in the early days of life when replicators first arose , we can not suppose that there were enzymes around to help them to replicate . |
| 12 | Such partnerships can not succeed unless there is institutional commitment to partnership ; it is not enough simply for individuals to work together . |
| 13 | There are certain things we can not do but there are certain things we can . |
| 14 | In such circumstances one can not assume that there is a single goal , such as profit maximization , that represents the interests of the firm . |
| 15 | Clearly if a person has no knowledge of the success of performance the performance can not improve because there can be no guidelines to steer the improvement . |
| 16 | Therefore , one can not claim that there was any potential for real dependence , although Leapor might easily have exchanged flattery for profit in the circumstances . |
| 17 | One can not deny that there are real threats to British broadcasting but , at the same time , it would be a mistake to label all threats as a ‘ crisis ’ . |
| 18 | Because it is both difficult and painful to maintain one 's stomach in a state of emptiness , we can not doubt that there are powerful psychic motivations for sustaining such an activity , which is not only abnormal , but directly contrary to both physiological and social pressures . |
| 19 | we can not accept that there can be a breach of the peace unless there has been an act done or threatened to be done which either actually harms a person , or in his presence his property , or is likely to cause such harm , or which puts someone in fear of such harm being done . |
| 20 | ‘ even in these days when affrays , riotous behaviour and other disturbances happen ill too frequently , we can not accept that there can be a breach of the peace unless there has been an act done or threatened to be done which either actually harms a person , or in his presence his property , or is likely to cause such harm , or which puts someone in fear of such harm being done . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I can not guarantee that there will be no more coup attempts , ’ said the armed forces spokesman , Brigadier-General Oscar Florendo . |
| 22 | ‘ I can not guarantee that there will be no more coup attempts , ’ said the armed forces spokesman , Brigadier-General Oscar Florendo . |
| 23 | But cumulative selection can not work unless there is some minimal machinery of replication and replicator power , and the only machinery of replication that we know seems too complicated to have come into existence by means of anything less than many generations of cumulative selection ! |
| 24 | But such sales are important : property bulls have always argued that prices can not fall because there are hardly ever any transactions . |
| 25 | We can not say that there is a separate , solid , objective world which different creatures perceive in different ways . |
| 26 | Now although it is true that we need to consider contextual factors to explain what it is that creates a feeling of unity in stretches of language of more than one sentence , we can not say that there are no formal links between sentences in discourse . |
| 27 | Now , I can not say that there is any definition of what fauces terrce exactly are . |
| 28 | We remained on first-name terms , they became my patients , but I can not say that there was any particular relationship between us . ’ |
| 29 | But it , is n't it an awful situation when you , when you , when you look at it that evidence indicates that the erm the number of people that are either now elderly infirm or sick and and clearly that they all will have to face this , this , this terrible burden and I can not understand because there is , this , there is , there is er a total disarray within the Conservative party , that all their er er back bench er MP s are making representations to their erm their leader who possibly may not be a leader tomorrow but as long as he 's the leader today , John Major that he should do a rethink and here they are er you know , members of the same party , continuing to support something which is so idiosyncratic that you know it 's really beyond belief , er Chairman . |
| 30 | I do not , however , agree that this principle can not apply where there is a mistake of law . |