Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] that [ex0] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In such circumstances one can not assume that there is a single goal , such as profit maximization , that represents the interests of the firm . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I can not guarantee that there will be no more coup attempts , ’ said the armed forces spokesman , Brigadier-General Oscar Florendo . |
| 12 | ‘ I can not guarantee that there will be no more coup attempts , ’ said the armed forces spokesman , Brigadier-General Oscar Florendo . |
| 13 | We can not say that there is a separate , solid , objective world which different creatures perceive in different ways . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Now , I can not say that there is any definition of what fauces terrce exactly are . |
| 16 | We remained on first-name terms , they became my patients , but I can not say that there was any particular relationship between us . ’ |
| 17 | When you compare Quattro Pro 4 to other DOS spreadsheets , you can quickly see that there 's life in the old operating system yet , and that more graphical environment is where things are heading . |
| 18 | over taking you know cutting right in front of you and er , you just , I see things in front of me and I can hardly believe that there has n't been a horrible accident , you know , just seeing the things that happening on the road . |
| 19 | If he makes no will we can hardly say that there is in early times any common law as to how his goods shall be divided ; much or all will depend on local custom . |
| 20 | I can truthfully say that there were about a hundred people , male , female , young , old , and of all races , happily training their dogs , all spurred on by the infectious enthusiasm of Dave Lower and the committee of the Meridian Rottweiler Club , who all muck in to help . |
| 21 | Given the observations about the importance of methodology , study design and case definition noted above we can probably conclude that there is no one single ‘ true ’ estimate of dementia . |
| 22 | One can similarly predict that there are some laws which , if passed , the citizenry would not observe or even the police enforce . |
| 23 | It can also mean that there will be more work for the semantic analyser to perform since there are so many more combinations to check . |
| 24 | One can also add that there is something in the present policies of the SDLP which suggest a need to maintain a somewhat fragile unity in respect of the national question . |
| 25 | I can also acknowledge that there must have been many women like her , all over Glasgow ; that there were then in the early 1900s when she was marrying and becoming a mother ; that there were later . |
| 26 | They can also learn that there are lots of ways that people have of coping with these things , and thereby increasing their , you know , coping strategies — technical term — but their ways of handling things . |
| 27 | But we can confidently assume that there are no languages where part of an M-tense system is not realized somewhere in time-adverbials or the like , not to mention the implicit assumption of M-present if no further specification is provided ( Lyons , 1977a : 686 ) . |
| 28 | In the same way we can now tell that there were two engravers working at the mint of Rome under the Roman Emperor Vespasian . |
| 29 | Faced with examples like this , the semanticist has traditionally taken one of two tacks : he can either hold that there are two distinct senses of the word and , which is thus simply ambiguous , or he can claim that the meanings of words are in general vague and protean and are influenced by collocational environments . |
| 30 | One can therefore conclude that there is a sense of unity throughout the catholic — nationalist population as a whole , though one in which certain groups , namely farming interests and the church , at both clerical and popular levels , have strategically dominated , at least until recently . |