Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] that there " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | One can similarly predict that there are some laws which , if passed , the citizenry would not observe or even the police enforce . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | In the same way we can now tell that there were two engravers working at the mint of Rome under the Roman Emperor Vespasian . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | You can actually feel that there is a grimy , slimy layer that disappears after a little rubbing leaving a soft slightly oily feel to the skin . |
| 19 | If you 're lucky enough to see one at all it will slither off to find a more peaceful rock to sleep under , and since as yet they have n't organised themselves into packs , roaming around looking for people to bite , we can safely say that there 's nothing you will encounter that threatens humans in any way . |
| 20 | Mr. Roberts : I can certainly confirm that there has been a considerable increase in the number of applications for section 4 assistance from 1980–81 when there were 160 applications to the current year 's forecast of 224 applications . |