Example sentences of "we can [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we make the ( unrealistic ) assumption that , in driving some variables to integer values , the other variable values do not change much , we can estimate the optimal objective function value of the integer down-problem created by branching on at node k to be where z k is the optimal objective function value of LPk . |
| 2 | There will be sources of error in participant-observation and in face-to-face interviews , but they are complementary ; by combining both methods , we can estimate the degree and direction of error in our final statement of the rules of the vernacular . |
| 3 | Given the data on b , w e , x 1 , x 2 , z and unemployment duration and the above assumptions on the functional forms , this technique allows calculation of optimal reservation wages across individuals , provided we can estimate the vacancy wage distribution f(w) a priori . |
| 4 | That is , we can estimate the following equation : where the γ i 's are the coefficients to be estimated and is a zero mean , constant variance , random error . |
| 5 | From such a snapshot study , we can estimate the prevalence of deafness in , for instance , different age/sex categories . |
| 6 | If a major campaign is being planned , we can outline the best sites in towns and cities throughout the province . |
| 7 | We can identify a number of interlocking and mutually reinforcing reasons why the situation prevails . |
| 8 | First , it seems as though we can identify a locally based form of politics , arising from local social relations and social processes . |
| 9 | An appreciable number of us have ‘ perfect pitch ’ : we can identify a musical note exactly . |
| 10 | We can identify a formal partnership by the partnership deed . |
| 11 | Similarly , when we look at the South in contemporary perspective , we can identify a wide variety of indicators on which it stands out . |
| 12 | We can identify a number of factors : |
| 13 | We can identify a number of important changes which have occurred : |
| 14 | Well I think we can identify a good reason for this . |
| 15 | If we can identify the likely areas , we shall be able to take our photographs to them first . ’ |
| 16 | Through the autobiographies we can identify the economic position of 72 grand-parents . |
| 17 | When applied to child abuse , then , it is assumed that if we can identify the characteristics associated with actual or potential abuse we will be able to identify and hence predict and prevent the problem . |
| 18 | What Thucydides and his contemporaries were doing was ‘ challenging ’ social dogma , not simply ‘ readjusting ’ it , and it is in this characteristic of classical Greek scholarship that we can identify the crucial consequence of acquiring literacy . |
| 19 | Even if we can identify the relevant society , we also need to be able to identify the content of that political tradition . |
| 20 | Through the study of line we can identify the characteristics which differentiate one School from another perhaps not the hands , but the Schools certainly . |
| 21 | Provided that we can identify the regularities in nature , then we need nothing more in order to predict and explain what happens . |
| 22 | This type of approach to the analysis of discourse is based on the principle that , if we can identify the boundaries of units — where one unit ends and another begins then we need not have a priori specifications for the content of such units . |
| 23 | Well we can identify the P M T posts anyway so there 'll be |
| 24 | This may be fine when we can identify the output in terms of manufactured goods but it may be more difficult to measure the output of a government official . |
| 25 | In these lectures we can identify the beginnings of BT . |
| 26 | We can identify the connections with the bonding electrons . |
| 27 | Furthermore , the individual speaker 's ability to carry out successful linguistic " acts of identity " is subject to a number of limitations : We can only behave according to the behavioural patterns of groups we find it desirable to identify with to the extent that : ( i ) we can identify the groups ( ii ) we have both adequate access to the groups and ability to analyse their behavioural patterns ( iii ) the motivation to join the groups is sufficiently powerful , and is either reinforced or reversed by feedback from the groups ( iv ) we have the ability to modify our behaviour ( Le Page and Tabouret-Keller 1985 : 182 ) |
| 28 | ‘ To do our job we need the help of our tenants and I would urge anyone moving out of a council house or flat to give us plenty of notice so we can identify the property and allocate it to someone else , ’ he said . |
| 29 | ‘ To do our job we need the help of our tenants and I would urge anyone moving out of a council house or flat to give us plenty of notice so we can identify the property and allocate it to someone else , ’ he said . |
| 30 | The problem amounts to isolating criteria according to which we can identify an aggressive act . |