Example sentences of "we can [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do we need to see if we can draw up an extra . |
| 2 | We can draw up a full list of patients so that every bed is filled every night . |
| 3 | We can draw up a full list of patients so that every bed is filled every night . |
| 4 | But to talk about the way forward to do with A L O's so can we all address our minds to the problems that we perceive ma make some notes so that we can draw up a proper agenda of all the issues likely to be encountered through the civilianisation programme okay ? |
| 5 | When we plan a language syllabus we can draw on very comprehensive descriptions of the language which provide us with a basis for deciding what should go into the syllabus and in what order . |
| 6 | However , we can draw out some general conclusions . |
| 7 | And that 's hampering the whole development process because it 's high , high wages , high wages creates migration and the whole resource allocation reflects in the economies er are disrupted and because people are moving out of agriculture because they ca n't make any money from agriculture they think they can make some money in industry like agriculture itself is being starved of capital and er so it hampers the development process , I mean it 's a complicated business but er there may well be some , some sort of strands of sense that we can draw out of this , one of which may be well if the government sectors are too large in these countries essentially it does n't matter who owns these companies whether it 's , they were privately owned or government , erm if they are inefficient they are inefficient |
| 8 | Because we joined Club Social and come the bitter frosty nights we can gather round for another glass for old time 's sake and really get it on at the Club 18–30 reunions at South Coast World in November , Blackpool in March . |
| 9 | ‘ As soon as we can gather up your things , darling , ’ her mother promised . |
| 10 | We look forward to at least one week 's break , so we can wind down . |
| 11 | Er this is alright we 've done it informally in the past , you know I 've talked to many clients some of which I handle some of which I do n't and always the question is er are we giving erm a service that we can improve on , if you look dealing with er are there any points you 'd like to raise with me , all these sort of questions but it 's all very unstructured er and sometimes it 's er er results in us having an action plan emerging , sometimes not . |
| 12 | If all that we can rely on are certain similarities between perceptions and ideas , then surely there is no justification for assuming that existents can be unequivocally differentiated solo numero . |
| 13 | At present , correct conformation is all we can rely on to reduce the strain on tendons . |
| 14 | I do not mean decent Conservative values like the Citizen 's Charter or dreaming of the classless city ; I mean authentic Conservative values , like a social hierarchy in which power follows the rich who do not have to answer for their acts to hoi polloi , in which we do not have to feel responsible for anyone 's poverty or ill health , in which we do not have to ask questions about where the rich get their money from , and we can carve up the land to create a sort of apartheid state : each tribe to its own homeland . |
| 15 | Is it possible when we get a new member of , that , not that they 're brought round , which I think must be frightfully intimidating , but that we are told , and therefore we can drop in and say , hello , I 'm so and so , just to say hello . |
| 16 | We can stand by and watch the crops ripen and grow . |
| 17 | If we want to influence another person and that person is working under enormous stress and is irritated by our request , we can stand back and wait until she or he is more relaxed . |
| 18 | In situations where tempers are getting raised , we can stand back and make everyone aware of what is happening and the effect on progress : ‘ We all seem to be getting very heated about this , and we 've come a long way from the main issue . |
| 19 | So I would urge everybody in Oxfordshire that our responsible dog owners ( because that 's the only people that are going to help this campaign ) is to write to their M P's so that we can stamp out and take away the mess that their in with stray dogs because we are in a mess . |
| 20 | More soon of this exciting saga , which is due to be turned into a TV epic or will be if we can fix up a deal with anyone . |
| 21 | As soon as I can I will tell you when this might be so that we can fix up a time . |
| 22 | Er what the gov the British government would like to see is a resolution of these matters er our precise position er and attitude and er erm the assistance we can give in reaching conclusions is much more a matter er for ministers of the foreign office rather than myself so the honourable gentleman er invites me to tread in areas that do n't belong to me and do not actually belong to these orders that are before us , no they 're not , they 're not really relevant to whether we approve or not the orders that are before us , er I 'll give way in a moment but the honourable gentleman er for I believe wanted to intervene . |
| 23 | We can wander over all , or most , of the river bank and either look for the fish themselves or for swims where they are likely to be . |
| 24 | We shall soak the walls of the two trenches with this stuff , also soak the camouflage squares before wrapping them round our heads , then we can settle down tonight free of mosquitoes . ’ |
| 25 | Before we can settle down , the enemy launch a heavy mortar attack on their former positions , now occupied by the French , using the now familiar multibarrelled mortar , ‘ Moaning Minnie' ’ , or Nebelwerfer . |
| 26 | So then you we can tighten in on the site to not only a place actually on the site but how far down they came from as well . |
| 27 | The crack 's good in the Amsterdam , we can start off there , see what develops . ’ |
| 28 | Well we can start off with the top one hundred companies and allocate them like that if you want , if it makes things easier rather |
| 29 | The point is that we can compute out of sequences of utterances , taken together with background assumptions about language usage , highly detailed inferences about the nature of the assumptions participants are making , and the purposes for which utterances are being used . |
| 30 | Knowledge and skills are a valuable source of power that we can build on and develop . |