Example sentences of "we can [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the content through which these mathematical skills are taught has a set of messages all of its own and because we live in a capitalist society we can easily be unaware of these messages — about the exploitation of labour , the sexism , the inequalities based on racism and social class — that are all a part of the ideology of capitalism . |
| 2 | Every day , we can either be driven by the past — repeating our customary patterns and habits , believing in old limitations — or we can be propelled by our future , by our Dreams , by what we are becoming . |
| 3 | On the second set of questions i.e. those as to the character of parliamentary privilege , we can again be clear about a central core of doctrine but doubtful about some marginal cases . |
| 4 | We can probably be most influential if we concentrate on the following issues : |
| 5 | We can eventually be sure that it is correct enough , but never that there is no other equally correct but different translation . |
| 6 | We can even be drawn into the need to fulfil our ideals , put forward our political ambitions , as well as the desire to see our religious beliefs accepted by others . |
| 7 | We can even be afraid of fear itself or the chaos it brings to our inner world . |
| 8 | We can even be misled , for if a cold spot is touched with a warm needle it can produce a sensation of coldness . |
| 9 | The protest of the human individual against the massive forces which control him is indeed a theme which can be seen in contemporary art , literature , music and drama , in the struggles against racialism , poverty and war , in the popular movements of Western youth and in the renewed campaign for women 's emancipation ; so we can hardly be surprised if parents too begin to question the authority of the experts . |
| 10 | Olson , for instance , does admit at one point that all we can really be sure of is that some academics have made claims for objectivity while the question of assessing those claims is a different matter : |
| 11 | The present evidence therefore suggests that the universe will probably expand forever , but all we can really be sure of is that even if the universe is going to recollapse , it wo n't do so for at least another ten thousand million years , since it has already been expanding for at least that long . |
| 12 | We can always be kind to people that we 're not interested in . |
| 13 | We can never be this good again . ’ |
| 14 | Counselling empathy requires constant testing because we can never be certain that what we believe to be the feelings and attitudes of the counsellees are accurate . |
| 15 | Like our parents , we can never be ‘ good enough ’ and failure is inevitable . |
| 16 | It seems that as a species , we can never be content until we have an explanation for everything . |
| 17 | We can never be sure how far clients ' perspectives are related to other behaviours or how far they are overwhelmed by the structural constraints which they may face . |
| 18 | Inquisitions post mortem can sometimes fill such a gap , but because a separate one had to be taken in every county involved we can never be certain that the record has survived in its entirety . |
| 19 | We can never be satisfied , gradually eroding our self-esteem and confidence further . |
| 20 | If we can never be certain that we have stated every objective we might have , in the clearest form , and with the most practical means of testing whether it has been achieved , this does not mean that we abandon the attempt or that to try one 's best under the circumstances is not a helpful activity . |
| 21 | We can never be happy here , under the same roof as that woman . |
| 22 | We can never be young again . |
| 23 | It instead designates the imagined field from where we can never be fully seen . |
| 24 | While we can never be satisfied with results showing a pre-tax loss , we are confident that our recovery is well under way and that it is soundly based . |
| 25 | We can never be sure , because those events took place . |
| 26 | We guarantee nothing — wild birds are free to go where they wish and , though we can give them the best possible conditions , we can never be certain that they will stand in front of a hide ! |
| 27 | Whatever happens now , my children , we can never be again as we were . |
| 28 | Until we relearn what we once knew , she maintains , we can never be truly healthy . |
| 29 | We can never be a hundred per cent sure with security , we are , it is a public building , we do encourage er patients and their relatives to come up on to the children 's wards as part of the treatment er to make it a much more homely atmosphere . |
| 30 | ‘ We can still be friends . |