Example sentences of "can [vb infin] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | THERE are several assumptions we reasonably CAN make about the future . |
| 2 | Every scrap of understanding you can glean about the dynamics of bereavement will , of course , be valuable ; but never try simply to ‘ play it by the book ’ — this or any other , for in the long run it will be the way you use your heart , not your head , that will count most . |
| 3 | I then discuss various ways in which we can think about the relation between brain and behaviour . |
| 4 | Repetition is likewise the musician practising her scales until she can be consistent every time , so that while she performs she can think about the music itself rather than the individual notes . |
| 5 | You 've got to live in their world if you gon na affect that change , if you do n't live in their world and only live your own , if you do n't recognise , er , the problems that they 're making in terms of change happens , and those are the that you are going to give into the So yes , you can think about yourself and and others , and you can think about the reasons , and you think about the priorities , about planning , about structure level . |
| 6 | The next morning , as we wander through Aarau 's chintzy old town , at least Evan can joke about the business mess that tainted the show . |
| 7 | C. S. Lewis ( 1979 : 9 ) surely put his finger on the proper Christian approach to evil spirits in the preface to The Screwtape Letters : ‘ There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils . |
| 8 | The task is to determine what we can know about the meaning and context of an utterance given only the knowledge that the utterance has occurred … |
| 9 | ‘ She knows about Steve , she knows as much as anyone can know about the deaths at the moment . ’ |
| 10 | In our society it has been pointed out that we do not always give due credit to the ladies who provide the refreshments at our meetings , and yet the coffee break is an attractive part of the evenings , the time when we can chat about the talk and other railway topics . |
| 11 | Items such as these indicate just how much information objects can carry about the processes of their creation . |
| 12 | Is there nothing that the average man wandering down a country lane can do about the effects of autumn ? |
| 13 | There is little one can do about the former . |
| 14 | The message of our experts is that there IS something you can do about the unsightly , and sometimes painful , form of fat known as cellulite . |
| 15 | There 's nothing you can do about the latter , and as for the former you 'll simply have to stop worrying . |
| 16 | Anything you can remember about the man ? ’ |
| 17 | er to raise two matters or comments rather than matters erm seating er , new cushions have now been purchased and were used with great success at the October production and Alan has asked whether there are any comments we can draw about the success or otherwise of the October production and whether the experiment is worth continuing . ? |
| 18 | Moreover , the chromosomes of some strains of E. coli contain enigmatic lengths of DNA ( ‘ insertion sequences ’ ) which code for no known product but can move about the chromosome during bacterial multiplication , activating or silencing genes . |
| 19 | The operating units have no fixed position but can move about the network from one location to another . |
| 20 | Even if the brain were designed so that components could be easily removed , there is the issue of what we can conclude about the functions of its components from knowing the effects of removing one of them . |
| 21 | For each of the following sets of data , based on non-RP accents , say what you can conclude about the phonology of that accent . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , ’ said Pumfrey briskly , ‘ we can hear about the rest of it from Broughton , ca n't we ? |
| 23 | But that is simplifying it too much ; for it is like learning how to ride a bike : you can read about the technique , but only lots of practice will give you a feel for it and the essential balance you need . |
| 24 | You can read about the study in the ‘ Lothian Looking Forward ’ newsletter which was distributed to staff earlier in the year . |
| 25 | Tomorrow we can read about the world |
| 26 | All this means we can forget about The Communards ' cover version of ‘ Never Can Say Goodbye ’ , and we can forget about the wretched Pet Shop Boys , the only successful contemporary pop ironists . |
| 27 | All this means we can forget about The Communards ' cover version of ‘ Never Can Say Goodbye ’ , and we can forget about the wretched Pet Shop Boys , the only successful contemporary pop ironists . |
| 28 | Set it and you can forget about the meal until the buzzer lets you know it 's ready and to keep all those pots and pans there 's even a large storage compartment which has been specially contoured with smooth rounded corners to make cleaning easier . |
| 29 | If you receive any of the following , you can forget about the tax angle altogether — at least as regards these particular items : |
| 30 | One can forget about the problems of urban decay even yet up there . |