Example sentences of "we can [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can estimate this time by comparing molecular sequences in the two species . |
| 2 | So we can estimate this model although we 've got a couple of problems that we 'll come to later on , but nevertheless it 's essentially estimatable . |
| 3 | And I 'm not sure that we can identify that . |
| 4 | I was just going to make a quick comment if I may on Oxfam , because I noticed that they 're down for the street collections and for the flag day , now next year 's their fiftieth anniversary , so I think it 's quite appropriate next year , but I do , my own view is , that we will get , we ought to get one comprehensive list of all these organisations , for both the street collections and the flag days , with an indication in the column of whether it 's flag day they 've gone for or a street collection , so that we can identify that sort of situation . |
| 5 | The graphemes themselves are individual letters or small groups of letters such as " b " , " ou " , and " ght " , and when we can identify these graphemes and then pronounce them together as the sound represented by /bo:t/ ( which rhymes with " port " ) , we can be said to have used the GPC rules . |
| 6 | We can identify some of its main characteristics and requirements . |
| 7 | Without claiming to treat the question exhaustively , we can identify some possible reasons . |
| 8 | ‘ If we can identify this Person Y … it seems the only thing to do . ’ |
| 9 | So if we let Q equal sine X we can find D Q by D X we can differentiate this side with respect to X and that side Q by D X when we differentiate . |
| 10 | so we can differentiate both sides there with respect to U. |
| 11 | ‘ We can match any skin , and give any woman the exact combination of texture , weight and coverage that she wants ’ |
| 12 | Notice how we can perform this calculation using 4-quarter moving totals , e.g. |
| 13 | ‘ I think we can finish this tomorrow in the office . ’ |
| 14 | By considering a few examples we can isolate some of the problems that remain : |
| 15 | Despite the fact that the conclusions are wrong , we can interpret this as the product of a scientific mind at work . |
| 16 | Right ten p ten times one pound and underneath we can tell all the people to get into lots of ten . |
| 17 | Sentences in the deductive mode sometimes contain deductive markers , such as we can tell that , know that , think , must , might , or perhaps . |
| 18 | It should be apparent from the fact that we can tell these two texts apart — tell which one is discourse , and which a constructed text — that our choices among the options for arranging the information are neither arbitrary , nor just aesthetic devices to ensure variety , but have some communicative function , making discourse more readily comprehensible . |
| 19 | We can tell this because the light from their stars is reddened , in the same way and for the same reasons as the noise of an ambulance siren or a car engine seems to change pitch downwards as the vehicle passes you . |
| 20 | Before we can draw such a conclusion , two assumptions have to be made . |
| 21 | So before moving to the particular let's see if we can draw some general conclusions regarding degree and timing . |
| 22 | No one can speak for all women , but we can draw some conclusions . |
| 23 | Hopefully we can retain that particular situation . |
| 24 | Hopefully , we can if we can retain some membership , then obviously hopefully we can put some money to return to these unemployed centres and give the government what it needs , a good kick up the arse . |
| 25 | We can classify most speech or verbal signals under five functions : |
| 26 | Of course we can contest this kind of sexism by arguing about the accuracy of particular scientific findings . |
| 27 | erm looking at what they do and how we can improve that . |
| 28 | Really we still know very little about what teachers actually do in the classroom and it 's all very well standing back in university and saying teachers should do this and should do that , but in order to be able to offer guidance I think we really need to do more research in mixed ability classrooms to discover how teachers at the moment are dealing with the situation and where we might offer them more support , and that 's the direction I 'd like to see research going ; rather than more of the grandiose large-scale quantitative studies , which collect lots of figures and statistics , I 'd like to see a lot more studies in actual classrooms looking at actual teachers teaching , looking at what they do and how we can improve that . |
| 29 | ‘ Ah think we can regard this as being the start of our voyage . |
| 30 | At times tonal zones can be identified ; at others they are elusive , but in their sum tonalities are so well hidden that we can regard this as truly ‘ atonal ’ ( in the sense of being tonally obscure ) : It would be laborious to analyse this note by note , but there are several principal features which can be noted : |