Example sentences of "can we " in BNC.
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| 1 | The romantic equation of orphan and monster makes a Satanist of this forlorn Dyer : ‘ nor can we but by doing Evil avoid the rage of evil Spirits . ’ |
| 2 | So what can we do ? |
| 3 | Can we still talk meaningfully of rite ? |
| 4 | But how can we be sure ? he wrote . |
| 5 | Can we discuss this tomorrow ? |
| 6 | ‘ What can we do to persuade you to stay ? ’ the headmaster asked . |
| 7 | ‘ How can we help , Mrs Streeter ? ’ |
| 8 | How can we help to prevent this kind of accident ? |
| 9 | What else can we do ? ’ |
| 10 | Now , can we do business ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Can we do that ? ’ |
| 12 | We can not let that happen — can we ? ’ |
| 13 | So what can we say about these ‘ representations ’ ? |
| 14 | First , can we explain the impaired performance that these patients produce in terms of our functional models ? |
| 15 | Second , can we learn anything new about the nature of the underlying cognitive processes from studying these unfortunate individuals ? |
| 16 | Later still again , she was doing her A's , there was Daddy talking to them over the shepherd 's pie about Keir Hardie , and her saying , ‘ Oh gosh I see , yes — ! ’ and Mummy laughing , ‘ Can we all eat and not so much learned talk . |
| 17 | If we can not beat the system , how can we get it to work for us ? |
| 18 | Why can we not be told ? |
| 19 | How can we have any other bodies and blood than our own ? |
| 20 | The idea of ‘ revolution ’ can set the pulses racing , for a time at least , and in 1980 it was invoked by Catherine Belsey : ‘ Only by closing the doors of the English department against theoretical challenges from outside can we continue to ignore the ‘ Copernican' ’ revolution which is currently taking place , and which is radically undermining traditional ways of perceiving both the world and the text . ’ |
| 21 | How can we not fear them , and fearing them , how not hate them ? |
| 22 | Had Jonah been less indigestible how can we be sure that the whale would have expelled him ? |
| 23 | So we come back around the circle to the capital side of the balance of payments , and the operationally interesting question : for how long can we expect the world 's savers to make up our domestic shortage ? |
| 24 | Can we trust the Germans ? |
| 25 | If we demand that the faiths of others be tested , how can we refuse to test our own ? |
| 26 | Can we trust them with the nation 's economy ? |
| 27 | But can we be so confident that it can be stopped ? |
| 28 | If East Germans have the freedom to choose , can we really be confident that they would prefer to face the difficulties of establishing a capitalist economy and democratic system on their own ? |
| 29 | Can we make the Church real to society by turning it political ; by making its essence not old creeds but moral judgements on bombs , or on socialist policy ? |
| 30 | Can we catch up , by a little clairvoyance , on the persistent tendency of state provision to come thirty years late ? |