Sentence examples for we can erect from inspiring English sources

But when the temptations are not immediately present, we can erect barriers to them that make us less likely to succumb when they return.

Another approach would be to see whether we can erect clearly enforced firewalls that prohibit the NSA from sharing its knowledge that you were in bed with your mistress with prosecutors.

We can erect a ziggurat in Landover, where Dan Snyder can reach into Hall's breast pocket, tear out his still-redeemable paycheck, show it to the crowd and toss it onto a hibachi as Hall crumples into a penitent heap.

We can erect at a minimum eight mods a day," Krulak stated, or about one per hour.

We can erect a most amazing structure, but if the foundation is weak, it is only a matter of time before a minor tremor can cause the structure to completely collapse, causing severe damage to life and property.

An opponent of the funding, Congressman John Conyers, pointed out that "the president has not challenged our most pervasive and dangerous national hubris: the foolhardy belief that we can erect the foundations of civil society through the judicious use of our many high-tech instruments of violence".

But we gamely pay lip service to the illusion that she can erect one more firewall.

"They can't have it both ways, they can't claim that we're violating the constitution and then say if we make changes that remedy those violations that they still can erect the billboards just because they submitted the applications first," said Brian Stone, the Orange town attorney, who said the town is considering altering its zoning laws.

Americans in 1964 worried that the stern Soviets could command their society with greater precision -- just as American pundits now brood about how Chinese leaders can erect a gleaming skyscraper more quickly than we can get around to fixing a subway escalator.

With pre-erected tents as well as sites where you can erect your own, it's ideal for the more budget conscious traveller.

They can erect the biggest firewall they want between themselves and the papers.