Example sentences of "he can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is this concurrent development which provides the source of what much later is destined to become the relationship which binds man to his God , first , by the processes of evolution , and then by man himself struggling to bring into his life the enrichment available to him if only he can control the legacies of ruthless evolution . |
| 32 | ‘ Waldegrave must be mad if he thinks he can control such a beast . ’ |
| 33 | He does n't understand why the temper tantrums happen , and there 's no way he can control them . |
| 34 | McKean looks much happier when he can control a heat from the front . |
| 35 | He can laugh about it now , and has referred to it in many speeches since to very good effect ; but at the time it hurt . |
| 36 | The question is whether he can discharge that responsibility to Parliament without being in day-to-day charge . |
| 37 | It is only by putting some distance between himself and them that he can discharge his prime responsibility , which is to the country : decisions taken in the House of Commons affect all of us . |
| 38 | ‘ If he is n't , he can swear pretty well for a dead person , ’ said Sacco , sagging to the floor . |
| 39 | The good composer expresses what he feels and makes what he is making , from an essentially musical motivation , by essentially musical means , with all the skill and experience he can command . |
| 40 | ‘ Since he speaks in the name of the King 's Grace , my lord , he can command . |
| 41 | ‘ We must love one another or die ’ , wrote W. H. Auden , bringing from E. M. Forster the declaration : ‘ Because he once wrote ‘ We must love one another or die ’ , he can command me to follow him . ’ |
| 42 | He can steady her balance by holding his hands sufficiently close but not grasping her waist as she pirouettes , then grasp it firmly at the end of the turn , maybe to twist her into another pose . |
| 43 | Whether he can match the Tories and Labour at political poker will only become apparent in a hung parliament . |
| 44 | If he remembers to set realistic targets and play within himself , he can perform with credit . |
| 45 | Colin Stephens did not quite convince that he was the Messiah in waiting at flyhalf although his coolly taken first-half drop goal showed that he can perform under pressure . |
| 46 | In order to overcome these communications problems it is necessary to establish the amount of data which must be available to the designer so that he can perform a specific design function . |
| 47 | He contrasted these with the force of the wild where ‘ man is made unwillingly acquainted with his own weakness , and meditation shows him how little he can sustain , and how little he can perform ’ . |
| 48 | Nic 's own things back home include a shop and record label , occasional work with The Hummingbirds and three more bands ; Sneeze , the excellently-named Hippy Drivel and Godstar ( who may well feature Evan on drums , if he can dump his own band for a month or so next year ) . |
| 49 | He can luff you , but rule 40 says that , prior to the start , luffing must be slow and must give you room and opportunity to keep clear . |
| 50 | He can compare Germany with what it was in the Thirties . |
| 51 | ‘ Oh , look , he can pee ! |
| 52 | As the Queen 's representative holding Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom , he can sack his Cabinet , disband the legislature , declare martial law and rule by diktat . |
| 53 | He can swim , it 's amazing ! |
| 54 | ‘ He can swim long distances , mostly one-sided but he manages it , and he adores it . |
| 55 | " But he can swim , " Harry objected . |
| 56 | This updated to the 1930s translation by Robert Cogo-Fawcett and Braham Murray affords the leading actor a role into which he can sink his theatrical teeth . |
| 57 | And he can finish ! |
| 58 | And he can finish a golden year late next summer with the much-awaited showdown against Chris Eubank , who took Benn 's WBO middleweight title nearly two years ago before moving up himself to the 12 stone limit . |
| 59 | If he has I 've got to think of something to cook that he can finish off cooking so he can eat it before I get back from aerobics so I can stick mine in the microwave to warm up . |
| 60 | A democracy … demands a dissemination of political understanding wide enough to make the people 's will in government an effective thing … the uninformed citizen … can be misled by the easy halftruth and the persuasive slogan ; or he can feel that understanding will always be beyond him and fall into that apathy which leaves everything to authority . |