Example sentences of "that he can [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His fingers are splayed out so that he can feel the very pulse of hundreds of megabytes of information flowing into him . |
| 2 | At the same time he should check that he can reach the full rudder and stick movements without undue stretching , and that cushions or other objects are not limiting the movements of the controls . |
| 3 | Peter needs to understand this and then , if given adequate help and support , will feel that he can make the major contribution towards restoring his own health ( see also Chapter 3 ) . |
| 4 | Alexiou ( undated , p. 89 ) believes that he can identify the sacred tree shown on the Agia Triadha sarcophagus ( Figure 47 , right ) as an olive . |
| 5 | It is the task of Lakhdar Ibrahimi , the Arab League envoy , to struggle through a tangle of sub-issues in the hope that he can persuade the Lebanese to renegotiate France 's political legacy and the policies that began when General Henri Gouraud , who became the French high commissioner of Lebanon in 1920 , stepped ashore . |
| 6 | The company has decided to remove editorial responsibilities from the deputy editor , Mr Richard Lambert , so that he can tackle the RSI outbreak . |
| 7 | His fascination leads him to an agency which administers mental implants , so that he can have the vicarious experience of interplanetary travel injected into his memory . |
| 8 | One problem here is that it is cold comfort to an individual citizen that he can use the political process to air his grievances , for example by writing to his MP or councillor or to the press or voting for another party next time round . |