Example sentences of "he can [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because , he can repair the broken bit by putting a false bit on . |
| 2 | His fingers are splayed out so that he can feel the very pulse of hundreds of megabytes of information flowing into him . |
| 3 | Alexiou ( undated , p. 89 ) believes that he can identify the sacred tree shown on the Agia Triadha sarcophagus ( Figure 47 , right ) as an olive . |
| 4 | Where the appeal is in respect of a condition , in particular , he can refuse the whole application . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | An overnight weights-rise of 9lb puts Tom Troubadour nicely in at 10st 1lb and he can continue the winning sequence which has brought stylish victories in handicaps at Newbury . |
| 7 | Now it may for the game that if he can cover the square number twelve , he will score more points than if he covers the square with the nine . |
| 8 | He reads the game very well , and has played both right and centre back … meaning he can cover the full backs . |
| 9 | Will the Chancellor of the Duchy reconsider his decision and pay a visit to the north-west , especially so that he can meet the 800 people a week who have lost their job since this time last year as a result of the Government 's policies ? |
| 10 | So , if he abstracts from his knowledge of what the brain state actually is , he can form the same conception of experience as that had by the subject of the experience . |
| 11 | They have a clear view of him and he can hold the important eye contact . |
| 12 | An instance of the mentality of these activists can be seen in a letter to the autumn number of the magazine from Malcolm Shifrin , who asks how he can influence the great majority of members who do not vote . |
| 13 | But he can sample the first-team atmosphere . |
| 14 | More recently , these hidebound attitudes have changed , in that educated , intelligent Christians accept that there is little need for God to perform a miracle ( unless , moving in mysterious ways , He particularly wants to ) when He can create the same effect using natural processes ; while scientists have begun more and more to recognize that there may be more truth in the mystical writings of the Christian and other religions than they have previously been prepared to admit . |
| 15 | He is capable of rages near to those on-screen moments when he can scare the living daylights out of a cinema audience . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | I keep telling him there is a television at the end of the ward and that he better wake up so he can watch the European match tomorrow night . |
| 18 | Duke will get better if he can avoid the nervous complications of distemper . " |
| 19 | As one of the party 's rural Deputies put it : ‘ If Ray proves he can do the toughest job in the EC , and he has , would n't it be foolish not to give him the opportunity to run this little country of ours ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ If man can not create anything or move anybody , if he can not break out of the prison of his total narcissism and isolation , he can escape the unbearable sense of vital impotence and nothingness only by affirming himself in the act of destruction of the life that he is unable to create . |
| 21 | At time of writing the allowance would normally go to the husband unless , that is , he has a low income and can not use all or part of the allowance — in which case , he can transfer the unused part to his wife in order not to lose the tax benefit . |
| 22 | Why does the Lord Chancellor now think he can cut the free limit by over 25% ? |
| 23 | However , if you and he can overcome the early period and settle back into regular work routines , it is a vital part of his full recovery . |
| 24 | He is prepared to drop the tax only on bond transactions between foreigners , and even then only if he can replace the lost revenue by introducing a broadly based value-added tax . |
| 25 | He can replace the negative influence of Satan with the positive power of God 's Holy Spirit . |
| 26 | If he wants to watch a circus , he can attend the Labour Group Labour Group meetings every month , the Labour Group meetings every month . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The company has decided to remove editorial responsibilities from the deputy editor , Mr Richard Lambert , so that he can tackle the RSI outbreak . |
| 29 | And he can see the high-scoring theme continuing and burying defensive reputations . |
| 30 | ‘ Although Benn does n't seem to want to fight me , surely he can see the commercial sense in what I am planning . |