Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just how much they obtain there from is known only to themselves , but this could well be a final act born of an inextinguishable instinctive knowledge that there is somewhere a source of power available to the individual whereby he can supplement his capacity to face a fading future , or any other of life 's unwelcome experiences , at least with less apprehension , if not with absolute serenity . |
| 2 | To achieve this quality assurance should mean , that when the patient feels his care is not good he should know how he can complain without any worry that he will be penalized , and in the certainty that action will be taken immediately . |
| 3 | We will record his successes on this star chart and show him how he can earn treats when he has collected a specified number of stars [ see page 57 ] . |
| 4 | A dog may well think that his master is at the door : but unless a dog masters a language it is hard to see how he can think that he is thinking that his master is at the door . |
| 5 | ‘ I Was Dora Suarez is one of Raymond 's celebrated sequence of ‘ black ’ novels , and it is difficult to see how he can borrow any further into the darkness inside us all without popping out the other side . |
| 6 | I am amazed how he can justify giving Portpatrick an 8 for challenge and Stranraer a 7 . |
| 7 | How he can justify that I just do n't know . ’ |
| 8 | I do n't see how he can make it before Monday , and that 'll be a whole week . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Michael will no doubt say he had to discount them out to achieve the occupancy in the shoulder period , but I do n't know how he can explain doing the same in high season . ’ |
| 10 | Beeney was great and I do n't see how he can fail to be selected for the next few games short of leg amputation ( and even then … ) |
| 11 | Many organisations fail to take account of this and the importance of personal contact becomes lost in techno-culture or the ‘ memo culture ’ of the organisation , while the individual has no sense of where he fits in or how he can contribute . |
| 12 | I do n't know how he can swallow them there |
| 13 | It is hard to see how he can improve regulatory standards without extra resources . |
| 14 | Very good , takes photo , you know , I do n't know how he can do it , I ca n't . |
| 15 | How he can do that to a little girl . |
| 16 | You need someone to discuss your work when it comes to printing , and Danny will suggest which frames to print and how he can bring out certain aspects of an image . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | how he can sit there and say no . |
| 19 | that all depends on how the , how he can get that guitar in tune . |
| 20 | It beats me how he can describe opposition to military occupation as ‘ aggression ’ . |
| 21 | At this point , the group , already developing the skill of asking ‘ answerable questions ’ from a position of expertise to be shared , ask for further information on the basis of what Mr E had told them : ‘ You mentioned how he can surprise you by occasional good work . |
| 22 | How he can square that with what he has said , I really do not know . |
| 23 | But England manager Graham Taylor countered : ‘ I ca n't see how he can say such things without having an intimate knowledge of our game . |
| 24 | Of course examinations are unreal ; they are a contrivance whereby the student has the opportunity — usually over periods of three hours — to show how he can tackle fresh problems using the basic knowledge that he possesses . |
| 25 | If the patient was not admitted to hospital , or was discharged without having learned to wash himself properly , the community nurse attends to help him to wash , and to teach him and his carers how he can help himself . |
| 26 | Half-way through the movie Ms Dash switches on the mental light bulb and asks her suitor how he can afford to buy her diamond rings on a mailboy 's salary . |
| 27 | And how he can afford match fees or anything , cos he 's never paid us a penny , I du n no , but |
| 28 | At last month 's meeting of the Congress he showed again how he can play on the mutual fears of reformers and conservatives to get his own way . |
| 29 | When he can make steps in the forward direction , you may be shown how he can use the lowest stair to practise stepping downwards while taking his weight through his hemiplegic leg and then through the normal leg . |
| 30 | How he can use that phrase when living standards for a married man on average earnings with two children have risen by about 35 per cent . |