Example sentences of "he can use " in BNC.

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1 Alternatively he can use his understanding of the way the metaphors and structures of significance are used to sustain the institution , and thus reveal the system to be the product of a specific mode of thought , which is only one possibility among many .
2 Hopefully , he can use the creativity which exists between the experiential inside view and observational outside view of a cultural system to formulate an ethnography which incorporates ‘ a continuous dialectical , tacking between the most local of detail and the most global of global structures in such a way as to bring them into simultaneous view ’ ( Geertz ibid. 235 ) .
3 If the choreographer thinks he can use the purely classical vocabulary as the basis of his design it will fail to convey the totally different world from which this ancient epic emerged .
4 ‘ If we can sneak in a small bottle of strong acid to the Bookman , ’ Mr Litmus explained , ‘ he can use it to burn through the bars at night .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Zare is delighted to have a simple and comparatively inexpensive extreme ultraviolet source he can use in his laboratory ; both the laser and the pulsed value are standard commercial products .
8 Once a child is able to match one-to-one with confidence , he can use the idea to make a visual comparison of the number of objects contained in two sets .
9 If the person talking is impossible to speechread , he can use pencil and paper .
10 Please keep praying , and remember if he can use me he can use ANYBODY .
11 Please keep praying , and remember if he can use me he can use ANYBODY .
12 If , say , £400 seems the prudent limit for a particular borrower , but that borrower gets two or more separate cards with the same credit limit , he can use at least twice the amount of credit which has been judged ‘ safe ’ for him .
13 But if he can use labour to produce commodities greater in value than he pays the workers then he can make a profit — and it is this Marx refers to as surplus value .
14 Even if it is not a must , it is often worth applying as it helps the marker do a better job , in particular because he can use electronic tools to provide data that will aid his judgement .
15 Cliff is the cook , and loves the job , especially as he can use produce from the greenhouse and herb garden .
16 The bloke from Bill & Ted 's ’ Excellent Adventure thingy ( not Keanu Reeves ) … staggers into our dressing room asking if he can use our potty .
17 In skill terminology the interviewer uses the interview to create a model in his mind which he can use to predict the behaviour of the individual interviewee in a work situation , a stress situation , an illness or whatever an interview is about .
18 However , if a Night Goblin shaman eats a piece of mushroom he can use magic even if there are no other Orcs or Goblins near .
19 They may only be used by the Theogonist , and are the only magic cards he can use .
20 VS Pritchett 's fan included James Wood of the Guardian , while John Walsh , literary editor of the Sunday Times , plumped for Anthony Burgess ( ‘ I love the way he can use the word ‘ onion ’ three times in one sentence ’ ) .
21 You know it 's a magical item and hope he can use it . )
22 If the child writes out the word somewhere else ( not , preferably , in the same book he does his writing in ) say , in his word book , he can use felt-tips to colour the parts of the word which caused him difficulty .
23 He can use his ‘ devices ’ , as you call them , in something else , but you must stop him , ma petite Opal .
24 The grubs inside the nest , he 'll take the nest away and the grubs he can use for fishing .
25 Something , anything , he can use as a club .
26 In fact they are highly competent and by taking advantage of the desire of some of them to work part-time he can use their experience as and when , for instance , they want to return to work after having children .
27 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 .
28 I mean , if we take this as a game , as you rightly describe it , he only takes these people from th in the first place , to have hostages that he can use as bargaining chips later .
29 Finally he can use ‘ cognitive restructuring ’ to replace negative self-statements like ‘ It 's going to be awful ’ with positive statements like ‘ I 'm sure I 'll manage ’ ( Jaremko , 1983 )
30 He can use stock motifs and patterns and superfluous work can be retained to cater for future demand .
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