Example sentences of "he can [verb] the [adj] " 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 | I 'll see if he can arrange the old erm |
| 10 | They have a clear view of him and he can hold the important eye contact . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | As for the slogan that man is master of his fate , no doubt it has its uses in combating a fatalism which could contract still further the limits within which he can influence the spontaneous by reason and will . |
| 13 | But he can sample the first-team atmosphere . |
| 14 | He is capable of rages near to those on-screen moments when he can scare the living daylights out of a cinema audience . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Duke will get better if he can avoid the nervous complications of distemper . " |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Why does the Lord Chancellor now think he can cut the free limit by over 25% ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He can replace the negative influence of Satan with the positive power of God 's Holy Spirit . |
| 25 | If he wants to watch a circus , he can attend the Labour Group Labour Group meetings every month , the Labour Group meetings every month . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The company has decided to remove editorial responsibilities from the deputy editor , Mr Richard Lambert , so that he can tackle the RSI outbreak . |
| 28 | And he can see the high-scoring theme continuing and burying defensive reputations . |
| 29 | And the MP who represents Aylesbury businessman , Alan Pond , says he can see the much-heralded green shoots . |
| 30 | ‘ Although Benn does n't seem to want to fight me , surely he can see the commercial sense in what I am planning . |