Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] that he " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the only letter which survives written by William Springett , one can only conclude that he was a rather unpleasant man . |
| 2 | After these two letters , we hear no more of Osbern , and we can only conclude that he died soon after Anselm 's consecration . |
| 3 | One can only suppose that he preferred an effective ruler , however unpleasant , to an ineffective one , however much recommended by his personal qualities . |
| 4 | I can only suggest that he considers Inductive Hearing with one small microphone and an amplifier . |
| 5 | Not for the benefit of others , he never does anything for the benefit of others , one can only feel that he sees some advantage in releasing these British people . |
| 6 | Here , I can only think that he was saying , ‘ well , we do n't know that there 's the full authority of the city council in this view ’ , but erm I 'm not going to put up a defence , I just think that what we do is basically stress from yourself and from the chief officer that we do want this file known . |
| 7 | Well , it did go erm but Tony Mould who in actual fact is the promoter at erm Wolverhampton with Chris van Stratten , has gone into Longeaton. erm So we can only hope that he can do the job and keep them there . |
| 8 | That can only mean that he found it , on the balance of probabilities , to have had a causative effect . |
| 9 | In reply to BS Berlyn 's letter in the December issue of Credit Management where he complain about a creditor 's inability to enforce judgment against its debtor when a winding-up petition has been presented against that debtor , I can only say that he is ignoring one of the fundamental concepts of English insolvency law , that all creditors should be treated equally when their debtor becomes insolvent . |
| 10 | ‘ I can only say that he was a very clever man . |
| 11 | As for Vivian ( Lord ) Bowden I can only report that he once offered me a job in what was to become UMIST and was particularly accommodating when I asked for time to think about it . |
| 12 | In other words , if a shopkeeper can not show that he took every reasonable step to satisfy himself about the age of the person buying cigarettes or any other tobacco product , he has committed an offence . |
| 13 | He is all the better as a witness , since one can not doubt that he genuinely sought instruction . |
| 14 | He can not accept that he was created by God because this would prove that his power lies in his enemy 's hands and it would be ludicrous to revolt for he would ultimately be revolting against himself . |
| 15 | I am sorry for the poor girl if her bridegroom chooses to behave as he did tonight , and , knowing him well , I can not imagine that he will be any better behaved when he is married to her than he was before . ’ |
| 16 | The learner can not argue that he was being correctly supervised by someone standing on the footpath or in radio contact with him etc . |
| 17 | If amendment ( a ) is not carried , the Minister can not say that he has brought forward the new clause as a concession to the Opposition . |
| 18 | He can not understand that he is waiting only a matter of moments before his desire will be satisfied . |
| 19 | In the provinces of the empire , however , there was no choice of magistrates : the provincial governor ( or a deputy appointed by him ) heard all cases , whether they were based on the civil law or not ; and we can hardly expect that he switched from one procedure to another according to which kind of case he was hearing . |
| 20 | He was regarded on both sides of the House not only as charming , but as very honest and courageous , and I think that we can genuinely say that he had friendships on both sides . |
| 21 | Mr Heseltine can reasonably say that he has done what the political reality required of him . |
| 22 | I can also reveal that he is forever scratching his head and his backside ( must be all that sand and dried salt ) , and builds some mean sand castles . |
| 23 | To this latter suggestion , the homosexual can simply reply that he wants his relationship to be a marriage and nothing short of this , and can see no reason to justify the denial of his request . |
| 24 | I can well believe that he has always been in favour of a social charter in Europe , but he has never before asked us to be in Europe enjoying its disadvantages . |
| 25 | Even if the defendant himself can plausibly say that he did not intend to use violence , it is sufficient if he uses the language or behaviour in a situation where the addressee is likely to believe that violence will be used against him either by the speaker or by other persons . |
| 26 | If the defendant can plausibly assert that he is sufficiently without perception even when he is sober , he must be acquitted . |
| 27 | ‘ I can quite understand that he would say that . ’ |
| 28 | We , if you comes and gives evidence against us , then we can either show that he 's incorrect in a substantive way , or we can attack his credibility . |
| 29 | One can therefore presume that he was not looking at the landscape as scenery but as habitat . |