Example sentences of "can he [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can he compare these facts about the national health service with the fictions put out by the Labour Front Bench ? |
| 2 | Fanny Burney said to Johnson that Shakespeare ‘ could never have seen a Caliban ’ , and Johnson told her that having seen a man Shakespeare knew how to vary one ; ‘ A man who would draw a monstrous cow , must first know what a cow commonly is ; or how can he tell that to give her an ass 's head or an elephant 's tusk will make her monstrous ? ’ |
| 3 | and ask for any help in doing his car do n't go to work or can he borrow this , just say no I 'm sorry you could n't help us and I 'm your sister so now I ca n't |
| 4 | Now that the Secretary of State has issued the timetable for the mergers of the regiments , can he confirm that , in the unlikely event of a Conservative victory , there is no prospect of the Scottish regiments ' future being reviewed ? |
| 5 | ‘ Can he do that , and expect to get away with it ? ’ |
| 6 | Can he do that ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Can he do that ? ’ |
| 8 | How the fuck can he do that ? |
| 9 | ‘ A whole morning , afternoon , night , another day , and now this morning Sister , how can he do this ? ’ |
| 10 | In what ways can he do this and what should we give him to do ? |
| 11 | As Lord Reid put it in Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v Nattrass [ 1972 ] AC 153 at p174 , if a defendant has done all that can reasonably be expected of him , how can he do more ? |
| 12 | How can he assign any motive but an honourable one to such a request ? ’ |
| 13 | Can he explain that contradiction , or is he just a politician running scared of the electorate and trying to be all things to all people ? |
| 14 | gentleman came to this house it seemed to be that he challenged the establishment and many of us welcomes that view it seemed to give a breath of fresh air , but now it seems to me that he 's become entirely institutionalised , can he explain that to the house ? |
| 15 | Can he give any indication about the further funding of phase 2 that will be needed , beyond that £2.5 million ? |
| 16 | Can he give any indication of whether at that meeting he expressed the British Government 's support for the United Nations human rights sub-commission report in relation to the expressions of concern about the violations of human rights in Tibet , and what proposals did he make to help the many thousands who have been refugees from Tibet in the past 30 years ? |
| 17 | Can he give any information as to how arrangements such as job sharing have grown in the civil service to facilitate that desirable outcome ? |
| 18 | Can he give any sign of the time scale that he hopes will be achieved and what impact that would have on the energy ratio that he has just quoted ? |
| 19 | Can he give any idea of what the level of occupational pensions will be by the turn of the century ? |
| 20 | Can he give any assurance about the future of such services in rural areas ? |
| 21 | Although the Minister 's welcome acceptance of my invitation will bring confidence to the people of Southend that their serious problems with the Fenchurch street line are not being ignored , can he give some information soon about the replacement of the rolling stock , following his welcome assurance that we will have a good bit of money for the replacement of the signalling ? |
| 22 | Can he give some information about the way in which the Government can encourage the greater recruitment of traffic wardens up to full complement in police forces and encourage the better use of those wardens so that they make the best possible contribution to the maintenance of traffic flow and the release of police officers for the control of crime ? |
| 23 | Can he give some sort of time scale , given good will on both sides , and when the order may be expected to be placed ? |
| 24 | Can he give some assurances that there will be coherent planning to make sure that there are no vulnerable people er affected in this way , in the transition over to care in the community ? |
| 25 | But his loan capital — his good name — how can he move these ? |
| 26 | We hope the reader will examine proofs of theorems with one question continually in mind , namely " Why can he say that " ? |
| 27 | Can he say that ? ’ |
| 28 | Can he name any other industry in Britain that is twice as efficient as its west German counterpart , but which , nevertheless , is suffering from job losses ? |
| 29 | The ideal needs integrity , however , for a citizen can not treat himself as the author of a collection of laws that are inconsistent in principle , nor can he see that collection as sponsored by any Rousseauian general will . |
| 30 | How can he get all three safely over the river ? |