Example sentences of "can he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In view of the record of Conservative Governments in always putting up VAT and in view of the Prime Minister 's promises on other aspects of policy , how can he pretend that his intention is not to put up VAT ? |
| 2 | How can he love me ? |
| 3 | Can he eat |
| 4 | Has he made the right choices , and can he suggest the current direction of American art with just these three candidates ? |
| 5 | Now , can he ignore society , can he forget the past , and live the rest of his life with her in peace ? ’ |
| 6 | How can he forget his mother ? ’ |
| 7 | The only doubts maybe ( or rather unproven areas ) are in the financial aspects and can he spot talent ? |
| 8 | I need to see Franklin D. When can he fit me in ? ’ |
| 9 | Can he reassure the House that there is no risk of discrimination against women who possess excellent qualities when appointments are made to such positions ? |
| 10 | As he knows that the Syrians spent the money that they received for their support during the Gulf war on sophisticated missiles from North Korea — all of which are pointing towards Israel — can he reassure the House that Britain is not getting involved in that arms process ? |
| 11 | ‘ What can he want ? ’ |
| 12 | The right hon. Gentleman now has figures available that reveal that the A1 in East Lothian is carrying as much traffic as the A74 , so when can he make an announcement about the timetable for dualling the A1 ? |
| 13 | He says that he 's fed up of going round in circles — how can he make a fresh start when he ca n't get a grant for clothing , and so ca n't then tunr up for job interviews ? |
| 14 | But can he make a living from being a lookalike ? |
| 15 | But how can he make money like that ? |
| 16 | How can he avert it ? |
| 17 | But how can he reach it with the collar on ? |
| 18 | Nor can he return home . |
| 19 | Can he compare these facts about the national health service with the fictions put out by the Labour Front Bench ? |
| 20 | Nor , for the same reason , can he succeed upon his broader submission that the publicity now given to these documents has so eroded their privacy that the public interest in their future non-disclosure should be found to have evaporated . |
| 21 | Can he succeed ? |
| 22 | Poor child — he can see them in his mind 's eye , but how can he express them in paint ? |
| 23 | The Profitboss believes that the union problem can be overcome , that attitudes can he made positive , payment systems made equitable , management developed to be competent , personnel departments changed to be constructive . |
| 24 | What can he tell him ? |
| 25 | 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 ? ’ |
| 26 | Can he tell the House how often they have been used ? |
| 27 | Can he tell us how many private operators in Scotland have done so ? |
| 28 | Can he tell us of one chief officer of police in Britain who believes that he has sufficient police officers to perform the duties imposed upon him ? |
| 29 | As the Secretary of State introduced employment action as an emergency programme for the jobless almost six months ago , since when unemployment has risen by several hundred thousand , can he tell us precisely how many people are on employment action ? |
| 30 | Can he tell us whether and how he will be using the new marketing initiative of his Ministry to assist exports in the industry ? |