Example sentences of "[that] he can [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the perfume is rapidly diluted by the air , the male 's antennae are so sensitive that he can detect a female from as far as 5 kilometres away . |
| 2 | Mm yes I told Paul that he can bring a lady up at Christmas-time . |
| 3 | With reference to subsections 5(4) and ( 5 ) the consequence of the buyer being allowed to treat the sale as fraudulent is that he can bring an action for damages and that he can rescind the contract , i.e. refuse to pay or take delivery or , if he has paid , demand the return of the price . |
| 4 | Will my right hon. Friend do all that he can to open a dialogue with representatives of landlords and planning authorities so that they can encourage and enable retailers to erect something to protect their property ? |
| 5 | In such uses , therefore , the speaker mentally situates a real event in the field of the merely possible so that he can express a judgement , not on the reality of the happening , but on the appropriateness of its occurrence ( p. 219 ) : judging whether something real is appropriate for existence or not involves imagining what things would be like without its existence , and so leads to taking a mental position before its existence where both existence and non-existence are seen as possible . |
| 6 | Agnew knows that he has to prove to manager Kenny Dalglish not only that he can make a comeback but also that he can do his stuff at the highest level . |
| 7 | If the Conservatives are the largest single party , should he hang on as Prime Minister in the hope that he can do a deal with another party ? |
| 8 | ‘ He needs to get fit and to improve his sharpness but it 's up to him to show that he can do a job for us , ’ said Flynn . |
| 9 | Joyce 's material supposedly unfolds in the dreaming mind of a Dublin publican ; the story O'Brien 's narrator tells concerns a publican who operates his imagination altogether more systematically , locking up his fictional characters ‘ so that he can keep an eye on them and see that there is no boozing ’ ( O'Brien 1939 and 1975 : 35 ) . |
| 10 | He tries to confine his searching to the area around the nest , presumably so that he can keep an eye on his partner . |
| 11 | The mass producer ( who may be production , quality or sales orientated ) may attempt to supply all , or a substantial part of this total demand , and in so doing may consider that he can obtain a price , volume or distribution advantage relative to smaller scale producers . |
| 12 | Perhaps he really believes that he can win a war in the Gulf . |
| 13 | You should then practise with the bowman so that he can get a feel for distance . |
| 14 | What makes Ross Perot think that he can get a handle on the US budget deficit that has defeated the last two administrations ? |
| 15 | POLICE in the Castlemilk area of Glasgow yesterday appealed for a taxi driver to contact them , in the hope that he can provide a clue to the murder of 66-year-old Daniel Currie at the weekend . |
| 16 | PRINCE Michael of Kent has got a Heavy Goods Vehicle licence — so that he can drive a horse transporter to hunts for his wife . |