Example sentences of "but he can [vb infin] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baydon Star 's Ascot victim Cadency could do with a stronger gallop than at Huntingdon last time to help him settle , but he can justify the journey from Newmarket for the Scottish Power Handicap Hurdle . |
| 2 | Davies , though a useful club cricketer , could hardly be compared with Fry , but he can boast an achievement that eluded arguably the greatest of all-round English sportsmen . |
| 3 | Robinson Crusoe on a desert island may experience good luck or bad luck ; but he can have no rights . |
| 4 | He can not forbid the Common Law Courts to try an action ; but he can forbid a man to bring it , or to go on with it , or to take advantage of the judgement which he has got , and can put him in prison if he does not obey . |
| 5 | The visionary can see not only utopias but he can find a goal that reconciles difference and towards which all men can strive and work . |