Example sentences of "[noun] he can [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no ‘ correct ’ way for a librarian to calculate the desirable size of his bookfund , but taking into account published standards plus a variety of factors which affect the use and condition of his stock he can devise a semi-scientific approach . |
| 2 | Further , if the recipient does not wish to wait six months he can serve a notice on the sender in which case , if the sender does not come within one month to collect them , they then become an unconditional gift . |
| 3 | He 's got great feet he can pass the ball superbly and he he sees things he spreads the play . |
| 4 | Through the living-room window he can see a playpen , and a child 's pot standing on the table . |
| 5 | Here at his home track in Herefordshire he can ride the hills and slide the turns . |
| 6 | Returning to academia he can recall the spatial remove as being ‘ out there in the field ’ ; so that much of the current anthropology at home may still only be practising in its own backyard , pursuing an exploration of ‘ exotic cultures at home ’ rather than looking into its own front room ( Cheater 1987 : 166 ) . |
| 7 | If the operator is in an aircraft that is flying at a height of 10000 m he can control a Telemine from a range of 500 km . |
| 8 | And if he puts his hand to his forehead he can feel the scars of ridged skin that he was n't born with and it is as if each rippled furrow represents , records each recollective twinge . |
| 9 | Because Proust saw involuntary memory , which after all causes the past to coalesce with the present , he saw involuntary memory as a means of abolishing time , however provisionally , however briefly , and in this way the artist takes on a God-like role , since through his art he can free the individual from time , and to this extent confer immortality on that individual . |
| 10 | By that I mean that he considers schematic ways of making measurements , set up in accord with the rules of the theory , and sees if by any ingenious means he can circumvent a restriction like that imposed by equation [ 2 ] . |
| 11 | The sign on the door tells the visitor he can have a tooth extracted for a trifling sum . |
| 12 | And this attitude is explained by the " sublime metaphysical illusion " peculiar to theoretical man , his " unshakable faith " that by rational thought he can penetrate the depths of existence and even correct existence itself . |
| 13 | And if it ai n't the right size he can take the one that is . |
| 14 | In many cases , as where the persons entitled are not of age , or not yet in existence , or not to be found , an executor or administrator will have to retain the property in his hands for a considerable time , though he may sometimes relieve himself by a payment or transfer into court , and in any case he can obtain the direction of the courts when doubts arise as to the proper course which he should take . |
| 15 | Or he may be planning to sell , in which case he can risk a dinner party without being trapped into intimacy . |
| 16 | The Dent 's have appealed to their local MP in the hope he can reverse the decision . |
| 17 | I mean the one thing that Neil Webb can do , as you say he he 's missed a lot of football he played against our Reserves Thursday night , but the one thing he can do if he get an opportunity he can produce a telling ball . |
| 18 | In this way he can re-experience the feeling of succeeding and may accept that he is capable of that feeling and of having achieved something by his own efforts . |
| 19 | Rollins , the ultimate ugly American , is late for a plane , all the tube trains have stopped running and the only way he can get the London Underground employees to pay him any attention is to scream ‘ THE SMITHS HAVE REFORMED ! ’ |
| 20 | I just love the way he can play a note , just one note . |
| 21 | VS Pritchett 's fan included James Wood of the Guardian , while John Walsh , literary editor of the Sunday Times , plumped for Anthony Burgess ( ‘ I love the way he can use the word ‘ onion ’ three times in one sentence ’ ) . |
| 22 | J. J. has just shown you his one real skill — the way he can judge the mood of an audience and play it like a violin . |
| 23 | By using magic he can order the ghost of any dead person to be his servant for twenty-four hours , and the ghost must obey . ’ |
| 24 | While a person engaged in a particular event can rarely see the whole set of circumstances in clear perspective he can record the minutiae of a situation which might well be lost when the position is looked back on at a later date . |
| 25 | And there are not many boys who would not want to be him , because A he is attractive , B he can write and act , C he can play the drums and D he is a wild boy and rebel . ’ |
| 26 | Mandela is free he 's out of prison he can address the British parliament , the United States congress , the parliaments of the world he addresses the whole world through television when we held those concerts for him at |
| 27 | Mr Powell was never to regain any sizeable base among Conservative MPs but Mr Tebbit , after leaving the Cabinet , has proved again and again that when combining with Mr Michael Heseltine or other factions within the party he can rally a significant number of MPs . |