Example sentences of "he can [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The believer can be misled about the nature of service , and because these roles are very limited , he can easily become a spectator . |
| 2 | He can also make a point of talking to Mr Yeltsin and other republican leaders to offer them moral support . |
| 3 | ‘ If anyone is in any doubt he can just knock the ball back for Chris to clear . ’ |
| 4 | I saw him play last week against Sunderland reserves , he had another magnificent game , his passing was absolutely immaculate — got a good goal , hit a great volley that for another goal ; he can just pass the ball , and I think that 's what we 've lacked a little bit of , er a bit of guard sometimes for our midfield . |
| 5 | He can even recite a prayer in the language of the Sioux , albeit with a Wiltshire accent . |
| 6 | Before he can even accept the lease , he is required to put the place into good repair , which may cost him another £30,000 . |
| 7 | The capital cost of the repairs which the tenant must pay before he can even have the lease is £10,000 . |
| 8 | Stan Wood is the man and he can already claim a place of honour amongst the great fossil hunters of the world . |
| 9 | He can already foresee the day when sales begin to fall and he wants the group to readjust their stringent stance , mainly for their own survival . |
| 10 | But if all the items belong to one person or company , as is often the case , then the auctioneer may feel he can reasonably make an exchange without betraying his client 's interests . |
| 11 | The patient who can stand and balance can work standing up , so he can probably tackle every job in the garden , from digging and weeding to mowing the lawn . |
| 12 | John Major wants to take credit for the recovery without owning up to earlier mistakes — which means he can neither praise the ERM nor bury it . |
| 13 | They see an Oscar winner , People magazine 's candidate for the ‘ sexiest man alive ’ , a superstar so full of years and authority that he can credibly play the father of Indiana Jones . |
| 14 | But if man is vulnerable to impulses which send him spiralling down into darkness , that very vulnerability is the means by which he can existentially know the strength whereby it can be healed and stabilised . |
| 15 | During the subsequent flight , the computer puts out a series of warning signals which tell the pilot when he can make noise , and when he can safely cut the engine power . |
| 16 | The writer Michael Viney left Dublin 13 years ago to live a life of peace and self-sufficiency in a remote house , from whose windows he can now glimpse the drilling rig ( see Scenes from a Provincial Life , page 53 ) . |
| 17 | My plan will give joy to some and satisfaction to many : satisfaction to Prince Richard because he can now join the king his brother , to Cardinal Bourchier because his mission has been successfully accomplished , and to the protector because he will have his nephews where he wants them — wherever that may be ! |
| 18 | But his turning up at such an occasion may be an explicit act of communication — a way of saying without words that he can now resist the blandishments of the bar and that his friends and colleagues are to regard him as a reformed character . |
| 19 | A dissatisfied party may want to establish that the reference was made to an expert so that he can then sue the individual , or that the reference was made to an arbitrator so that he can appeal against the award : or again there may be differences in rights of enforcement prompting the claim that an arbitration was a reference to an expert , or vice versa . |
| 20 | He can then arm an arsenal of microorganisms with an inherited lust for a variety of dioxin compounds . |
| 21 | The head of an agency can not typically ensure that his subordinates behave in a way that is exactly specified ; he can only design a policy to which they respond , and his perception of their response shapes the design . |
| 22 | Oh yes they are they 're nice presents and erm she said she is is sort of in charge of his suits and he can only wear a suit she takes a suit to the cleaners every three weeks . |
| 23 | If you say so sir , the only thing I can suggest is that fact that er that the noise the door opener was making and the fact I opened the door very shortly afterwards , he can only assume the door opener worked . |
| 24 | If the referee has any doubt as to whether or not a try would have been scored he can only award a penalty , exactly the decision in the final . |
| 25 | The accomplice becomes an enemy , and in due course a victim , at which point he can only salute the irony of his being executed on All Souls , Day : ‘ This is the day wherein I wished to fall/By the false faith of him whom most I trusted ’ ( V.i . |
| 26 | He can only highlight the atmosphere supporting the plot , especially those circumstances where he has to portray differences between classes and thus general behaviour , idiosyncrasies , etc. , for example the contrast that must be made between the dances for all and sundry in the town square and those for the aristocrats in the ballroom of Romeo and Juliet . |
| 27 | … Now , in this case , it was agreed , that the defendant should quit at Candlemas ; and though the agreement is void as to the number of years for which the defendant was to hold , if the lessor chooses to determine the tenancy before the expiration of the seven years , he can only put an end to it at Candlemas . |
| 28 | So he can only scan the pages of the TV Times to see what he 's missing . |
| 29 | he can only have a siesta |
| 30 | One of the most famous sportsmen in the world , Muhammad Ali , is proving that he can still pull the crowds . |