Example sentences of "[coord] he can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He can , in relation to this or any other issue on the account , direct points of claim and points of defence ; or he can refer the issue to the taxing master . |
| 2 | Or he can remain silent except for nodding , smiling and liking his glass , allowing the bride to speak on their behalf , making due reference to him — my husband has asked me , etc . |
| 3 | This will necessitate a visit to the local newsagent for the papers and you will have to ask your new next door neighbour if she or he can give a note to the milkman for you or contact the local dairy yourself . |
| 4 | You may well know that the other person 's reaction is based on a tiny part of the situation but there is not much you or he can do about it . |
| 5 | A democracy … demands a dissemination of political understanding wide enough to make the people 's will in government an effective thing … the uninformed citizen … can be misled by the easy halftruth and the persuasive slogan ; or he can feel that understanding will always be beyond him and fall into that apathy which leaves everything to authority . |
| 6 | He can get down to the nitty gritty and fight inside or he can stand back and box . |
| 7 | He can sell out his holding at a profit to new investors or he can sit back and await the dividends on the investment . |
| 8 | This leaves the Energy Secretary , Mr John Wakeham , with two options : he can either agree to underwrite any cost escalations in nuclear handling costs after privatisation , or he can swallow his pride , and pull all nuclear plant out of the impending sale . |
| 9 | You might also try to use an edition which your reader can independently get hold of , so that she or he can check what you say . |
| 10 | A grievance results from a member of staff feeling she or he has been treated unfairly ; the governing body must establish a procedure as a means whereby she or he can seek redress . |
| 11 | He can either ‘ retire ’ to less active parts of the ground ( assuming he wishes to continue watching football ) or he can seek acceptance with the Town Boys . |
| 12 | Or he can adopt a clinical approach , hitting out the best line from every tee to give the best angle onto the green , taking note of all the historical precedents and prudently heeding them . |
| 13 | So Mr Baker can either give up , or he can work at weakening Likud . |
| 14 | He can work towards a peace that does not entail Israel leaving the West Bank ; he can force Israel out of the West Bank by applying economic pressure ; he can give up altogether ; or he can try to break that Likud armlock on Israeli politics . |
| 15 | I therefore put it to him that he has really now er a definite choice , he can seek to resist most of these amendments and I have n't a slightest doubt they 'll be put into the Bill er the Bill will be drastically altered thereby er and when it goes back to another place nobody quite knows er wh what will happen to it , or he can use his very considerable powers of conciliation er by taking a little time for further consideration . |
| 16 | Benji can look like a broken-down old cab horse with a real novice on his back or he can look really smart . |
| 17 | it 's either in his imagination or he can see it . |
| 18 | Or he can act if there is public outcry over a sentence . |
| 19 | He can swing a punch , which would give me pleasure , or he can call for help , which will give me warning , or , as he is doing , he can cower against the wall . |
| 20 | MAY RIDE : Gorfang Rotgut may ride a war boar ( +8 points ) , or a monster ( see separate Monster List ) , or he can ride a chariot pulled by either war boars or giant wolves as described in the War Machines section . |
| 21 | In a society that legitimises its forms of truth by appeal to ‘ science ’ and ‘ objectivity ’ , a person 's case will certainly appear stronger if she or he can demonstrate that the other side is ‘ context-bound ’ and limited in their deployment of such logical abilities as ‘ abstraction ’ . |
| 22 | Faced with examples like this , the semanticist has traditionally taken one of two tacks : he can either hold that there are two distinct senses of the word and , which is thus simply ambiguous , or he can claim that the meanings of words are in general vague and protean and are influenced by collocational environments . |
| 23 | Yes , he can continue at that level of a hundred and ninety but he 's obviously going to have to pay more , because he 's only paid for it for ten years , or he can reduce it down to the original amount . |
| 24 | He can ignore it or he can take profit . |
| 25 | Once the man has withdrawn , you or he can roll the condom off the penis ( taking care not to spill the contents ) and dispose of it carefully . |
| 26 | He can do the lot and he can grow up as well , fifteen and he 's be playing at being zombies |
| 27 | Mike is always the first man on the drive , where it really hurts , and he can stay on his feet . |
| 28 | He can serve and volley and he can stay back court . ’ |
| 29 | He 's going to rent an appartement ( I 'm going all French and should have said , a flat ! ) where I can live and he can stay when he 's in England . |
| 30 | If they correspond , then all is well , his concept of the situation is confirmed and he can progress to the next step in the context of his objectives . |