Example sentences of "he or [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no more he or anyone could do . |
| 2 | All he or she could remove from the account would be his or her commission and expenses . |
| 3 | Lack of labour was often tied up with one member of the family being restricted in what he or she could physically do around the farm . |
| 4 | A citizen could be arrested without a warrant under the Deer Act 1963 , the Town Gardens Protection Act 1863 , or the Public Stores Act 1875 for ‘ obliterating marks denoting that property in stores is HM property ’ , but he or she could not be directly apprehended for an indecent assault on a woman . |
| 5 | He or she could not be expected to emerge simply as the result of exposure to the properly approved values , though such exposure was crucial , hence the importance of suitable club workers , in particular those with a public-school background . |
| 6 | If you return to a ‘ young ’ industry such as catering , retail or banking , he or she could be young enough to be your own child ! |
| 7 | To them Jesus is someone with special powers , almost like a hypnotist , who could place inside a person the belief that he or she could be healed and therefore show faith . |
| 8 | Between close kin it was possible for the exchanges to be one-way over a longer term , one person a net ‘ giver ’ at a particular point in time because of a reasonable confidence that he or she could be a net ‘ receiver ’ at a later stage . |
| 9 | Should the patient cease to accept treatment voluntarily and reject supervision , resulting in deterioration of his mental state , he or she could be recalled to hospital . |
| 10 | None the less the sheer ability and enthusiasm of the first generation established the value of the MRO and the important contribution he or she could bring to teachers and schools , both primary and secondary . |
| 11 | There would therefore be no chance of a person claiming part of the value of their benefits , knowing that , at a later stage , he or she could have the difference made up from means-tested assistance . |
| 12 | Clearly , an arbitrageur will be concerned with the prices at which he or she could trade now , rather than with historic prices . |
| 13 | Indeed , it would damage that person 's recovery if he or she could be " fixed " ; the recovery would be insecure and might be based upon the fragile integrity and perception of one counsellor . |
| 14 | I now call the mover of motion three six nine , standing charges to be moved by the Lancashire region and if there is a seconder , if he or she could come down . |
| 15 | And if there is a seconder , if he or she could come down please . |
| 16 | On gaining this award , he or she could go on to the National Certificate ( level I ) . |
| 17 | In the vital years before a child was apprenticed he or she could be captured from the streets , confirmed in God-fearing ways and inoculated against those habits of sloth , debauchery and irreligion which propelled so many of the lower orders to crime , prostitution and heathenism . |
| 18 | or he or she could start with a Viking place name or a reference to a Viking raid in their own area . |