Example sentences of "he can be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he can be sloppy about detail . |
| 2 | If , by any chance , you have a way of passing on messages to Frank ( via the supporters club maybe ) — Im sure all of us wish him the best … and hope to see him back here at Leeds in a few years so he can be 1st choice . |
| 3 | The Profitboss believes that he can be successful . |
| 4 | ‘ At times he can be shy and perhaps … ’ |
| 5 | Even though he does not intend to insult , or is not seeking to insult , he can be guilty of the offence if he is aware that his conduct is or might be insulting . |
| 6 | ‘ He can be serious . |
| 7 | ‘ David is keen to put himself in the shop window before the end of the season so he can be involved in a new club with their pre-season preparations , ’ said Town 's general manager Alan Smith . |
| 8 | A life prisoner can not be certain that he ever will be released on licence , but he can be certain that he will be considered for release , at latest 17 years after his sentence and periodically thereafter . |
| 9 | He can be certain that that will not happen . |
| 10 | Mr Gates would be happy to get his financial information from the quarterly report to shareholders — so long as he can be confident that the news will be as consistently good as it has been during Mr Shirley 's seven years in charge . |
| 11 | The line being spoken is always in the same spot , so that if he turns his head from a familiar sentence he can be confident that he will be able to pick up again where he left off . |
| 12 | Dear Lord , he can be stupid , thought Scarlet , as she saw Camille about to respond with the surprised gratification of a matador to whom the bull has blindly turned his flank . |
| 13 | In the office , he can be such a hard taskmaster that his closest aide , Gabriella Forte , describes his attitude before each new collection as a ‘ rape of the staff ’ . |
| 14 | His logic seems to be that if he does n't give you any money , he can be sure you 're staying with him because you love him , and not because of his earning power . |
| 15 | One of his goals will be to map the optical quality of the ice so that he can be sure that light from neutrino reactions will indeed reach the detectors . |
| 16 | Wherever 007 goes , he can be sure of encountering megalomaniacs set on world domination . |
| 17 | So he can be sure it 's us . ’ |
| 18 | The buyer , on the other hand , wishes to put off acceptance as long as possible , so that he can be sure the goods are totally satisfactory to him before he gives up the opportunity of rejecting them . |
| 19 | He can be uncomfortable , even distressed if the world is too bare or temporarily unpeopled . |
| 20 | ‘ He can be impossible to bowl against . |
| 21 | It is important to identify the settlor because if he or his spouse has retained a benefit or interest under the settlement or can benefit under the settlement he can be taxable upon the trust income . |
| 22 | When he 's cheerful his tongue runs away with him , and when he 's depressed he can be unkind . |
| 23 | He can be troublesome ca n't he ? |
| 24 | Second , nice Mr Major must show he can be nasty . |
| 25 | ‘ He can be violent , I admit , ’ Mr Browning said , ‘ but he is not himself when he launches into these diatribes and you must remember that , Wilson . ’ |
| 26 | For a man , this does not seem to be so much of a problem ; he can be one of a squadron of marching , identically dressed soldiers , or one of a thousand employees in a firm , and still know that he is special and unique . |
| 27 | ‘ And it 's now made Jamie even more convinced that he can be one of the best . |
| 28 | ‘ When he 's nice he can be that way , ’ Mona looked up gravely from her school work . |
| 29 | In less serious music and the 20th-century repertory he can be heavy-handed . |
| 30 | What I mean is … well , he 's strong , and he can be funny . ’ |