Example sentences of "[noun] to [pron] [pers pn] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Formal signals are often grouped together in an induction programme , and so anxious are we to reduce the total uncertainty to something we can understand that we will swallow the formal induction without even a whimper . |
| 2 | This is shown by the Hellenic prototype , thanks to which we can see that we are now recreating the Hellenic epochs , hut in reverse order , passing from the Alexandrian to the tragic . |
| 3 | Furthermore , there are certain limitations to what we can learn from science because the concept of replication does not obtain in police investigation . |
| 4 | You have a second to whom I can present the note ? ’ |
| 5 | But the degree to which we can control our environment is often determined by others as Morgan goes on to point out : " We all construct or shape our realities but not necessarily under circumstances of our own choosing " ( p. 140 ) . |
| 6 | Technical problems usually revolve around the degree to which we can isolate or manipulate a single target system in a consistent and reliable way ( Bures , Buresova , and Huston 1976 ) . |
| 7 | Going on to a weight-reducing diet that is not adequately balanced may further compromise your feelings of well being and energy , and limit the degree to which you can undertake an increased level of exercise . |
| 8 | It is important to realise early on that the degree to which you can let the computer get on with producing your pages automatically corresponds exactly to the amount of control over those pages that you will be able to exert as a user . |
| 9 | Two centuries later , the Enlightenment returns : but not at all as a way for the West to take cognizance of its present possibilities and of the liberties to which it can have access , but as a way of interrogating it on its limits and on the powers which it has abused . |
| 10 | All our coinage , even our notes , diminish in size in proportion to what you can buy with it . |
| 11 | We have taken steps to draw to the attention of all children who go into a home the fact that there is a telephone number , a contact point and a named officer separate from the home to whom they can complain if they feel the need . |
| 12 | Temporary advisers , especially those with a secure job to which they can return , need not feel a great sense of responsibility . |
| 13 | Even in the first week of June , when potatoes were a foot high and oilseed rape was in glower , snow fell on high ground , and this makes a difference to what you can grow successfully . |
| 14 | If you are unlucky enough to be in a firm where this is not yet done , or if you are self-employed , there are a number of organisations to which you can turn for advice and help . |
| 15 | The conclusion to which we can come is that cannibalism is rare but that , in extremis , it is something to which the human species will resort . |
| 16 | Nor is it quite like a Papal Encyclical , or a biblical prophecy , for sociology has no basic authority of revealed truth to which it can appeal . |
| 17 | It is those who suffer from chronic malnutrition , caused by a poverty to which they can see no end , who are more likely to give evidence of the depressive effects of starvation . |
| 18 | Given information represents the common ground between speaker and hearer and gives the latter a reference point to which s/he can relate new information . |
| 19 | Maidstone now has a ‘ casework officer ’ scheme in which each prisoner has a particular officer on the wing to whom he can relate , as well as the services of the wing Probation Officer . |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps when I get a minute to meself we can have a picnic of our own , ’ he suggested . |
| 21 | Hence it remains necessary to explain in further detail the present legal provisions and to highlight some of the problems to which they can give rise . |
| 22 | ‘ The aggrieved consumer needs an accessible local service to which he can take his troubles and where he will receive a realistic appraisal , a measure of help in presenting his case , or a pointer to the next step . |
| 23 | Children must be heard , and must feel confident that they have an independent person to whom they can complain . |
| 24 | The only person to whom we can give any credence is Manningham ; doubtless any delay in embalming the body was caused by Cecil 's dilemma whether to obey the late Queen 's wishes or not . |
| 25 | Ideally the support of the bereaved should be a team effort , and the choice of captain of that team should be left to the widow herself , for she will need one special person to whom she can turn with confidence in any circumstance . |
| 26 | If you do intend to follow your own programme see whether you can find a ‘ mentor ’ or other suitable person to whom you can go for encouragement and guidance when you need to , rather than attempting to battle it out on your own . |
| 27 | ‘ The money I get for the scrap is paid into the Finance Department , and when the fund has built up to a worthwhile sum I 'll be calling for suggestions for a local charity to whom we can donate the cash . ’ |
| 28 | You can join by contacting the Law Society in London , and from time to time the Law Society arranges national media campaigns and an annual insertion in the local Yellow Pages to which you can subscribe . |
| 29 | Are there not shops or agencies to which you can send off parcels ? |
| 30 | The greater number of small companies you have , Branson reasoned , the greater number of people to whom you can give responsibility ; ‘ encouraging entrepreneurship ’ , as he put it , under the umbrella of Virgin . |