Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [verb] [noun] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 The book also shows how sensitive preparations and aftercare can help ministers overcome some of the difficulties of a funeral .
2 Education can equip people to fill these positions , but it does not control the expansion or contraction of the job market .
3 Such awareness of writing in any form can help pupils to understand some of the functions of written language and should be used to promote their understanding of the functions of the English writing system . ( iv ) Pupils should see adults writing .
4 Linguistics can help teachers to analyse those kinds of speech situations which might exclude some children from the learning process e.g. because the children are not familiar with the variety of language which is used .
5 Although it is true that some fathers are involved with their children for seconds in a day rather than hours or even minutes , their presence can encourage confidence to make those expeditions and explorations which are vital to the process of child development .
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