Example sentences of "can [verb] [adj] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thanks to rapid advances in recombinant DNA technology , we now have a range of sophisticated vectors that can deliver genetic information to cells in vivo . |
| 2 | Twelve Fridays are set aside in each session for the passage of such bills although the Government can give extra time to measures it supports to ensure success . |
| 3 | Through the information and insights which it can provide in these areas , linguistics can give important help to teachers in formulating appropriate teaching methods . |
| 4 | In other words , local knowledge can contribute essential strength to decisions , but it requires a different management style , and a surrender of older ideas about hierarchy and status if it is to function properly . |
| 5 | Loving rebellious children unselfishly can bring great suffering to parents . |
| 6 | It was concluded that low cost tools have limitations but can provide useful experience to system builders that allows for the critical selection of more advanced software . |
| 7 | An organisation called SPOD ( Sexual Problems of Disability ) is a charity which can provide direct service to people with disability and/or their partner who are having sexual or relationship problems . |
| 8 | These technologies carry their own intrinsic scales which are not human yet can render unprecedented service to mankind . |
| 9 | The distribution of television signals by satellite means that we can have easy access to programmes from other countries in other languages . |
| 10 | The importance of such developments will be clear : planning for resource-based learning is a taxing and time-consuming activity for teachers , but if the work can be shared , if the expertise and creativity of colleagues can be made easily available , and if the teacher can have ready access to advice , guidance and encouragement , an important contribution has been made and some of the burden shifted . |
| 11 | Several can offer overnight accommodation to pilots socked-inn by weather . |
| 12 | First we can offer direct support to businesses in the form of loans , loan guarantees or grants , depending on the needs of the firms . |
| 13 | Strident in tone , punitive in outlook , and personalizing issues in ways that can cause great distress to individuals , the tabloids are the stocks of the modern age . |
| 14 | In many countries where the climate is hot , salt in the ground and in groundwater can cause serious damage to road surfaces . |
| 15 | Offensive odours which emanate from domestic or industrial premises can cause serious annoyance to persons in the locality , and inevitably give rise to public concern , spreading as they do in some cases over a wide area . |
| 16 | Defoliating caterpillars can cause severe damage to oak trees — indeed , trees sometimes have to put out a new set of leaves later in the summer . |
| 17 | Since seals , dolphins and porpoises can cause severe damage to fishermen 's nets in addition to scaring away the fish , the fishing industry have recently taken to playing underwater recordings of the Killer whale near salmon and pilchard nets to keep away such marauders . |