Example sentences of "can [verb] to the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One should therefore be cautious about generalisations which do less than justice to the contribution which friendship can make to the well-being of specific groups of old people . |
| 2 | She needs to unburden , and good listening is not only good therapy , it is probably the most important contribution anyone can make to the happiness of the elderly who live alone . |
| 3 | This is the main contribution that the linguistic sciences can make to the teaching of languages : to provide good descriptions … |
| 4 | The contribution that a good choir , singing or instrumental group can make to the worship of a parish can not be underestimated . |
| 5 | And it 's amazing the difference a few more pounds can make to the quality of a guitar . |
| 6 | Evidence is now emerging that women have been detained in order to be raped and even impregnated , and that political and military leaders knew , but condoned it.One woman who can testify to the existence of rape camps and the suffering of women , is Francoise Hampson , senior lecturer at Essex University and an expert in the law of armed conflict . |
| 7 | The present writer , too , can testify to the fanaticism from discussions at that time with diplomats in London and overseas . |
| 8 | This condition can relate to the value of the properties carried by the events and to the number of occurrences of the events . |
| 9 | After the stories that circulate about Civil Service chicanery , I can attest to the professionalism of my team . |
| 10 | Any applicant who is aggrieved either by a refusal or a condition on a permission can appeal to the Secretary of State who , in effect , considers the whole application afresh . |
| 11 | If a firm considers it will have to spend too much to comply with the statutory requirements it can appeal to the Secretary of State . |
| 12 | If such a claim is made , the Commission may decide that there is no such distinct market ( in which case the member state concerned can appeal to the Court of First Instance ) or it may continue to deal with the merger itself , with particular reference to competition in the market concerned . |
| 13 | If you still feel very strongly that the Council should have given your child a place , you can appeal to the Sheriff against the Appeal Committee 's decision . |
| 14 | I can speak to the driver on it if I want to , ’ he said , smiling . |
| 15 | Mr Chamberlain 's services to the State are infinitely greater than any I have been able to render , but we are both men who are giving all we can give to the service of the State ; we are both men who are , or try to be , actuated by principle in our conduct ; we are men who , I think , have exactly the same views on the political problems of the day ; we are men who I believe — certainly on my side-have esteem and perhaps I may say affection for each other ; but the result of this dynamic force is that we stand here today , he prepared to go into the wilderness if he should be compelled to forsake the Prime Minister , and I prepared to go into the wilderness if I should be compelled to stay with him . |
| 16 | At the same time , criticisms which underlay le français fondamental have been made to illustrate the fact that such vocabulary selection , far from being all that linguists can contribute to the preparation of teaching materials , is still in a stage of development . |
| 17 | A challenge that School Boards are yet to come to terms with fully is how they can contribute to the achievement of the school 's goals . |
| 18 | First , it allows that many kinds of circumstances can contribute to the course of events , and secondly it enables us to understand how these may combine to bring about dramatic and unexpected social changes which Althusser calls ‘ ruptures ’ . |
| 19 | But as seen in the results , powder heterogeneity of the samples can contribute to the variation of replicate measurements beyond these limits . |
| 20 | Each of the previous chapters on market research , sales and market forecasting , consumer behaviour and market segmentation have included practical illustrations of how the principles outlined in these chapters can contribute to the build-up of market intelligence . |
| 21 | With this is mind our Eastern European specialist , Ernest Lee , has travelled extensively throughout the year identifying those area where LCCIEB can contribute to the development of a well qualified workforce . |
| 22 | One area where the school librarian can contribute to the development of new technology in the school is the use of viewdata systems . |
| 23 | According to a MORI poll , the majority of people have not grasped the realities of air pollution nor how they can contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases . |
| 24 | Various studies have been conducted in order to assess the extent to which computer analysis of text can contribute to the generation of a practical classification scheme . |
| 25 | There is no doubt that cytokines can contribute to the pathophysiology of the diseases in some chronic inflammatory states and autoimmune conditions . |
| 26 | Fiscal incentives are directed at any company that can contribute to the growth of the economy , but the EDB is especially interested in export-orientated , hi-tech , high value-added companies and service industries . |
| 27 | We need to provide resources which can contribute to the growth of awareness amongst parents and the wider community about the functioning of the educational system and the importance of the encouragement of home languages , in some cases to offset feelings of inferiority . |
| 28 | If law can contribute to the control of the sort of force which threatens nuclear catastrophe then it is likely to be law seen as a morally authoritative contrivance for securing the overriding objective of human survival . |
| 29 | The Laboratoire de Conservation de la Pierre , now in its tenth year , has organised a series of lectures on how science can contribute to the restoration of works of art . |
| 30 | Katz and Kahn have developed ideas on how leadership can contribute to the functioning of a system . |