Example sentences of "can [vb infin] to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that this debate will be about the valuable contribution that Britain can make to the European community , rather than a sterile argument about whether the king 's prerogatives will be taken over by the Government and given away in the face of the people . |
| 2 | On that basis , we have asked the Health and Safety Executive and the Health and Safety Commission to consider what contribution they can make to the overall citizens charter initiative to ensure that companies or individuals — whichever are concerned — have the same rights with regard to those organisations as they have with regard to other government and quasi-governmental bodies . |
| 3 | However , KPMG Head of Corporate Recovery Tim Hayward cautioned : ‘ Too much should not be read into one quarter 's figures , particularly given the distortion that holidays can make to the third quarter . |
| 4 | Its principal aim is to address the contribution social anthropology can make to the public understanding of the impact of new reproductive technologies on the perception and definition of kin relationships . |
| 5 | Whether they do depends on how easily they can adapt to the relentless street cred , visual gimmickry and ubiquitous dance rhythms generally essential to the Street-Porter school of programme-making . |
| 6 | I repeat , however , my conviction that primary teachers can adapt to the new legislation without abandoning the good practice which they know is right for children . |
| 7 | This enables schools to build up a flexible resource which teachers can adapt to the varying needs of classes . |
| 8 | They will be monitored to ensure that they can adapt to the local climate . |
| 9 | And you can upgrade to the full-blown version through Delrina. ***** |
| 10 | ( You can upgrade to the full version for £79 , but I 'd go for WinFax Pro 3 for another £20 . ) |
| 11 | With some , it 's along the lines of ‘ if you want the latest version , go out and buy it ! ’ , with others , it 's ‘ if you 're a registered user of the product , you can upgrade to the latest release for the cost of the disks , or even download it from our Bulletin Board System . |
| 12 | What the NEA and Frohnmayer 's troubles have made clear is that only leadership , intelligent , proud and committed , can explain to the American people what great art , validated by time and genius , can bring to heal a split society . |
| 13 | I walk upstream ; upstream because I can wade to the other bank if I need to and any disturbance will not carry far against the current . |
| 14 | Congress , any delegate who lives in a university town or who has a son or daughter at college can testify to the special promotions that all banks offer to students . |
| 15 | ‘ They can relate to the light show , ’ says Clint . |
| 16 | To suppose that Europe can retreat to the pre-rigid ERM of the 1980s — to a system that has been tried and tested — is a dangerous illusion . |
| 17 | If overruled there they can appeal to the Central Executive Committee and if overruled there , there 's the appeals tribunal . |
| 18 | Although we too have developed what has been described as the two thirds/one third society , I believe it is well within the capabilities of Labour to develop policies for economic and social progress that can appeal to the contented majority . |
| 19 | and you can speak to the other people , and then you switch back |
| 20 | If it is accepted that successful formative attempts can contribute to the summative assessment , the actual number of formal assessments could be substantially reduced . |
| 21 | Exploiting opportunities for education of people of all ages and in various settings ( home , school and workplace ) is probably the main way in which nurses can contribute to the collective effort to prevent injury and ill-health which is caused by accident , fire , infection and pollution . |
| 22 | A similar process of topic identification can contribute to the present project , by reinforcing the choice of words whose senses contain subject codes that have been identified as being representative of the overall text . |
| 23 | In the previous Section it has been shown that these harmonics can contribute to the mechanical output power , because harmonics of current lead to harmonics of motional voltage — The approach adopted here is to introduce a " torque correction factor " which allows for the harmonic contribution to the pull-out torque . |
| 24 | Purchasers and providers recognise that sharing of information can contribute to the shared aim of improving health care . |
| 25 | There is not enough time to meet even short-term demands for preparation , marking , report-writing , sorting out pupils ' disputes and clearing up heat-of-the-moment misunderstandings with colleagues , let alone to invest in the longer-term necessities of clearing the backlog of paperwork , replying to letters , ordering supplies , planning schemes of work , reorganizing last year 's course , thinking about what your tutor group can contribute to the fourth year assembly , setting up a meeting with the educational psychologist about Jessica , and spending some time with the word processor manual . |
| 26 | Er and you know to really see what kind of erm design , what design can do to the actual living situation . |
| 27 | Through all these means small bodies can bring to the terrestrial planets volatiles in sufficient abundance to match the observations . |
| 28 | Here , we see the state as an ardent suitor , suddenly aware of the rich dowry the multinational can bring to the national economy . |
| 29 | I can confirm to the hon. Gentleman that there have been no serious discussions yet about the location of the European system of central banks . |
| 30 | After climbing to the top of the largest crater , the boat took us to a small bay on Palea Kameni where you can swim to the hot springs and delve into the orange mud of the sea bed , supposedly wonderful for your skin ! |