Example sentences of "[noun] can [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conflicting interpretations compete for plausibility , and neither side can prove to the other its irrefutable correctness . |
| 2 | It is not just a historic document of immense important , it is a fascinating insight into what a really great pianist can do to the music we all know so well . |
| 3 | Some schools may come to consider that the hard sell offers the only feasible way of gaining a firm position in the ‘ market-place ’ , because it would be naïve to hold to the unrealistic idea that most schools can respond to the new spirit of competition by quickly raising standards to improve their school 's popularity . |
| 4 | It is accepted procedure that an imprisoned contemnor can apply to the first instance court to purge his contempt and be released from prison . |
| 5 | These include compaction , cementation , mineral replacement and dissolution of pre-existing phases , and their study can lead to the construction of a diagenetic history of the sediment . |
| 6 | At last the respectable citizen can take to the streets and get himself home . ’ |
| 7 | This condition can relate to the value of the properties carried by the events and to the number of occurrences of the events . |
| 8 | So , while we have no doubt that prison secrecy should be dispelled , it seems as if ( paradoxically ) both secrecy and openness can contribute to the crisis — as long as there are secrets to hide . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | However , the danger with relying upon such a model is that the necessity to summarize and simplify the more relevant economic relationships can lead to the omission or misrepresentation of some important features . |
| 11 | His Etonian vowels give him a peculiar aural resemblance to Brian Johnston of Test Match Special ( imagine Johnners talking about what an axe can do to the flesh and you will have some idea of just how disorienting this is ) . |
| 12 | A similar effect can lead to the summits of mountains in orogenic belts increasing in elevation as the incision of deep valleys between peaks causes unloading of the crust . |
| 13 | you , no they 're not putting their coats on , they 've gone to the toilet , Richard can go to the toilet by himself actually ca n't he ? he 's a clever boy is n't he ? can you get your coat for me ? , you get your coat now , I 'll put it on for you I hope you have n't broken that , have you ? , pick it up , carefully give it to me look |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Often the same or a similar fault can occur to the same aircraft a number of sectors later . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Hall describes how indicators of geoscience research can lead to the creation of an index which can be used to gauge the rate , level of development , and impact , of a particular field . |
| 18 | Teachers looking for funding to support their research can apply to the Scottish Office Education Department for a grant under its sponsored research programme . |
| 19 | On the other hand , flexibility can operate to the disadvantage of these pupils if inappropriate compassion on the part of teachers leads to a lowering of expectations , and consequently of standards , for the individual child . |
| 20 | Many arrive full of goodwill and good intentions , but fail to perceive the often unanticipated consequences of their arrival on the lives of the local inhabitants , and even an oversensitivity of the need to spread goodwill around the village can appear to the locals to be both patronizing and unnecessary . |
| 21 | In fact , paragraph 6 of the Schedule does provide that a defendant charged under the Act can apply to the Crown Court at any time after the notice of transfer has been served , and the judge must dismiss the charge unless satisfied that there is sufficient evidential basis for a conviction . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 24 | The complexities of the law can add to the amount of time taken to resolve a case . |
| 25 | A disclosure can lead to the older person being further disadvantaged . |
| 26 | If they still do not pay , the council can apply to the magistrates court for a summons to be served . |
| 27 | Over narrow spectral ranges , many flash-generation/laser-detection experiments may be devised and carried out , and the use of electric-field tuning ( Stark effect ) , magnetic-field tuning ( Zeeman effect ) and double-resonance effects can lead to the identification and precise measurement of many vibration-rotation lines of short-lived species . |
| 28 | Despite this criticism , pluralists can point to the fact that the share of military expenditure as a percentage of GDP has not constantly risen since 1945 — there were definite downturns after Korea and Vietnam . |
| 29 | The relief that chamomilla can bring to the parents , to say nothing of the baby , after a succession of sleepless nights and frantic days has encouraged a number of medical practitioners to look further into this system of therapeutics . |
| 30 | Occasionally the public relations executive of an organisation is also that organisation 's spokesman but , except for promotional and marketing campaigns where the PRO is indeed the expert in the area , the provision of an obvious intermediary can lead to the viewer seeing him as a buffer for those who might more usefully have appeared . |