Example sentences of "can [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So can the spread of knowledge about the behaviour patterns associated with fitness in old age which has resulted from epidemiological research . |
| 2 | If fast breeders proliferate how can the spread of plutonium to countries which would have no scruples about making their own nuclear weapons be checked ? |
| 3 | How can the spread of AIDS be reduced among sufferers addicted to the use of intravenous drugs ? |
| 4 | iii ) What additional effects will prove to be important in the statistical modelling of corporate financial data and how best can the size of companies and the sector of operations be accounted for ? |
| 5 | Can the River of Grass flow again ? |
| 6 | CAN the Princess of Wales remain the big fashion and social icon of 1993 ? |
| 7 | Only then can the battle for compensation begin . |
| 8 | How can the behaviour of NBFIs cause changes in the stock of money ? |
| 9 | Or again , can the bias against left-handedness be explained apart from the fact that most people are right-handed ? |
| 10 | How can the element of chance be reduced even further ? |
| 11 | ‘ Can the Secretary of State answer the question which has remained unanswered since this dispute began and remains unanswered . |
| 12 | Can the Secretary of State explain why the words ’ patient choice ’ do not appear in his patients charter ? |
| 13 | How can the Secretary of State reconcile that experience , which is being replicated all over the country , with the experience of Mr. Watson ? |
| 14 | How can the Secretary of State conceivably claim that Her Majesty 's inspectorate is to be strengthened when its numbers are to be cut by two thirds and it is to be subject to clear and specific direction from the Secretary of State ? |
| 15 | If district councils in Northern Ireland are to have a meaningful role in promoting tourism and job creation within their areas , can the Secretary of State give us an assurance that he will ask the planners to deal more sympathetically with applications that have district council approval for facilities to cater for the tourists who are coming now and the many more that we expect in the future ? |
| 16 | Can the Secretary of State tell us the real social cost to our country of the devastation of our manufacturing industry and our economy ? |
| 17 | Although both the successful conclusion of the GATT negotiations and the temporary extension of the multi-fibre arrangement are welcome , can the Secretary of State assure us that there will be some mechanism to control the expansion of imports of textiles and footwear into this country after the MFA finishes ? |
| 18 | Can the Secretary of State point to any year in the past 10 in which the September in-patient waiting list figures have not been higher than for every year under Labour ? |
| 19 | How can the Secretary of State for the Environment be environmentally benign when he is introducing the Heseltax , as it is known in Wolverhampton , and disastrous standard spending assessment being inflicted on Wolverhampton ? |
| 20 | Can the Secretary of State confirm that , notwithstanding the encouraging programme that he has just reported , Nuclear Electric 's directors could not continue to pay the £1 million per day that it costs to continue the Sizewell B construction project if they were not covered by a letter of comfort from the Treasury , without which the company would be technically insolvent ? |
| 21 | Can the Secretary of State offer any advice to the daughter of a constituent of mine who has recently become an unemployment statistic ? |
| 22 | Can the Secretary of State say how many working days have been lost through unemployment in the north-east ? |
| 23 | On the subject of making up his mind or the minds of parties in Scotland , can the Secretary of State say whether the Conservative candidate in Kincardine and Deeside supports that aspect of Conservative party policy ? |
| 24 | Can the Secretary of State tell me how local authorities will do what he describes ? |
| 25 | Can the Secretary of State tell us something about the effect of the council tax on the agricultural community ? |
| 26 | How on earth can the Secretary of State justify his disgraceful decisions , particularly on the Royal Scottish National hospital in my constituency , where the application for trust status was opposed by virtually the entire community , the patients ' relatives association and 96 per cent . |
| 27 | Without going into matters which might be the subject of the inquiry , can the Secretary of State confirm , first , that there have been recurrent problems with the signalling at either end of the line , as a result of the damp ; and , secondly , the system in case of an emergency and a red light was for the relevant engine drivers physically to get out of the cab and use a telephone near the tunnel ? |
| 28 | Can the Secretary of State tell us , three years after Clapham , what the total cost is of implementing the Hidden recommendations to make our system safer ? |
| 29 | Can the Secretary of State therefore confirm , as he did in part today , that the Government will meet that expectation ? |
| 30 | Can the Secretary of State give the fabrication start date , an important issue for the progress of work for the yard and for the timetabling of entry into service ? |