Example sentences of "can [verb] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However as the open society is one which confronts its citizens with choices , it would be helpful in an age which emphasises skills to spell out to target groups the " skills contribution " which effective history teaching can make to education for citizenship . |
| 2 | Belching cows , paddy fields , melting permafrost , leaking natural gas pipelines — all can contribute to methane as greenhouse gas . |
| 3 | There 's only so much you can do to jazz up articles on the efficacy of heart tapping in achieving full blood drainage . |
| 4 | The bulk of our students require computer training which they can use to advantage at interview or in post with an accounting firm , commercial venture , publishing house , or wherever else they end up . |
| 5 | His starting point can be anything from a scale drawing prepared by a draughtsman to a crude sketch , but as long as the room dimensions are correct Andrew can set to work in the Sheffield studio . |
| 6 | We can aspire to excellence in the arts , broadcasting and sport . |
| 7 | If you have a break in employment for two complete consecutive tax years , for whatever reason , you must pay full-rate contributions when you return to work : so , if you leave employment in March 1988 , you can return to work at any time up to 5th April 1990 and still pay the reduced rate ; but if you wait longer than that , you will have to pay the full rate . |
| 8 | The children can walk to school without crossing a road anywhere . |
| 9 | Although this can lead to frustration for car drivers — especially in the summer when large queues build up — it helps limit the environmental damage to this very special area . |
| 10 | And if you build a reputation as such by making internal presentations this can lead to promotion to a position where you become an ambassador , making external ones to clients , customers and new business . |
| 11 | However , none of these secondary functions of business can lead to success by themselves . |
| 12 | Many observers from national radio societies were attached to official delegations and , according to the W5Y1 Report , more than 100 radio amateurs from about 40 countries were among the delegates , clearly demonstrating how an early interest in amateur radio can lead to success in a telecommunications career . |
| 13 | Such pressures can lead to lack of environmental awareness or at least an understandable questioning of whether spending time or money or both on improving classroom ecology justifies the effort involved . |
| 14 | They can lead to lack of clarity about who does what , fail the local loyalty test , are less efficient at making decisions . |
| 15 | Provision of 52-week accommodation but not necessarily the additional focus on care , or a series of different short-term holiday placements , can lead to fragmentation of the children 's lives and inadequate preparation for the adult world . |
| 16 | How does he square the Government 's commitment to allow public service managers the right to manage with compelling them to opt for competitive tendering in circumstances where , he will accept , that can be costly to prepare and can lead to inflexibility in meeting changing circumstances ? |
| 17 | They are among 214 families worldwide whose medical history has been analysed to narrow the hunt for the gene , which can lead to cancer among women in their 30s and 40s . |
| 18 | Water is extracted for drinking purposes from many of our lowland rivers , and high nitrate levels in drinking-water can lead to illness in bottle-fed babies . |
| 19 | The velocity gradient can lead to generation of turbulence in the usual way through the action of inertia forces ( Section 19.3 ) . |
| 20 | Where the licensee holds a residential or restaurant licence it can lead to disqualification of the licensee . |
| 21 | Penetrative sex without a condom between men and women or men and men can lead to transmission of HIV . |
| 22 | In the most complicated animals , social life can lead to transmission of skills by copying . |
| 23 | This can lead to confusion at times . |
| 24 | This can lead to confusion at times . |
| 25 | This can lead to confusion at times . |
| 26 | Chronic illnesses such as epilepsy can cause adult sufferers to become dependent upon family members , which can lead to confusion about individual family roles : children may have to take on adult responsibilities , denying their right to be a child , and this can result in major adjustment and behavioural problems as they grow older . |
| 27 | Application of an electric field to a polymer can lead to polarization of the sample , which is a surface effect , but if the polymer contains groups that can act as permanent dipoles then the applied field will cause them to align in the direction of the field . |
| 28 | On the basis of these findings a model can be suggested to explain how noxious stimulation can lead to induction of c -fos and give rise to the neurophysiological and behavioural changes seen in pain states . |
| 29 | The exception is when a new type of national resource , such as North Sea oil , is discovered when , if it is subject to a tax or royalty , can lead to distribution to the general public . |
| 30 | It can lead to cirrhosis of the liver , hypocalcaemia ( a deficiency of calcium in the blood ) leading to osteoporosis , cardiomyopathy ( a chronic disorder of the heart muscle ) , and many other disorders . |