Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right way to indicate its nature is , therefore , to give instances where it is present , and to describe its interaction with other parts of the system to which it belongs , in particular when the interaction leads to predictions which can be checked ; simple as the system may be , we shall find that successive interactions can swiftly lead to structures of quite satisfying complexity ( see Appendix B ) . |
| 2 | This can only lead to children growing up without knowing the difference between right and wrong — and ending up in court themselves . |
| 3 | Properly used , it seems to me that quantitative methods can only lead to advances in our subject . |
| 4 | If it is true that meaning reduces to use , then surely all mention of " identity " is inappropriate and can only lead to confusion . |
| 5 | The DTI consider that although the title of the Directive applies to all contracts involving consumers , the recitals and indeed parts of the text , imply that it can only apply to contracts for the supply of goods and services . |
| 6 | The United Kingdom therefore can not argue on the basis of the fact that article 7 can only apply to discrimination between ships if they are of different ‘ nationalities ’ in order to justify differences in treatment between natural or legal persons of different nationalities . |
| 7 | But I am content to rest my conclusion in rejecting it on the simple ground , which closely reflects the reasoning I have already deployed in rejecting the board 's construction of section 18 , that the words in subsection ( 2 ) ‘ an order for payment … to the unassisted party … of the costs incurred by him in the proceedings ’ can only apply to costs incurred by the unassisted party in his capacity as such . |
| 8 | Now , the , there , it appears that there 's a whole variety of phenomena er which suggests that sentence divides up in this way and that can be explained on hypothesis we just call such a division a constituent , and then we stipulate that , as certain operations can only apply to constituents . |
| 9 | Paul Himmelstein , the AIC 's president , says his organisation can only respond to complaints , and never received one in this case . |
| 10 | Furthermore , the lawyer can only respond to knowledge that has already been established ; he has little scientific imagination , especially when it comes to pushing at the frontiers of advancing aerodynamics or similar matters . |
| 11 | Of course , the marginal revenue of Division A is simply the transfer price as it can only sell to Division B. So we should work out A 's marginal costs at the required level of group activity and set the transfer price equal to that . |
| 12 | Most pubs in the country are owned by the big six breweries , so Glennie Brewery can only sell to freehouses . |
| 13 | We can only write to people we know it might well be twenty out of thirty houses wanted |
| 14 | Since the Judicature Act , just as much as before it , if A sells the property to C , who knows nothing of the trust , and transfers the legal ownership to him , B's rights to the property are destroyed ; he can only look to A for compensation for the breach of trust . |
| 15 | You can only get to Rudolfo 's by the road we took the other day when they found the car- or else on foot there 's a bit of a patch half a kilometre on from here — and in any case Rudolfo wo n't be down until tomorrow , being Palm Sunday . |
| 16 | A grossly unstable patient from a referring hospital turns out to be a typical ( for us ) unstable angina ; a patient with life-threatening ventricular tachycardia can only come to Barts for the appropriate highly specialised medical or nursing therapy ( or one of the few other centres , most of which are also on the Tomlinson hit-list ) . |
| 17 | The arrival of a bailiff can easily lead to confrontation , and most people do n't know their rights . |
| 18 | The unpredictability of death can easily lead to embarrassment for the firm , not least because of the fundamental obligation of the personal representatives of a deceased partner to realise the assets comprised in his estate at an early date : and one of these assets will be the deceased 's share in the surplus assets of the firm or ( where the agreement so provides ) the right to be paid out for the value of that share . |
| 19 | ‘ Difference ’ for the Piaroa always signifies a danger : it can easily lead to violence between individuals and therefore be a deterrent to the possibility of creating the sociality necessary for the creation of community . |
| 20 | One does not expect , nor I trust want , to find shiny wooden chalets , let alone tall concrete apartment blocks standing arbitrarily up in this fascinating landscape , and phrases about ‘ cosmopolitan cesspits ’ can easily come to mind as you stand looking at them . |
| 21 | This is one of the most crucial periods when breeding any of the gouramis as the babies are very small and can easily starve to death if enough food is not in front of their noses . |
| 22 | If so , we can easily adjourn to Fred 's Caff in Brixton where you might react by trying to speak the Queen 's English . ’ |
| 23 | The efforts of educators and trainers can easily turn to demoralisation in the absence of meaningful employment opportunities . |
| 24 | Thousands of women can already testify to Regina 's extraordinary power to restore balance and well-being in their bodies . |
| 25 | ‘ Now I can just go to Covent Garden Market tomorrow morning and replace what we 've used . |
| 26 | No you do n't plug them in , just put the wire in your pocket then they 'll think they can just listen to music . |
| 27 | This arrangement had been ‘ decided upon as the one which the Government can best justify to Parliament ’ . |
| 28 | Experience shows that insufficient involvement can soon lead to frustration and dissatisfaction which can only damage the firm ; and that applies as much to assistant solicitors and salaried partners as to equity partners . |
| 29 | When talking about marking players only one man can possibly spring to mind , Trevor Proby . |
| 30 | But time is short for Rhys , who has Batten 's Disease , a rare genetic disorder which can rapidly lead to dementia and blindness . |