Example sentences of "can [verb] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | we know we can make to that standard . |
| 2 | I think the only response you can make to any child who 's facing a challenge is that you care , that you will be patient , that you will go on and on and on . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm going to see if I can adapt to that position , ’ said Reid . |
| 4 | Few craftsmen can compare to those in San Fernando where they carve from solid blocks of wood some of the most exquisite acoustic guitars ; true works of art . |
| 5 | We say , ‘ surely the thought is something ; it is not nothing ‘ ; and all one can answer to this is , that the word ‘ thought ’ has its use , which is of a totally different kind from the use of the word ‘ sentence ’ . |
| 6 | At the time of the funeral a set form of words is used and I think it is helpful to look at what sense these words can convey to this majority population who are not regular church attenders . |
| 7 | The use of multi-bank loans is quite common in the USA ( and other countries ) where domestic regulations limit the size of loan that a single bank can grant to any one customer . |
| 8 | And I can testify to that . |
| 9 | " I can testify to that . " |
| 10 | There are at least a dozen people who can testify to that . |
| 11 | Too much sex becomes boring — sex therapists can testify to many marriages on the rocks because of sexual boredom , and the first stage in therapy is to ban sex . |
| 12 | Yet , if the correct remedy is chosen ( usually by a skilful and sensitive therapist ) , the healing effect can be remarkable — and I can testify to this . |
| 13 | I was already aware that Ian had recently lost an argument with a South Uist bend resulting in a change in vehicle and I can impart to all past and future travellers to the Uists who depend on Ian for transport that journeys are now much more sedate than they used to be . |
| 14 | I can relate to that even though he gets a lot of shit off people . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm in balance if I remember Changi ; because there I was as near death as I possible could be , and if I can relate to that , what else can anybody do to me ? |
| 16 | ‘ I can relate to that , Angel my man . |
| 17 | We also know from studies that foster children can relate to both birth family figures and foster carers ( Thorpe , 1974 ; Rowe et al . , |
| 18 | The people who backed Docklands Express and Brown Windsor in last Saturday 's Grand National can attest to that : they backed their opinion with real cash — but for all their money , they could n't make either horse win . |
| 19 | I can say that reasonable safely and I can apologize to those people who put their hands up , by saying that I too am c am an accountant by background , and it 's fairly brave of me to admit that in front of so many I T people . |
| 20 | The student has to be able to say : I understand this for myself ; I can assent to this , but not that . |
| 21 | Nobody can object to that . ’ |
| 22 | The reformers claim to have the biggest tele-conference system in Japan : 30 people can speak to each other , and another 300 can listen . |
| 23 | Mrs Ruddock , who said she had been nominated as spokesperson for the wives , told reporters : ‘ Some wives are working , but you can speak to any wife , and they will tell you they are 100 per cent behind Terry . ’ |
| 24 | The beep in the earpiece is when you 're on the phone , either to somebody within the press , or outside the press , and another call comes through for you from the switchboard , and you 're engaged , obviously , and so they camp onto your extension number , and you receive a beep in the earpiece , now you can speak to these people if you key in R star 1 . |
| 25 | This is one respect in which we can see regional differences opening up in the kind of support which relatives can give to each other , although we know very little about how these matters are handled in families at the present time . |
| 26 | A five that you can give to each individual member . |
| 27 | We would be grateful for any publicity you can give to this event , including photographs . |
| 28 | Danielle is a very happy and contented baby and I am a very happy and contented full time working mum — and as far as I 'm concerned that 's the best recommendation I can give to those of you who are in the same boat as I was of dreading re-entering the working world ! |
| 29 | They will have suggested topics which will bind the poor as a class together ; topics which will excite them against the rich ; topics the discussion of which in the only form in which that discussion reaches the ear will be to make them think that some new law can make them comfortable … — that Government has at its disposal an inexhaustible fund out of which it can give to those who now want without also creating elsewhere other and greater wants . |
| 30 | If the panel were minded to recognize south west corridor as the location for a new settlement in North Yorkshire , then this is bound to influence the consideration which the City Council can give to those particular objections . |