Example sentences of "can [verb] to [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aims in that review have been : ( i ) To improve the quality of policy formulation and decision-taking in government by presenting ministers , collectively in Cabinet and individually within their departments , with well defined options , costed where possible , and relating the choice between options to the contribution they can make to meeting national needs . |
| 2 | While our sports leaders recognise the contribution they can make to providing a ‘ healthy outlet ’ , they are concerned that , although government looks to them to play this role , it is often not prepared to assist them . |
| 3 | The Church has not always recognised their rights to spiritual growth nor the contribution that they can make to building up the body of Christ . |
| 4 | I take in my opinion the size , scale of settlement that is being pursued by erm North Yorkshire is of sufficient size , erm my experience erm are twelve fifty to fifteen hundred new settlement is sort of of a size that can sustain a reasonable balance of community facilities , I think in looking at the new village and in the context of P P G thirteen its highway implications , we see from table one of er Mr Curtis 's supplementary statement that public transport , I E bus and train , in terms of journeys to work to the Greater York area amounts to about eight percent of all journeys made , now I think if we were to follow Mr Curtis 's view through and put all development on the periphery of York , if we put two hundred to the North , two hundred to the East , two hundred to the South and so on and so forth , the contribution that those , that new housing can make to improving the public transport system , will be very small , if you concentrate your developments in a new settlement , or or maybe two new settlements which is another point , erm you have a better opportunity to provide a public transport system which would not only serve that new village , but also settlements in the surroundings , and I think you will find that the percentage of people in the new village who are reliant on public transport as a means of getting to work is greater that what you find in the Greater York area at the present time . |
| 5 | Publishers will be wise to emphasise the contribution that good levels of book provision can make to limiting the need for special help for school children at a later stage . |
| 6 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what asssessment he has made of the contribution the road-building programme can make to reducing road casualties . |
| 7 | For while they always emphasized the special qualities of literature , and in particular the idea that the meaning or effect of literature can not be explained by a process of reduction to ordinary modes of expression , the New Critics also insisted on its connections with the ‘ real ’ world , and on the contribution it can make to coping with the problems of everyday human existence . |
| 8 | It is in terms of such a paradigm — broadly conceived , and preferred among the diverse methodological orientations that I discussed in the Introduction for its greater fruitfulness and explanatory potential — that I have analysed political movements , change and conflict throughout this book ; and in these final pages I should like to consider briefly the contribution it can make to understanding the present state of the world and its likely evolution in a medium-term future of two or three decades . |
| 9 | One consequence of public anxiety is an increasing demand for scientists with the specific skills of chemists , geoscientists , biologists etc , who are aware of the contribution that their own discipline can make to understanding the environment and are sufficiently acquainted with other disciplines to enable them to work in multi-disciplinary teams . |
| 10 | Soon you can graduate to using a rope tow to save the considerable effort of sidestepping up the slope , then ski down , stopping in a snow plough at first , then adding simple turns . |
| 11 | Nobody can object to collecting and analysing such information ( despite a few worries about confidentiality ) . |
| 12 | All the submissions to the Government from the biotechnology industry have called for greater public information about genetic engineering , so no one can object to giving consumers the chance to make informed choices as they push their supermarket trolleys . |
| 13 | In this area , theological colleges can contribute to redefining the meaning of a Christian presence in societies which are in transition — such as Spain and Portugal . |
| 14 | Over-use of hot air appliances can contribute to drying out the hair . |
| 15 | Many factors can contribute to thinning hair , including stress , diet , illness and even pregnancy as well as the natural ageing process . |
| 16 | However this summer a temporary programme coordinator has visited the region and a short term programme of material support to children 's homes has been provided and we are now working to put other facilities in s to institutions in Serbia and are hoping that through the restructuring of children 's services , when the conflict is over and we believe obviously that may be some off , that we can tri can contribute to meeting the longer term needs of children in that war torn zone . |
| 17 | Increasing the range and diversity of role models children meet in mathematical textbooks and building on the knowledge they have already acquired are two of the ways we can contribute to building the self-esteem shown in many Government reports to be crucial for success . |
| 18 | You will find that even when you are very new to the surgical ward , you can contribute to reducing the effect of some of these factors by simple strategies such as introducing yourself by name to new patients and offering your help while they adjust to their new situation . |
| 19 | However , it is possible to make some general comments about the ways in which descriptions of a child 's language difficulties can contribute to planning intervention . |
| 20 | It was a good example of how employees can contribute to solving pollution problems . |
| 21 | Nevertheless having said that , er I would say that the County Council 's moved as far as it believes it possibly can do to meeting some of the requests of the the district in providing what we consider a generous , and what other people might consider a overly generous allocation of land . |
| 22 | Whether or not budgets can run to making provisions such as have been suggested , it is important that the Church affirm and encourage its leading musicians . |
| 23 | Chuckles of delight greeted his suggestion that ‘ as the Microsoft monopoly puts programmers out of business they can move to writing objectware for NeXT . ’ |
| 24 | Once he has this control , he can progress to making selective movements . |
| 25 | For example , there are n't too many Russians who can boast to having seen The Phantom of the Opera , Cats , and the Bolshoi Ballet by the time they are 13 . |
| 26 | Regular cleaning of the keyboard should prevent dirt build up which can lead to sticking or non-operative keys . |
| 27 | Small amounts are unlikely to cause difficulty , but large amounts can cause troubles in dyeing and can lead to staining with amino compounds . |
| 28 | It is said to help people in sleeping , but whilst it may get people off to sleep more quickly it can lead to waking later at night . |
| 29 | This can lead to revealing internal comparisons : Halliday , for example , compares the Neanderthal style in The Inheritors with the " homo sapiens style " and a third , transitional style in the same novel . |
| 30 | There is also the chance of a schoolgirl falling pregnant during vital examinations which can lead to missing out on getting qualifications and eventually jobs . |