Example sentences of "what [noun sg] can " in BNC.

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1 What specific social problems are prevalent in the area and what support can you expect in trying to prioritise for special need ?
2 Furthermore , what support can he give to the motor industry ?
3 What penance can possibly atone ?
4 Polanski , on the other hand , was , in Jack Nicholson 's view , the recipient of Western justice : ‘ His situation is a very interesting case of what notoriety can do to you .
5 I I think it it it 's clearly a problem for the panel to wrestle with as as to what response can the alteration make to changing circumstances particularly in relation to er to economic development .
6 What part can I play in bringing about this learning ?
7 What part can I play in changing/improving this situation ?
8 What hope can they have , if they see you slumping about like a filleted herring , wallowing in self-pity ?
9 As long as we 've got that and peace of mind we can perhaps do things outside of what money can bring you .
10 ‘ So what sentence can he expect ? ’ asked Masha .
11 The need to secure obedience to the laws passed by Parliament is said to limit what Parliament can do in a situation in which there are those who are prepared to openly defy the law on the streets , with strikes , and with the gun .
12 If there is no particular justification for these categories , and they appear to be somewhat arbitrary , what faith can schools then have in them as a basis for review ?
13 Sandy , what 's going to happen to these kids when they go back to their dull , boring school laboratories and classes after having seen the vision of your course and what physics can possibly be in the future ?
14 What credence can we give to his story of some malevolent person waiting in a window alcove ?
15 What harm can they do ? ’
16 What harm can it possibly do anyone if we do n't let it invade our lives ?
17 Darling Cati , thank you , do n't be so frightened , please , people have done it before , what harm can come to me ?
18 What harm can there be in making friends with his family ?
19 Such is the confusion about what action can be legally taken — and so politically sensitive is the subject of badgers — that the NFU 's policy adviser for the south-west region , Anthony Gibson , advises members to take no action themselves other than to hand the reports over to the ADAS wildlife biology unit .
20 In view of public concern about violence and indiscipline in schools and the problems faced by the teaching profession today , to consider what action can be taken by central government , local authorities , voluntary bodies owning schools , governing bodies of schools , head teachers , teachers and parents to secure the orderly atmosphere necessary in schools for effective teaching and learning to take place .
21 Each time you start to worry say to yourself ‘ What action can I take right now to alleviate my fears ? ’
22 What action can I take right now ?
23 What action can we take ?
24 The next stage of what we 're doing is trying to take things a stage further on to what action can you take for fair trade ?
25 The Parish Council would be grateful if you could investigate this problem and see what action can be taken to prevent any further accidents at this spot .
26 It 's paragraph seventeen , eighteen and the additional item added by Miss about a report to the April meeting on what action can be taken to implement the District Auditor 's recommendations , and from what we 've heard I think that report will also contain reference to today 's , the correct response to today 's Government four papers erm , on the policy with regard to the Rio summit .
27 All re even the engine room was steam cos you had the bucket depth of dredging on that ladder was thirty six feet that 's what dredger can go down so far with the buckets going round and they used to dredge about thirty six feet .
28 And then , finally , look at what Equity can do for the successful plaintiff — the ‘ remedy ’ , the ‘ relief ’ which it can give him .
29 So what guidance can I give for the actual writing of the crime short story ?
30 While it is possible that the missionary who baptized in the River Glen was the Briton , Rhun , and that Bede was mistaken when he located Paulinus at Yeavering , the statement about Rhun in the Historia Brittonum , inserted as it is in a somewhat garbled account seemingly extrapolated from the Ecclesiastical History , can not be regarded as undoubtedly signifying this and it is uncertain what weight can be attached to it .
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