Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [verb] be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that as chairman of ICI the contribution that I can make is to be looked upon by people on all levels as someone whose experience they can call on at any time . |
| 2 | All you can do is to |
| 3 | The only thing you can do is to quiet him down , to frighten him off . |
| 4 | What you can expect is to be asked to justify your approach to nursing problems . |
| 5 | therefore , the rate we can grow is to a large extent governed by the rate we can either attract or develop the specialised management staff we need . |
| 6 | Policies and actions should not be dictated by widely held but largely unexamined preconceptions , since the distorted images which they can produce are to the detriment of ordinary people as they age . |