Example sentences of "can [verb] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ability to be ‘ productive ’ is a powerful element of individual status within our society ; according to our particular scale of values , to work and contribute to the national wealth is the largest single contribution anyone can make to their society . |
| 2 | This means that planners should be fully acquainted with and supportive of the school aims and be able to identify the special contributions which history can make to their achievement . |
| 3 | Regular maintenance is the most important ‘ improvement ’ you can make to your home . |
| 4 | Evaluate what contribution the project can make to your grade or course requirement , and also what contribution it can make to your thinking or personal growth . |
| 5 | Evaluate what contribution the project can make to your grade or course requirement , and also what contribution it can make to your thinking or personal growth . |
| 6 | I was talking about comparative , where some er situations and all this , that and the next thing , right , I mean one that , quite a , quite a useful phrase what you say is , is n't that true that , no you might not like that phrase , right , but you can take phrases like that and you can think to yourself can I , can I , right . |
| 7 | You can explain to him about your system and he 'll put the books back where he found them . ’ |
| 8 | I mean I get phone calls everyday all day long from VETS who are saying I 've got this prickly ball , what the hell do I do with it , you see , and I can explain to them how to try and unroll a hedgehog and then what to do when you get inside the hedgehog . |
| 9 | Even though the subject matter may be such that it is difficult to come to rapid conclusions by , say , an objective test , the question should still be asked so that the teacher can explain to himself in all honesty what he is about . |
| 10 | You can explain to her why I rushed off , that I want to give her time to think things over without me around to distract her . |
| 11 | Probably the easiest way I can explain to you how athletics has changed since Eric Liddell won Olympic Gold in 1924 is to ask you to put the situation in a modern context . |
| 12 | Erm , now we , we can explain to you in more detail , but the finan I think Mr 's already said to you that the financial savings er , from such moves are not as productive as they were , so in sense we 're driven by strategy here , we 're driven by the fact that there is a private and there is an independent sector that is there , there is alternative methods of supply . |
| 13 | We believe that we would , we would find considerable difficulty too , in closing one plus in a single financial year , er , for all sorts of reasons which we can explain to you . |
| 14 | Facts : Limits are placed on how much the bank can lend to its securities division . |
| 15 | Somehow we expect them to be happy to be kept in a place which is warm and dry , where they can eat to their heart 's content with their companions ; but no , they become quite upset . |
| 16 | He accepts it only because of what he calls ‘ an insuperable logical difficulty ’ : position is not a quality , so a sensation can convey to us the position of a stimulus only by virtue of our ability to interpret something about it as meaning a certain position . |
| 17 | erm I think in terms of techniques is is is a level of awareness really , to be able to respond to children erm with their curiosity and with their erm expressions of anxiety erm in a way that makes it all right for them to be feeling the way they are , and I do n't think it 's simple as just saying a technique , I think it 's what we can offer as adults comes from an inner awareness that we have as adults , that we can convey to our children , because it 's not just the techniques , or the behaviour , or the words that we use , but it 's those feelings behind the words . |
| 18 | Others find the aroma adorable and can testify to its potent aphrodisiac affect . |
| 19 | As a member of the West Yorkshire Society 's Club , which was formed in September last year , I can testify to its role in raising morale and the efficacy of one 's personal presentation ; and there is one particular aspect which I feel must be placed on record . |
| 20 | Having been responsible for recruiting patients to one of the landmark studies in this field , which Alberto Maran and colleagues reference , I can testify to what can happen in the heat of combat . |
| 21 | I have seen the cluster cases in a village on the front line in Croatia and I can testify to their British markings . |
| 22 | I can deliver to you next day , but it takes him ten days to get it here , what service does he need ? |
| 23 | My own feeling is that we at least need to start where the children feel most comfortable , and then to introduce elements which are better described as mythic rather than fantastic ; that is , to dramatise or create stories which contain imagery and symbolism which are likely to excite the children , and yet which they can relate to their own lives . |
| 24 | Last night there were a lot of people at the gig who were here the first time around and they can relate to what we 're doing . |
| 25 | ‘ The nice thing about being a woman talking about women 's things is that , as you grow older , you can relate to them . |
| 26 | So if you can relate to something that 's over five , you know approximately where it 's gon na be . |
| 27 | situational humour , ie funny within the context of the situation people are in at the time so that people can relate to it through a common , shared experience |
| 28 | If people around the world can relate to it , what the melody is , then you 've got a timeless classic . ’ |
| 29 | I try to be selective on purpose so the productions are realistic like kitchen sink drama because people can relate to it , ’ said Hanson . |
| 30 | And having been brought up outside Scotland , I think I can relate to it . |