Example sentences of "[noun] can [be] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one pretends that the calculation of the multiplier is a scientific operation and no hard-and-fast rule can be laid down for calculating it . |
| 2 | Once a shape has been generated , however , it can be plotted at any position and in any orientation or size so a library of shapes can be built up for repeated use . |
| 3 | We 've heard that the London Transport Museum can be hired out for parties and receptions , and , as my fiancé is involved in the transport industry , we 'd love to find out more . |
| 4 | Parallel trade is now so well established that Health Department payments to pharmacists can be clawed back for sales of discounted drugs . |
| 5 | With luck , this procedure can be dragged out for months or even years , with costs mounting in parallel . |
| 6 | It takes at least two terms even to become familiar with a new job but , after that , few management changes can be put off for more than a year . |
| 7 | Thus women with a high probability of developing such problems can be separated out for preventive therapy research programmes , in an effort to decrease the morbidity and mortality these women subsequently suffer . |
| 8 | Powerful amplifiers can be turned down for a small hall , but a weak amplifier has no potential for increased volume before it starts distorting the sound . |
| 9 | It was much used in mediaeval times in Britain and , indeed , its use can be traced back for 3,000 years . |
| 10 | Oral extensions to some exercises can be written out for homework . |
| 11 | A Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6LS drops £500 to £11,100 , a Rover 820SI £738 to £17,712 and , for those who can still afford it , a Lotus Esprit can be snapped up for £45,878 , a cut of £1,912 . |
| 12 | The pull-out cutlery drawer can be lifted out for easy unloading . |
| 13 | So for those who like the idea of a guaranteed fixed income , the two main points to consider are , first , how long your capital can be tied up for , and second , whether interest rates are likely to increase , leaving you with an investment yielding less than is obtainable elsewhere . |
| 14 | Controls can be set up for most of these experiments , e.g. plant cress seed on dry blotting paper as well as wet , so that children begin to realise that it really is the water that is responsible for the change . |
| 15 | This type of analysis can be carried out for the whole country showing that there are a number of areas which are prominent in the consumption of the imported goods and which may have been developing centres of political and economic power ( Huggett forthcoming ) . |
| 16 | Such group-frequency correlations have been extensively developed for organic compounds , and similar correlations can be drawn up for inorganic species [ 19 ] . |
| 17 | A resource box can be built up for each history unit . |
| 18 | And the fact that a package trip can be snapped up for about £600 has put the exotic destination within the reach of many Britons . |
| 19 | Goods coming into the country can be held up for other routine reasons , for example , non-completion of paperwork or the non-payment of tax and excise duties , said Customs . |
| 20 | Individual photocopies A4 handouts/posters can be run off for you on coloured paper at the office if you send in a clear original ( photographs/cut outs can be gummed on to the page and words either cut out , written , stencilled or typed ) . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , few activities can be shut down for set periods , most being operational all the year round . |
| 22 | Also the larger tablets can be broken up for small fish . |
| 23 | A better case can be made out for its subject being Salmo salar : the Atlantic salmon , than for Orpheus ! |
| 24 | However , a case can be made out for cyclically adjusting such figures so that the long-term trend of unemployment may be observed . |
| 25 | The most that can be said is that a good case can be made out for so doing ; law-abiding spectators would probably be sympathetic , depending upon the outcome . |
| 26 | A case can be made out for the 1918 election as a Unionist victory rather than a coalition victory . |
| 27 | Despite recent insights then , a respectable case can be made out for some form of intervention in some natural monopoly cases . |
| 28 | The light mornings are coming along and the cows can be taken in for milking earlier . |
| 29 | The provision of copied material is expensive in resources and in time , but can facilitate work for pupils who have problems with distance vision , and a bank of basic material can be built up for future as well as current usage . |
| 30 | The winners of the heats can be brought back for the final . |