Example sentences of "[noun pl] can [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In what follows my main purposes are : ( 1 ) to demonstrate the patterns of simplification that can be traced by comparing our inner-city data with that of the city-wide random sample ‘ doorstep ’ survey and the outer-city community studies ; and ( 2 ) to consider how far a theory of strong and weak ties can account for the maintenance of complex patterns and the development of simpler ones . |
| 2 | Metabolic blocks can occur for a variety of reasons : |
| 3 | And similar explanations can account for a lot of the variation found in human societies ( Goody , 1976 ) . |
| 4 | This brochure is about : how individual company directors , partners , self-employed businessmen , and people in the professions can provide for the time when they stop working . |
| 5 | Although GPs can arrange for the test to be done , it is almost always preferable to go to a STD clinic . |
| 6 | Climbs can weep for a while after heavy rain , but the rock away from the natural drainage lines dries quickly . |
| 7 | In addition , ‘ well-established ’ auction houses which conduct substantial auctioneering activities in Singapore , and private museums can qualify for the service tax incentive . |
| 8 | Fixed-charge debentures rank above floating-charge debentures in the event of default , but only floating-charge debenture holders can ask for a company to be declared insolvent under the 1986 Insolvency Act . |
| 9 | This will provide an ‘ off the peg ’ model which practitioners can use for the purchase of individual places . |
| 10 | Borrowers can opt for a rate of 10.55 per cent until 31st March 1995 , or 10.8 per cent until 30th April 1997 , with the loans available for repayment , endowment , pension and interest-only loans . |
| 11 | A person whose chattels have been seized by the police can apply for an order for delivery of the goods and damages under section 3 of the Torts ( Interference with Goods ) Act 1977 . |
| 12 | This suggests that release of Ca 2+ from intracellular stores can substitute for the NMDA receptor-mediated Ca 2+ signal . |
| 13 | Children can compete for the parent 's favour and help , which obscures the real cause of the argument . |
| 14 | One kind is the fancy dress which children can wear for a parade but not for the whole of a party . |
| 15 | If students can argue for the project 's viability , through research and costings , then finance is released for production by a commercial printer and the students follow through their marketing plan in order to recoup the investment . |
| 16 | Many women can ache for the love of a child more intensely than for the love of a man . |
| 17 | There are then morning and afternoon sessions of voluntary medicals in which people in certain job and age categories can attend for a health check . |