Example sentences of "can live for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It can live for 10 years , and grow to a substantial 20 kilograms .
2 These organisms can live for many years inside the body causing intense itching and other symptoms , including eventual blindness .
3 Life Span : Given good conditions can live for 10–20 years .
4 Finally , the mortality rate is such that although toads can live for 40 years or more in captivity , only about 1 per cent of the population live to be eight years or more in the wild .
5 The bluefin — a giant predatory fish that can live for 30 years and weigh up to 1,000 pounds — has declined in number by 90 per cent .
6 But they do n't eat much and can live for 15 years .
7 Most remarkable , perhaps , are the euglossine bees , of the neotropics , of species of which , mark-recapture studies show that the solitary males of Eulaema spp. can live for 2 months .
8 The shrimps can live for several years and the average mortality rate in adults within a population is a good predictor of the proportion of individuals within a population which will change sex .
9 Mussels can live for several years , but are very sensitive to ammonia and nitrite .
10 Spiders can live for several days without food , but if you keep a spider for longer than a few days , you must feed it .
11 With good care and feeding , the small animals can live for several weeks in the mini-aquarium maybe even longer .
12 Recent research has shown that the scrapie agent can live for several years when buried in soil .
13 You , know , if , if these two people with the same number of kids can live for this
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