Example sentences of "can [adv] [be] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've told her he 's travelling between America and Mexico and ca n't be reached for a few days . |
| 2 | Waugh himself ca n't be blamed for the wrenching out of a context that might have helped us to understand whether he is referring to unhappy women , rendered so by not being content with their lot , or men , who are now being forced to lend a hand with the Hoover . |
| 3 | " Which ca n't be helped for the time being . " |
| 4 | Three motives can perhaps be identified for the creation of special agencies in Britain , although there are of course dangers in taking ostensible motives as real ones , to create an effective separate and accountable ‘ management system ’ to reduce political ‘ interference ’ and to provide for the direct representation of special interests . |
| 5 | With the verbal arts I think it can only be done for the moment by writing about nature . |
| 6 | And at whatever time of the year you visit Edinburgh , there are the art galleries and museums — though the priceless and vulnerable collection of Turner water-colours can only be seen for a short period in winter . |
| 7 | The minimum and maximum periods for verification can only be determined for a particular installation . |
| 8 | Access can only be denied for a maximum period of thirty-six hours . |
| 9 | That situation can only be tolerated for a while and following the Bank 's offer of 3% last June a series of consultation meetings with members overwhelmingly rejected the offer . |
| 10 | This is because the egg can only be fertilised for a short period of time following its release . |
| 11 | It seems that human attention can only be sustained for a very limited time by any subject , even the prospects of its own destruction . |
| 12 | The company of some elderly relatives can only be enjoyed for a limited period at the end of a busy day , and long evenings — every evening — spent together can be a strain on all concerned in different ways . |
| 13 | Because flat-rate unemployment benefit can only be drawn for a maximum of a year , a large number of today 's unemployed find themselves having to draw means-tested assistance . |
| 14 | There is a vigorous defence of Coleman by Mayer : ‘ The energies of Coleman 's mind were more exclusively devoted to anything bearing upon the horse : and no wonder , for the College , constructed as it was and is , can only be adapted for the reception of that animal . |
| 15 | Many people are worried that it can only be used for the disable person . |
| 16 | We pointed out earlier that such a proposal can not be accepted for the prenominal case because the prenominal and the clause structures are far from equivalent ; they admit different ranges of adjective , and the relation of the adjective to the head noun is different in the two cases . |
| 17 | But this is a case where the stratigraphical wood can not be seen for the nomenclatural trees . |
| 18 | ‘ But the same can not be said for the rest . |
| 19 | Her natural expression removes some of the horror of death and , with her floral tribute , looks more like Little Red Riding Hood asleep under the tree ; the same can not be said for the Hoskins child . |
| 20 | Unfortunately the same can not be said for the George IV Bridge Building . |
| 21 | The hon. Gentleman spoke for himself , which can not be said for the hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth ( Mr. Pawsey ) , who is not in his place , the Back-Bench chairman of the Conservative party education committee . |
| 22 | The same can not be said for the Labour party which fought the previous two elections on a programme that the hon. Member for Walsall , South ( Mr. George ) said was disastrous and should have been consigned to the rubbish heap . |
| 23 | As Marslen-Wilson ( 1986 ) has pointed out , the concept of a recognition point , i.e. the point at which a word becomes discriminable within the language system , can not be determined for a word in isolation . |
| 24 | The Law society is seeking a ten year term for the contract , with some crucial provisions entrenched so that they can not be altered for the duration of the contract , except with the Society 's agreement . |
| 25 | The report points out that the importance of developing good relationships with the small business customer can not be overstated for the banks . |
| 26 | But such individuals can not be recommended for a home with children . |
| 27 | The trustee can not be sued for a dividend , but if he refused to pay a dividend , the court may order him to pay it together with , out of his own funds , interest at judgment rate and costs ( s 325(2) ) . |
| 28 | You can not be disconnected for a Hire Purchase debt , a Credit Sale Agreement , or a debt for anything other than supply of gas and or electricity . |
| 29 | That , in my own mind , though they can not be opened for the day to the public to see are gardens by comparison with which the most beautiful garden of this island is tawdry and unkempt . |
| 30 | but on the occasions that we are concerned with none of The Society 's locos had been in steam so therefore can not be blamed for the incident . |