Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , we collected detailed information on the employment and labour market histories of respondents in the three years between redundancy and interview , and previous research indicates that such information can be collected reliably for such relatively short periods ( Walker 1982a ) . |
| 2 | There is a theoretical distinction between ( 1 ) a misspelling and ( 2 ) a mis-recognition , but the results from recognition will not enable us to distinguish between them , and indeed they can be treated similarly for attempted correction . |
| 3 | Engineers are devising a modular robot ( see picture ) comprising standard sections that can be joined together for specific applications . |
| 4 | This can be observed particularly for some of the small fragments which give a very weak signal suggesting they contain very few repeats . |
| 5 | Those that you think are worth persevering with can be grown on for another year , getting a second chance to bloom . |
| 6 | Also the larger tablets can be broken up for small fish . |
| 7 | It was much used in mediaeval times in Britain and , indeed , its use can be traced back for 3,000 years . |
| 8 | The maximum speed attainable with each switching angle is simply the stepping rate at which the appropriate characteristic intersects the " load torque " line : The velocity profile during acceleration can be calculated Precisely for each switching angle using the graphical method described in Section 6.3 . |
| 9 | The track can be followed easily for some miles before returning . |
| 10 | A resource box can be built up for each history unit . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Despite recent insights then , a respectable case can be made out for some form of intervention in some natural monopoly cases . |
| 13 | The technique requires only one step , a special ( fluorescence ) microscope is not required , the result is easy to interpret , and slides can be kept permanently for future reference . |
| 14 | But there are contradictions between these principles and judicial practice , and these can be exploited advantageously for corporate victims . |
| 15 | Erm oh well maybe yours can be saved up for another time ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The same positive arguments can be put forward for other types of weekly-collection credit . |
| 19 | Several reasons can be put forward for this gap , but the single largest factor is presumed to be the date coverage of the databases . |
| 20 | Several reasons can be put forward for this gap , but the single largest factor is presumed to be the date coverage of the databases . |
| 21 | Arguments can be put forward for either approach . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Equations ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) can be solved analytically for spherical impactors in an isothermal atmosphere if and C H are held constant . |
| 24 | Special elastic strips can be bought nowadays for this method , but I can not see that they are any improvement on our elastic bands ! |
| 25 | If , however , central Government wants to identify further , discretionary needs for Local Authority expenditure over and above this common core , funds can be provided explicitly for such programmes in a more visible way . |
| 26 | For instance , some items , such as raw materials like wood , sand and cement , or products such as glass and bricks , clearly can be purchased both for private use and consumption ( eg DIY sales ) and by businessmen ( eg builders ) . |
| 27 | The modular exhibition described above can be utilised subsequently for this purpose . |
| 28 | However , quite small areas of land can be used successfully for conservation programmes , provided they are kept free of pesticides and contain the plants on which butterflies feed , such as clover , thistles and stinging nettles . |
| 29 | With translucent or transparent rocks , the depth of field of low power zoom binocular microscopes can be used advantageously for three-dimensional study of included bioclasts and replacement fabrics in cherts , and orientation of fluid and crystal inclusions in evaporites . |
| 30 | This implies , of course , that each method has only a limited potentiality and , to this extent , particular methods can be used only for certain kinds of research objectives . |