Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those that you think are worth persevering with can be grown on for another year , getting a second chance to bloom . |
| 2 | Also the larger tablets can be broken up for small fish . |
| 3 | It was much used in mediaeval times in Britain and , indeed , its use can be traced back for 3,000 years . |
| 4 | A resource box can be built up for each history unit . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Despite recent insights then , a respectable case can be made out for some form of intervention in some natural monopoly cases . |
| 7 | Erm oh well maybe yours can be saved up for another time ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The pull-out cutlery drawer can be lifted out for easy unloading . |
| 13 | Such group-frequency correlations have been extensively developed for organic compounds , and similar correlations can be drawn up for inorganic species [ 19 ] . |