Example sentences of "can not [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While we are happy to answer any queries about our own products , we can not answer for the content of other publisher 's works . |
| 2 | ‘ But you can not legislate for a change of heart . |
| 3 | Each Home Secretary has in turn drawn back from taking the most obvious and practical steps with the excuse that they can not legislate for the judiciary — its independence is inviolable : |
| 4 | Nietzsche wrote : " When I heard of the fires in Paris , I felt annihilated for some days and was overwhelmed by fears and doubts ; the whole academic ( wissenschaftlich ) , philosophical , artistic world seemed an absurdity , if a single day could wipe out the most glorious works of art , even whole periods of art ; I clung with earnest conviction to the metaphysical value of art , which can not exist for the sake of poor human beings , but has higher missions to fulfil . " |
| 5 | I can not vote for the banning of fox hunting on county council land as I see this as another attempt to limit freedom of choice . |
| 6 | But they are banned from party membership and can not vote for the party at election time . |
| 7 | For I can not hope for a reference from Lady Merchiston , and I am afraid that … ’ |
| 8 | She can not feel for the child she hurts . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the fact that these general lists can not serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches to constructing headings , together with the development of special lists of subject headings and thesauri . |
| 10 | Explanatory models which serve for one can not serve for the other . |
| 11 | It therefore may be felt that the thesis can not serve for the analysis of political authority . |
| 12 | Although the money MI6 has provided has given him access to Western luxuries , they can not compensate for the fact that he will never see his motherland again . |
| 13 | He is after all manager , and can not wish for a scandal … ’ |
| 14 | In general , married women can not qualify for the allowance , but there are some exceptions to this rule , so if in doubt enquire at the Department of Health and Social Security . |
| 15 | ie. you can not ask for a package to be approved yesterday ! ! ! |
| 16 | In Britain , however , patients on life-support machines or in a ‘ permanent vegetative state ’ can not ask for the machine to be switched off . |
| 17 | But this can only work at the individual level : it can not work for the economy as a whole since the quantity of nominal money is fixed , and so one person obtains more money by selling bonds only with the result that someone else — the person who buys the bonds — finds himself with less . |
| 18 | Similarly , Freeman argued , in relation to unskilled labour , that ‘ uneducative ’ employment was unavoidable and , therefore , it was necessary that ‘ the intelligence and character of the adolescent be trained outside the workshop ’ : ‘ We can not train for a trade , but we can enable the worker to do his duties as thoroughly as possible ’ ; such training would give a ‘ familiarity ’ with ‘ ordinary tools ’ and ‘ simple machines ’ , a grounding in ‘ mechanics ’ and ‘ competent draughtsmanship ’ . |
| 19 | In the final analysis , one can not prescribe for the whole of constitutional development — to some extent , one can do no more than describe and speculate . |
| 20 | Can not wait for the end . |
| 21 | ‘ The unemployed can not wait for the recovery the Tories are waiting for . |
| 22 | Today the Royals can not relax for a second , can not step one foot outside their own home without being met by a barrage of photographers waiting for them to make the smallest slip . |
| 23 | The land alone can not account for the size of the region Gloucester came to control ; that derived from royal office and royal backing . |
| 24 | The land alone can not account for the size of the region Gloucester came to control ; that derived from royal office and royal backing . |
| 25 | This , however , is not an adequate explanation because it can not account for the kind of statement made by the apprentice of his appreciation of the grandeur of work that was quoted by Willis ( 1976 ) and repeated earlier in this paper . |
| 26 | While this may account for part of the gap in the gross weekly earnings of men and women , however , it can not account for the difference in hourly rates of pay . |
| 27 | They can not account for the artistry of the individual practitioner . |
| 28 | This would amount to admitting that governments can not save for the future , a view that some describe as pre-emptive capitulation . |
| 29 | Again , if the seller has granted the buyer credit , he can not sue for the price before the end of the agreed credit period ; until then the buyer 's failure to pay is not wrongful . |
| 30 | A local authority can not apply for a residence or contact order and the court can not make such an order in its favour ( s9(2) ) . |