Example sentences of "can [verb] [adv] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friends who are very dissimilar may not give the same thing to each other , but what each gives can sometimes be even richer for this : it can make up for the other 's deficits . |
| 2 | But nothing can make up for the fact that any improvements in prescribing practice are too late to save Lexie . |
| 3 | Hadley is adamant that , despite the views expressed by Wayne Shelford , nothing can make up for the satisfaction of representing the country of your birth at international level . |
| 4 | This last month , the Bavarians have been going through the painful experience of learning that , where an historic collection is concerned , it is the whole which is greater than the parts , and no saving of individual items can make up for the erosion of that whole . |
| 5 | Yes because in the summer I mean you , some time in the , in this next term would be the ideal thing really because that , if she can stay on for the summer term |
| 6 | ‘ The fact of the matter is , several of the teachers on the course you missed because of skiving off on holiday , a number of them have asked me if they can stay on for the autumn term . |
| 7 | It was significant that , when the war took a grave turn the following year , it was to every Anglican incumbent in the land ( and no doubt to many others , though I can speak only for the parish clergy ) that Duff Cooper , the Home Secretary , sent letters expressing apprehension of the state of public morale and urging the incumbents to do their utmost to help raise it . |
| 8 | The Government aim to secure an appropriate climate in which people can plan sensibly for the future , making their own decisions about what to save and what to spend . |
| 9 | In recent years , cooperation , not competition , has proved that the G M B and T G W U can work together for the advantage of all our members . |
| 10 | Amd Director of Corporate Affairs and Company Secretary , said her first UK Festival of Musicals was a ‘ resounding success ’ adding : ‘ I believe that the whole project has been a first class example of how industry and the arts can work together for the good of the community . ’ |
| 11 | It is worth saying that this Bill has nothing to do with privatisation or the Rothschild report ; it will give the tools to British Coal so that it can compete successfully for the coal contract post-April 1993 . |
| 12 | Dublin said : ‘ I hope my first goal will now help me settle and show I can score more for the club and the fans who have been so good . ’ |
| 13 | He had said : ‘ I hope my first goal will help me settle and show I can score more for the club . |
| 14 | Did you know Jehovah 's organizations always changes , not with it , but to combat it that way it comes to work , it keeps us alive , it keeps us on our toes , and so we could go on and on in saying well look keep away , stay awake and do everything that we should and , and we can stand here for the rest of the talk saying well do it , do it , do it but that 's easy for me to do that is n't it ? |
| 15 | You can go up for the day . |
| 16 | Any man who wants to can go ashore for the afternoon . |
| 17 | This tragic game can go on for the rest of their lives or one of them can decide enough is enough and withdraw . |
| 18 | ‘ I shall hang it in the kitchen for a week , ’ she said , ‘ and then you can go out for the evening and I will have bread sauce and fried breadcrumbs , and game chips and red currant jelly and watercress and pheasant . ’ |
| 19 | If there 's no work for 'em they can go home for the day . |
| 20 | ‘ Then , if we 're forward enough , Jinny and Oz can go off for the day with a couple of baskets . |
| 21 | Louis can come back for the trunk tomorrow . |
| 22 | This means that we can solve directly for the effect of the corporate profits tax on prices . |
| 23 | ‘ You can sit here for the moment , ’ said Dyson , opening the mail from his in-tray , ‘ while we get this sorted out . |
| 24 | that 's it , and they do , you can shop around for the insurance and that like |
| 25 | and after you 've gorged yourself on all the fun and nightlife that Benitses has to offer , you can turn in for the night and leave it all behind . |