Example sentences of "can [verb] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Those of a pike have become elegant filmy sculls , rotating slowly back and forth from a joint within the body , so that the fish can compensate for the tiniest variation of current and hang above a rock as though it were suspended from an invisible wire . |
| 2 | She does not believe that day care can substitute for the one-to-one relationship between mother and child , and favours the introduction of greater financial incentives and other support for the family care of children . |
| 3 | Whether their accounts confirm , coincide with , or can substitute for the psychoanalytic account of desire as lack is hard to say . |
| 4 | Finally we show that recombinant TFIIA from Saccharomyces cerevisiae can substitute for the human factor in pol III transcription in vitro which proves that TFIIA is also involved in the efficient expression of classical pol III genes . |
| 5 | Yeast TFIIA can substitute for the human factor in pol III transcription in vitro |
| 6 | You get plenty of choice with the memory-resident monitors — you can opt for the enhanced protection of VSAFE , part of which can reside in Upper memory , or you can go for the smaller VWATCH . |
| 7 | The amount they can borrow for the coming year is subject to approval by central government . |
| 8 | The trouble is that nobody can speak for the whole profession because of the various ways in which the profession is divided . |
| 9 | And then , finally , look at what Equity can do for the successful plaintiff — the ‘ remedy ’ , the ‘ relief ’ which it can give him . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , of course , anything I can do for the poor girl — ’ she began . |
| 11 | And whenever you fancy a touch of the sun and sea air , you can head for the sandy beach , only 200 metres away . |
| 12 | If the person that has had , been made redundant to make the claim , can claim for the other person and there 's no red |
| 13 | Nicholson will be glad when he can remove for the last time the putty nose , hairpiece and false front tooth the make-up wizards gave him each day to make him a mirror-image of bully-boy Hoffa . |
| 14 | I do n't see how they can work for the Royal Family , either . |
| 15 | A small apple tree , a garden pea or even a strawberry plant pass through various stages during spring and summer and children can look for the first appearance of leaves and flowers and fruit . |
| 16 | In daytime sleep , such an effect is not present and night-workers can vouch for the broken sleep produced by the more rapid filling of the bladder after lying down during the daytime . |
| 17 | It is not only the very large hotels which enter into this market : smaller hotels with twenty bedrooms upwards , a quiet fair-sized conference room , good bedrooms and adequate facilities can compete for the smaller trade exhibitions , training courses , seminars and conferences . |
| 18 | Aqib is ruled out of tomorrow 's ( WED ) decisive one-day game in Auckland — the series is now level at 1-1 — but can return for the solitary Test of the Pakistan tour , starting at Hamilton on Saturday . |
| 19 | It is a service we can perform for the Royal House . |
| 20 | You get plenty of choice with the memory-resident monitors — you can opt for the enhanced protection of VSAFE , part of which can reside in Upper memory , or you can go for the smaller VWATCH . |
| 21 | It can operate for the whole class , or for individuals , and can be used whatever basic approach to teaching spelling you prefer . |
| 22 | Overseas students requiring a longer course in English can register for the intensive language courses lasting from October to June each year . |
| 23 | These can cater for the smaller user . |
| 24 | More than I can say for the other fella , Berger . |
| 25 | The researchers suggest that game theory , rather than kin selection , can account for the general absence of fighting over females within a coalition . |
| 26 | Beyond this depth the compression of solid rock such as silicates can account for the increasing wave speeds . |
| 27 | Although the chromatography eluants used in this study are particularly suited to detecting tobacco related carcinogens — and will miss some small molecular weight adducts altogether — it is unlikely that smoking can account for the increased adduct levels found as the percentage of smokers in the truncal vagotomy group ( 54% ) was very similar to that of the highly selective vagotomy patients ( 52% ) . |
| 28 | A superiority in either the perception of shape or in the perception of direction , if in fact these functions are dissociable , can account for the left hand advantage in Braille reading found for both experienced blind subjects ( Hermelin & O'Connor , 1971 ) and blindfolded normal subjects ( Smith , Chu and Edmonston , 1977 ; Harriman and Castell , 1979 ) taught to read Braille . |