Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can all watch for the Labour block vote at the end of this debate as a matter of principle , I could never vote in support of the Labour whip . |
| 2 | Now Rebecca 's family can only hope for a suitable kidney from an accident victim . |
| 3 | She 's worried any of them could be killed … and for now she can only wait for the missing cat to return |
| 4 | ‘ I can not speak for the other 33 countries who are not here , but as for me , I would say if this happened in 1990 it would be good , ’ he added . |
| 5 | The answer is one of two things — a Labour government which he can not influence for the good , or a Labour government which he turns out in a few months , provoking another election . |
| 6 | If the issue today in some people 's eyes is the need for this community in Greater York to be one hundred percent self sufficient then perhaps we really ought to go pack up and er go home , er because there 's no way that er a settlement that one could envisage in Greater York or perhaps anywhere else can be a hundred percent self sufficiency , self sufficient , you 're not going to get a shopping mall , you 'd be unlikely to get a a major touring theatre , so you can not aim for a hundred percent self sufficiency , you aim for what is appropriate for the size of the community and particularly its relationship to existing settlements er in the general area . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , encyclopaedias are very expensive to compile and publish so one can not hope for a new edition every year and the information in them is thus often very dated . |
| 8 | The article ended : ‘ The prince 's image has been badly damaged and statesman-like behaviour can not compensate for a young wife throwing herself downstairs in an attempted suicide while her husband strides to go out riding . |
| 9 | The development of professional competence however paramountly desirable can not substitute for the academic element in language courses . |
| 10 | We can not wait for a Labour Government . |
| 11 | Like the golfer who hits his one decent shot on the eighteenth hole and can not wait for the following weekend 's game , I felt light of heart with the warm promise of another evening in the company of the delightful Sally Drayton . |
| 12 | He can not wait for the proposed exchange of animals . |
| 13 | In this first category we consider three main criticisms : ( a ) that the model developed in chapter 4 can not account for a major feature of all economies ; ( b ) that the model relies for all its results on very simple specifications of the aggregate supply and demand curves ; and ( c ) that even if one accepts the model as it stands governments might effectively stabilize the economy if they possess better information about the economy than the private sector , or indeed if different parts of the private sector possess different information . |
| 14 | Yet this alone can not account for the negative results , for the weight of evidence is such that the general conclusion can hardly be challenged . |
| 15 | Some of Althusser 's critics have pointed out that this monolithic conception of the role of ideology can not account for the vast variety of ‘ ideological universes ’ found in modern capitalist states , some conformist and others overtly subversive . |
| 16 | Environmental health experts say that increased reporting can not account for the total increase . |
| 17 | Moreover , his proposal can not account for the close relationship between pairs of sentences such as : |
| 18 | It seems , therefore , that sample pore-space or matrix properties can not account for the different trends in electrical conductivity . |
| 19 | On the other hand there are those who would argue that even if the academic course has to have a vocational purpose — and most students themselves would agree with this — the variety of vocational destinations requires a degree of generality to achieve commonality of interests and this can not provide for the specific needs of future language teachers . |
| 20 | Lions are strong but can not run for a long time . |
| 21 | Since cloned human TFIIA is not yet available , we used the yeast analogue , which can functionally substitute for the human factor in pol II transcription in vitro ( 17 , 24 ) . |
| 22 | I 'll borrow my brother 's Lambretta so that we can just sit for a whole hour and then I 'll drive you home . |
| 23 | Mr ferguson has also placed the emphasis on youth with his son Darren a shining example of the old adage that , even if you 're crap , you can still play for a professional football team if your dad is the manager . |
| 24 | right cos then you 're taking them away from the fact that you want other quotes right , they 'll say to you oh we were n't thinking of doing it actually until the winter , right and then you can say to them well let me just say that by placing your order in now we can put your installation in hand , right , basically at today 's prices , right , on an extended delivery , right , and you can still qualify for a special offer , right |
| 25 | Harry always looked immaculate and unruffled , and he was one of those players upon whom the Manager , his team colleagues and supporters can always rely for a composed and controlled performance . |
| 26 | After all , if they 've got some of the modules , they can always go for the full general SVQ later . ’ |
| 27 | The diagram corresponding to ( 36 ) is therefore : With the above analysis we can now account for the paradoxical fact that the verb perceive is found more frequently with the to infinitive than with the bare version : ( 55 ) No one could possibly enter his rooms without perceiving him to be a man of wealth . |
| 28 | ZeeBeeCee has gained a court order allowing access to Jessamyn Bonney 's juvenile records , stored in the central infonet of the Bruyce-Hoare Agency , and we can exclusively reveal for the first time on national television that evidence which has come to light since her 1992 parricide hearing has suggested that she was indeed guilty of the murder of her father , a crime for which she was acquitted in court on the testimony of one Andrew Jean , since deceased , a gangcult associate and known perjurer . ’ |
| 29 | They are there because to have something distinctive to say can frequently call for a distinctive way of saying it-a way that will make an author 's words come fresh and vivid off the page . |
| 30 | It is unlikely that a single explanation can fully account for a human activity that has been defined in such varied ways . |