Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same effects may be achieved by having a massage but , unlike a massage , the feeling of lightness can last for days and we can eventually learn how to release tension for ourselves . |
| 2 | But he was risen from the golfing dead , so to speak , and my friend is interested in what an agent can achieve for minor stars , as well as superstars . ’ |
| 3 | Recent research has shown that the scrapie agent can live for several years when buried in soil . |
| 4 | Sports such as judo or fencing can provide for these needs beyond fitness . |
| 5 | And then , finally , look at what Equity can do for the successful plaintiff — the ‘ remedy ’ , the ‘ relief ’ which it can give him . |
| 6 | The condition can last for months , but it goes away completely in time . |
| 7 | Bank Assistants , ask not what the IBOA can do for you but what can you do for the IBOA to get justice for your claim . |
| 8 | As it takes some time to get the system going and prepare the animal for recording , any one experiment can run for many hours , and as a result neurophysiologists tend , even more than any other lab scientists I know , to be erratic nightworkers and ( at least when they are graduate students ) not well cut out for normal social relations . |
| 9 | I suppose she knows the chef can cater for diabetics and there 's absolutely no reason why she should have to feel she 's being denied any of the luxuries ? ’ |
| 10 | But researchers have re-assessed data from both urban and rural sites around the world and concluded that the heat island effect can account for no more than 10 per cent of the measured temperature rise . |
| 11 | The domino effect can work for us as well as against us if we play our cards right . |
| 12 | However , there are a number of organisations to whom a practitioner can turn for guidance as to the best expert to instruct in a particular case . |
| 13 | Thus , the no-boundary proposal can account for all the complicated structure that we see around us . |
| 14 | Bob Hoover sponsored by Victor Aviation , flew the Shrike Commander in his famed ‘ energy management series ’ of engine-out manoeuvres ; Pepsi sponsored Joann Osterud in her ultimate 300 Biplane as well as Susan Asbury-Oliver in the Pepsi Skywriter ; First Interstate Bank brought Wayne Handley and his Raven to Reno ; Sean Tucker 's amazing aerobatics were sponsored by Randolph Sunglasses and Dreyer 's Ice Cream ; the Acme Duck and Airshow returned to Reno for a repeat of their funny comedy airshow act ; Scott Hammack 's Smoke n Thunder jet dragster was on hand to show what an afterburning J-34 jet engine can do for miles per hour versus miles per gallon ; seven-time U.S. National Aerobatic Champion Leo Loudenslager flew the Bud Light 200 in a routine that demonstrated why he is such a success in competition aerobatics ; and Team America added precision three ship aerobatics to the programme . |
| 15 | And no gratitude — your Auntie can slave for you , work her fingers to the bone , but it 's Miss Green gets the thank yous ! |
| 16 | In religious organizations reconciliation can persist for long periods of time . |
| 17 | Moreover , poetry can do for us what religion and philosophy no longer can , that is tell us ‘ what to feel ’ and ‘ what to do ’ ; poetry , Science and Poetry concludes ( p. 82 ) , is ‘ capable of saving us . ’ |
| 18 | Law binds not because it says it does ( although it does say just that ) but because there are good reasons for accepting its claim to mandatoriness and these good reasons have to do with what law can do for us in certain situations of social opportunity , difficulty and peril . |
| 19 | However , Stemberger ( 1984 ) has recently argued that the grounds for treating open and closed class lexical items as coming from two separate vocabularies are not convincing since many of the differences in error patterns for the two classes can be explained by differences in the frequency of items in the two classes , and by differences in the potential frequency with which certain kinds of error can occur for items in the two classes . |
| 20 | What Aromatherapy Can Do For You |
| 21 | If the council can sue for libel , then so can those departments . |
| 22 | The chairman of the Conservative party can vote for the motion because he is opposed to a referendum , and the right hon. Lady can vote for it because she advocates a referendum . |
| 23 | Amazing what a positive attitude can do for you ! |
| 24 | The local authority or the child can apply for an order : ( i ) under s34(2) specifying the contact to be allowed between the child and any named person ; ( ii ) under s34(4) authorising the local authority to refuse to allow contact between the child and any person automatically entitled under s34(1) . |
| 25 | Interest on borrowing for improvements to your home can qualify for tax relief providing your total house purchase/home improvement borrowing together does not exceed £30,000 under current Government regulations . |
| 26 | Once humanity can formulate for itself a truly superstition-free religion , such activities would die a natural death , as for example , has the burning of ‘ witches ’ , although even this hideous ritual would be not entirely free from revival if a godless , religious vacuum were allowed to form . |
| 27 | ‘ Marriage can succeed for an artist only where there is enough money to save him from taking on uncongenial work and a wife who is intelligent enough to understand and respect the working of the unfriendly cycle of the creative imagination . |
| 28 | It is the best our haunted community can hope for . |
| 29 | The tie , against Manchester City at Villa Park , was a classic illustration of Chapman 's belief that a team can attack for too long . |
| 30 | Thus , although section 49 states that the seller can sue for the price in certain circumstances ( see Chapter 12 ) , he will nevertheless not be able to do so unless he is also ready and willing to deliver the goods . |