Example sentences of "[noun pl] can [vb infin] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You , know , if , if these two people with the same number of kids can live for this |
| 2 | There is also provision for private litigation , whereby private parties can sue for three times the damages inflicted upon them by violations of the law . |
| 3 | Overseas candidates can apply for these scholarships but must also apply for an ORS award . |
| 4 | Coupling with slow ice sheet and ocean feedbacks can account for orbitally-paced planetwide changes of temperature and CO 2 recorded in ice cores in ways that purely atmospheric models can not . |
| 5 | With good care and feeding , the small animals can live for several weeks in the mini-aquarium maybe even longer . |
| 6 | In household pets whose exercise is limited the presence of the tracheal nodules is well tolerated , and animals can survive for long periods with little distress . |
| 7 | Dragons can lie for dark centuries brooding over their treasures , bedding down on frozen flames that will never see the light of day . |
| 8 | Strong wind sessions can blow for 2 to 6 days in a row , day and night . |
| 9 | Gaps between strong winds can last for 4 to 8 days . |
| 10 | Scientists and engineers can apply for long term funding to open up new research directions |
| 11 | People who are liable for CGT in these circumstances can apply for special relief of up to £40,000 . |
| 12 | And social workers can arrange for extra equipment , handles and other aids about the house to make life easier for him . |
| 13 | This means that wherever they live in the county , adults with special educational needs can ask for individual assessment , counselling and programme planning . |
| 14 | The comparison is an unsatisfactory one since there are important differences in the life histories of the two species : male kittiwakes can breed for many more seasons , adult mortality is not so strongly age-dependent and females can fledge up to three young per year ( see Coulson , 1966 , 1968 ; Coulson & Wooller , 1976 ; Wooller & Coulson , 1977 ) . |
| 15 | Life Span : Given good conditions can live for 10–20 years . |
| 16 | Thus many electors can vote for extra spending knowing the cost will fall elsewhere . |
| 17 | For such sounds can carry for hundreds of miles . |
| 18 | To that extent , the EC does not seem to have accepted the ramifications of the post-communist years and has not decided whether it wants to consolidate itself as a rich man 's club at the western end of the continent of Europe , to which the east Europeans can apply for associate membership , or to widen its institutions , starting with freer trade . |
| 19 | There is thus no authoritative work to which trades unions , employers , academics and legal practitioners can refer for reliable guidance in this area . |
| 20 | Mussels can live for several years , but are very sensitive to ammonia and nitrite . |
| 21 | What budget borrowers can expect for next year will depend on when their review date falls . |
| 22 | Both the X and character versions will be shipped together so users can upgrade for free . |
| 23 | Compared with shifting coalitions of Independent councillors , party groupings can make for coherent policy planning and administration . |
| 24 | Full-time employment may be less of a deterrent to childbearing if mothers can pay for personal child care . |
| 25 | After a fortnight Carly will undergo blood tests so that doctors can check for any chemical alterations . |
| 26 | The shrimps can live for several years and the average mortality rate in adults within a population is a good predictor of the proportion of individuals within a population which will change sex . |
| 27 | We found that chronic constipation in young children can persist for many years . |
| 28 | — two letters can stand for one sound ( the letter-pair " sh " stands for a single sound ) , and one letter can stand for a sequence of two sounds ( in our dialect , " o " in the word " no " stands for two sounds in sequence , a vowel first , followed by a " w " sound made with the lips ) ; |
| 29 | If one set of instruments can substitute for another , policy is in any case badly served by a legal framework which focuses on form rather than effect , as the UK restrictive practice legislation does . |
| 30 | These organisms can live for many years inside the body causing intense itching and other symptoms , including eventual blindness . |