Example sentences of "[indef pn] can [verb] for the " in BNC.
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1 | The trouble is that nobody can speak for the whole profession because of the various ways in which the profession is divided . |
2 | Although Lord Rees-Mogg 's confession that he is not a modernist can just about explain his neglect of artists such as Schoenberg , Proust , Kafka , Beckett and Auden , sheer ignorance is the only way in which one can account for the omission of Charles Sherrington , Alan Hodgkin , Lord Adrian and David Hubel , to name but four in neurophysiology ; Rutherford , Bohr , Planck , Heisenberg , Dirac and Gell-Man in physics . |
3 | All that MacIver shows here , and I think that it is all he intends , is that in certain circumstances , including those where domestic creatures are happily housed , one can argue for the promotion of animals in the hierarchy . |
4 | Nothing can compensate for the loss of my sister . ’ |
5 | Nothing can substitute for the health advice your doctor or specialist clinic can provide before you go on a trip to some exotic and far-flung destination , but we thought it worthwhile to turn to one very frequent business traveller for some of his tips . |