Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government continue to press local education authorities to remove surplus places , since only they can make proposals for reorganisation . |
| 2 | He also repeated an argument put forward several times recently by the Scottish Office that a farmer 's net income , which can include allowances for rent and depreciation , and where , for example , transport and housing costs may be apportioned to the business , can not be compared directly with the average UK wage . |
| 3 | Within yards of the station , you can catch trout for tea , sup Yorkshire ale , and see how things used to be at Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life . |
| 4 | ‘ Politically , there 's no way he can give money for work at Flushing Meadow when we have thousands homeless and barely able to live ’ . |
| 5 | A nice dry day can do wonders for ticket sales . |
| 6 | Parent Network believes that parenting can be learned , and that improved communication can do wonders for family harmony . |
| 7 | I say ‘ could ’ , because running and hard exercise can do wonders for body , mind and spirit without any New Age-type influence . |
| 8 | DEATH can do wonders for record sales — Freddie Mercury 's departure alone is reckoned to have put several percentage points on total British sales last Christmas . |
| 9 | Such cooperation can present problems for teaching , training and research because the necessary techniques and methods are the province of more than one discipline . |
| 10 | This has provided the tramway with a singular advantage over buses operating in the congested traffic , however the close proximity of thousands of strolling holiday-makers to the traffic , can present problems for tram drivers . |
| 11 | It has been included so that you can refer to it for comparative purposes , and so that you can choose equipment for character models without having to refer to the army list entries or the Warhammer rulebook . |
| 12 | It has been included so that you can refer to it for comparative purposes , and so that you can choose equipment for character models without having to refer to the army list entries or the Warhammer rulebook . |
| 13 | It has been included so that you can refer to it for comparative purposes , and so that you can choose equipment for character models without having to refer to the army list entries or the Warhammer rulebook . |
| 14 | So , the electorate can choose representatives for Parliament but it is less able to choose a government and a programme that will be implemented . |
| 15 | In certain circumstances , local authorities can claim help for emergency repairs . |
| 16 | The buyer can claim damages for non-delivery or for breach of any other condition or warranty . |
| 17 | You can use Multipoint for cash withdrawals , fastcash and balance enquiries at cash machines throughout the UK . |
| 18 | The arts , and the new cultural development , can provide space for reflection on disability life from the rich variety of experiences of different groups of disabled people . |
| 19 | The difficulty features of tasks , identified from the results of the testing , can provide foci for teaching — a theme which will be taken up in Chapter 6 ( pp. 153–87 ) . |
| 20 | A GOOD night 's sleep can work wonders for mind and body . |
| 21 | If more than half the parents are fairly well off and eager to expand facilities in their school , they can set levels for school charges which are beyond the means of the poorer parents ( fee levels are set by the government ) . |
| 22 | Each variation can create opportunity for comparison to be made . |
| 23 | Printing is another activity in which the teacher can create opportunity for attention to particular ideas . |
| 24 | From the fruits of this investment can stem finance for health and the social services . |
| 25 | A distributed European SQL interface ( ESQL ) — an SQL extension developed under EDS — can exploit databases for use with parallel architectures . |
| 26 | ‘ We can have cakes for tea . ’ |
| 27 | This does n't mean you can have chips for dinner one day and a salad the next , but you should see it as more of a healthy eating approach — starting now ! |
| 28 | Bulls can match Galloways for weight at 200 days but thereafter they rapidly fall behind , reaching perhaps 325kg at 500 days compared with the Galloway 's 415kg and averaging 270kg at 400 days old . |
| 29 | You can get treatment for drug dependence , mostly as an outpatient . |
| 30 | You can get treatment for drug dependence , mostly as an outpatient . |