Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So for those who like the idea of a guaranteed fixed income , the two main points to consider are , first , how long your capital can be tied up for , and second , whether interest rates are likely to increase , leaving you with an investment yielding less than is obtainable elsewhere . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , few activities can be shut down for set periods , most being operational all the year round . |
| 3 | And those pro the , the guidelines would , if accepted , enable schemes two and three to continue , on the basis that the capital receipts from the sale of the are earmarked for this sort of investments , and that these in their turn will generate a flow of capital receipts which can be ploughed back for the benefit of the to the totality of County Council 's capital programme . |
| 4 | Powerful amplifiers can be turned down for a small hall , but a weak amplifier has no potential for increased volume before it starts distorting the sound . |
| 5 | No , but he will do the preparatory work and he 's taking photographs now for us , that can be blown up for display purposes and he 's linking with marinas to find equipment so |
| 6 | Comparing notes with an airship enthusiast the other day , I learned that the Falklands campaign might bring the airship back into favour because it can be sent up for a good look at the surroundings , especially at sea . |
| 7 | Those that you think are worth persevering with can be grown on for another year , getting a second chance to bloom . |
| 8 | Also the larger tablets can be broken up for small fish . |
| 9 | After the form has been completed it can be printed out for filing . |
| 10 | After the form has been completed it can be printed out for filing . |
| 11 | It was much used in mediaeval times in Britain and , indeed , its use can be traced back for 3,000 years . |
| 12 | Individual photocopies A4 handouts/posters can be run off for you on coloured paper at the office if you send in a clear original ( photographs/cut outs can be gummed on to the page and words either cut out , written , stencilled or typed ) . |
| 13 | ( Why be beaten up for nothing when you can be beaten up for being a smart-arse ? ) |
| 14 | Oral extensions to some exercises can be written out for homework . |
| 15 | The provision of copied material is expensive in resources and in time , but can facilitate work for pupils who have problems with distance vision , and a bank of basic material can be built up for future as well as current usage . |
| 16 | Once a shape has been generated , however , it can be plotted at any position and in any orientation or size so a library of shapes can be built up for repeated use . |
| 17 | A resource box can be built up for each history unit . |
| 18 | You can be had up for blackmail , you know . |
| 19 | They can be blotted down for an even more subtle finish , if you prefer , then topped with a dewy lipgloss . |
| 20 | With luck , this procedure can be dragged out for months or even years , with costs mounting in parallel . |
| 21 | A better case can be made out for its subject being Salmo salar : the Atlantic salmon , than for Orpheus ! |
| 22 | However , a case can be made out for cyclically adjusting such figures so that the long-term trend of unemployment may be observed . |
| 23 | The most that can be said is that a good case can be made out for so doing ; law-abiding spectators would probably be sympathetic , depending upon the outcome . |
| 24 | A case can be made out for the 1918 election as a Unionist victory rather than a coalition victory . |
| 25 | Despite recent insights then , a respectable case can be made out for some form of intervention in some natural monopoly cases . |
| 26 | Erm oh well maybe yours can be saved up for another time ? |
| 27 | Parallel trade is now so well established that Health Department payments to pharmacists can be clawed back for sales of discounted drugs . |
| 28 | Thus women with a high probability of developing such problems can be separated out for preventive therapy research programmes , in an effort to decrease the morbidity and mortality these women subsequently suffer . |
| 29 | No one pretends that the calculation of the multiplier is a scientific operation and no hard-and-fast rule can be laid down for calculating it . |
| 30 | The light mornings are coming along and the cows can be taken in for milking earlier . |