Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Much the same can be said for the group of surnames representing the former holding of offices , which includes such obvious examples as Butler , Chamberlain , Reeve , Beadle , Granger and Steward , but some are less obvious because time has dimmed both the memory of the office concerned and distorted the spelling of the name : Grieve = a farm steward ; Gayler = a gaoler ; Bailey = a bailiff or sergeant ; Spencer = a dispenser of provisions ; Tunnard = guardian of the village ( tūn ) pound ; Senskell = a majordomo ( seneschal ) ; Wardrop = a wardrober . |
| 32 | During the night Ham was in fine form , which is more than can be said for the Redstone rocket . |
| 33 | And this is more than can be said for the majority of other books which have exploited the same theme : that of man battling away , amid ignorance and fear , against some novel , lethal , unknown microorganism . |
| 34 | Its one saving grace is that it is water-tight , which is more than can be said for the tonneau cover . |
| 35 | Which is more than can be said for the Osborne creature 's genetic offering ! |
| 36 | The same can be said for the ME-10's overdrive ; again this sound is a matter of taste , although not really mine . |
| 37 | The trouble is that charity work never ends and the same can be said for the constant need for money to pay for research work , buy new hospital machinery or vehicles for disabled youngsters . |
| 38 | This is more than can be said for the ever-decreasing Daily Mirror and Daily Express , both in terminal decline . |
| 39 | Which is more than can be said for the thousands of turkeys destined for the Christmas dinner table . |
| 40 | Which is more than can be said for the other engine . |
| 41 | Which , I stress , is more than can be said for the one hit wonders of the '90s , which sound more like nursery rhymes than anything else . |
| 42 | Which is more than can be said for the album sleeve of the new ACR album , which has caused unheard-of dissent at the offices of British Coal who claim that the artwork looks too much for comfort like the British Rail Freight logo and are threatening legal action . |
| 43 | Which is more than can be said for the Ferrets opposite . |
| 44 | Much the same can be said for the use of the ‘ grid ’ in countless high-modernist abstract paintings by Mondrian , Reinhardt , and many others . |
| 45 | The proposal does fit the situation — which is more than can be said for the compromise approach . |
| 46 | which is more than can be said for the products of the human |
| 47 | The best that can be said for the education available for the children of the eighteenth-century poor is that it managed to maintain the levels of the later seventeenth century . |
| 48 | which is more than can be said for the Gloucestershire cricket season … the Cheltenham festival is underway and the only ones feasting on runs at the moment are Derbyshire … |
| 49 | In addition , increases are only made when the firm is confident that the new level can be maintained for the forseeable future |
| 50 | Additionally , if a young trainee achieves a vocational qualification additional funding can be received for the benefit of future trainees . |
| 51 | Of course one needs to exercise some common sense about the number of objectives written for any one piece of teaching , but if teaching sessions are seen as part of a series for a given student then objectives can be written for the whole series . |
| 52 | In each of the three studies , speculative efficiency can be rejected for the French franc — dollar rate , both because the constant is non-zero and the coefficient on the forward rate is less than unity . |
| 53 | The different aspects of the Christian faith can be distinguished for the sake of clarity but they can not be separated in the life of the Christian community as if any one of them could exist alone or have priority over the others |
| 54 | A second difficulty could arise from the Labour Party rule ( again dating from 1981 ) that a Leader in office as Prime Minister can be challenged for the Leadership at a Party conference if an election is requested by a majority of the conference on a card vote . |
| 55 | If such a settlement is agreed , the matter should be referred to your Underwriters immediately and they will decide what cover can be given for the future . |
| 56 | Hang-gliding : This can be arranged for the intrepid , and is definitely worth it though we ca n't cover this with our standard insurance . |
| 57 | Vincent rented a studio — ‘ that is , a room and an alcove which can be arranged for the purpose , cheap enough ’ — on the outskirts of town , at Schenkweg 138 , close to Ryn station . |
| 58 | Special provisions apply to the National Coal Board 's operations , which can be ignored for the moment . |
| 59 | In this way provision can be made for the control of potential odours by requiring certain odour abatement equipment to be installed . |
| 60 | Some place must be found for the principle of self-determination as a basis for altering international boundaries and the controlled and limited use of force in the service of this principle , and , in order to establish the boundaries of such legitimate force , it will be necessary to establish rules to which appeal can be made for the settlement of territorial disputes by international courts as an essential precondition of the legitimate resort to force . |