Example sentences of "which can [vb infin] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2 and 9 Jacoby ) which can pass for Celtic ethnography ; one is a tall story about a Celtic potlatch . |
| 2 | The only other area in Britain which can compare for steep ice-fall climbs is the North West of Scotland , and that 's a long drive for a weekend 's climbing — even for the Scots ! |
| 3 | ’ . Again Douglas ( 1966 : 138 ) has suggested there is a liaison which exists between the physical body and its use as an expression of the social , so that one becomes a paradigm for the other : ‘ the [ human ] body is a model which can stand for any bounded system … |
| 4 | An outbreak of spots may leave a brown discoloration on the skin which can last for several months and leave it looking mottled . |
| 5 | This had grown out of his very successful Special Theory of Relativity which he had published in 1905 and which can account for two-thirds of the 43′ residual . |