Example sentences of "they can [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | With certain limited exceptions , married men are exempt from liability for rape of their wives , although they can be prosecuted for any accompanying assault or violence . |
| 2 | The necessity for speed in adaptation of agricultural technology exists because of these self-reproducing and self-reinforcing processes — fairly rapid population growth ; political and economic neglect of marginal environments except where they can be exploited for the production of commodities for the national and international market ; and a stagnant production per unit worker and area for the majority of the population . |
| 3 | They have the advantage that they can be calculated for most countries in the world . |
| 4 | This examination must be passed before they can be accepted for the remainder of the course . |
| 5 | They can be exchanged for tickets at all Leeds theatres , Leeds International Concert Season and Leeds Leisure Services music events . |
| 6 | Both of these involve culturing some cells from the baby so they can be tested for genetic abnormalities . |
| 7 | They can be held for 48 hours without charge under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and for a further five days at the discretion of the Home Secretary . |
| 8 | Once the required modifications to a package and its constituent modules have been carried out they can be submitted for APPROVAL to a baseline , specified by the Quality Control procedures of the organisation . |
| 9 | This will include information about risk factors and how they can be changed for the long-term good . |
| 10 | Where lead times are certain , they can be allowed for in stock calculations . |
| 11 | They can be frozen for up to three months . |
| 12 | The University may consider applications from overseas candidates received after the normal closing date of 15 December , but candidates should make early application through UCAS , so that they can be informed in good time of any further qualifications required before they can be considered for admission . |
| 13 | Once on the continent , they can be sold for meat if nothing else . |
| 14 | The next job is to reconfigure the mexeflote rafts so that they can be used for other tasks . |
| 15 | They can be used for retirement planning for those currently paying the top rate of income tax and who expect their post-retirement income to attract basic tax only . |
| 16 | Pressed in shallowly , they can be used for sowing ( thin out surplus seedlings instead of pricking out ) . |
| 17 | As well as helping us transmute negative emotions such as anger , fear and hate into optimism and joy , they can be used for psychic protection — and the effect can be immediate . |
| 18 | More exotically , they can be used for voice conferencing or to gain access to mainframe computers . |
| 19 | They can be used for stimulus variation and they do reduce glare . |
| 20 | The similarities between things called by the same name are indefinite and fluctuating ; one tries to pin terms down by definition , so that they can be used for strict inference , but Wittgenstein showed that in the vocabulary of natural languages the similarities are ‘ family resemblances ’ , by which A may be like B in one respect and B like C in another , but A like C in neither , so that it is useless to look for common characteristics by which to define the word which names them all . |
| 21 | EQ units generally have two channels so that they can be used for stereo , but the channels can be operated separately so that two mono signals can be corrected individually . |
| 22 | Made from thick card , the shape is not rounded but angled , the templates can be used for round necks , then by extending the side lines , they can be used for V-necks . |
| 23 | They can be used for assessment independently of training . |
| 24 | They can be used for mixed media work as well with Faber-Castell 's Polychromos Colour pencils and Albrecht Dürer Watercolour Pencils , since the colours are carefully co-ordinated across each of these product ranges . |
| 25 | As you will find out , they can be used for a variety of purposes and memos are produced in a number of formats . |
| 26 | Container growing is convenient , too , in that herbs can be protected in winter , the containers can be put where most convenient or most suitable for the herbs , and they can be used for decorating otherwise austere sites such as paving , basement areas and concrete yards . |
| 27 | The learned information just makes these traits explicit , so that they can be used for prediction . |
| 28 | However , recently they can be issued for maturities for as little as 7 days to enable them to compete with the sterling commercial paper market . |