Example sentences of "can [verb] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basic principle of a budget is straightforward it 's to forecast your forecast your expend expenses so they can make plans for the future . |
| 2 | Some experts claim the difference may be as much as 15 per cent , but producers in Austria--which leads the rest of Europe in RME use--claim they can make RME for the same price as diesel . |
| 3 | Grants of any kind are usually only given for a proportion of the cost of the work to be done , but when necessary , local authorities can make loans for the balance , on which interest has to be paid . |
| 4 | It is essential that relatives have adequate warning so that they can make arrangements for the patient 's homecoming . |
| 5 | For this latter purpose it can prove invaluable , a bench mark against which you can compare candidates for the job . |
| 6 | Bear in mind , too , that we can guarantee acceptance for the policy for anyone aged between 18 and 69 who can truthfully answer ‘ NO ’ to the question on the Guarantee of Acceptance . |
| 7 | This is a great club , the only one that can beat Liverpool for the enthusiasm of its supporters ’ , he enthused . |
| 8 | The computer can give questions for the user to ask , and also draw inference from the answers . |
| 9 | Wind turbines can generate electricity for the local community or be part of the national grid , such as the Orkney Islands and Carmarthen Bay . |
| 10 | We can not overcome the past by forgetting the discord and sorrow which war has brought , but by willingness to reconciliate we can ensure peace for the present . |
| 11 | If we can do things for the kids then that 's fine , a bonus , but otherwise we are trying to help the system , to respond to what it wants of us . |
| 12 | One can claim compensation for the dismaying experience of a spoilt holiday : it is strange that the same principle does not apply to the breaking of obligations under employment contracts . |
| 13 | Under the Sale of Goods Act , goods must be fit for their purpose and if they 're not you can claim compensation for the full amount of your loss resulting from the breach of contract . |
| 14 | Thus in a case where the ‘ principles of good forestry ’ dictate that felling should take place , and would result in too great a sacrifice of amenity , the owner can claim compensation for the loss which he suffers . |
| 15 | If he is negligent , and as a result you pay more for the property than it is worth , then again you can claim damages for the difference and any consequential costs and inconvenience . |
| 16 | Worksheets can provide feedback for the teacher . |
| 17 | The system provides several different types of room racks with innovations and signals that can provide information for the receptionists ; for example , pockets can have a centre window with two-colour sliding signals which can be moved to show red when the room has been assigned , yellow when the room is ‘ on change ’ and clear when the room is ready for letting . |
| 18 | You can score points for the number of ceramic divisions you can move the butt over ( with extra for actually getting it down the hole and extra for doing it from the far end of the gutter from the hole ) , for the amount of destruction caused — apparently it 's very hard to get the little black cone at the burned end to disintegrate — and , over the course of the evening , the number of fag-ends so dispatched . |
| 19 | This technique can create difficulties for the reader , since the introductory simile is often some distance from the underlexicalised term . |
| 20 | The teacher can help the children reflect by focusing the discussion or task in hand , or s/he can create opportunities for the children to consider their work for themselves . |
| 21 | It can secure benefits for the organization and reduce pressures upon it from outside . |
| 22 | We have negotiated specially reduced rates with Sealink , and can take bookings for the following routes : |
| 23 | They can take measures for the burning of the heaths , the clearing of drains , and the repair and maintenance of the Forest pounds : these measures they carry out through the agency or with the permission of the Forestry Commissioners . |
| 24 | It can take months for the violence to subside , they take it out on themselves by punching the walls or scratching their wrists . |
| 25 | We all deserve a rest day , and conveniently at the halfway stage is Fort William , the only town in the itinerary thus far , where refuelling and restocking can take place for the second part of the journey . |
| 26 | The only other comment I had in terms of the scale of settlement , which I think is just touching upon the next point , is that , I mean depending on the conclusions you reach as to the the amount of housing to be provided for in a new settlement , I take the point that Mr Brighton made that you 've got to have a longer term perspective I think that he f that in the ten year period ninety six to two thousand and six that the new settlements to be brought forward during , erm I think it 's really unrealistic to achieve more than twelve fifty , fourteen hundred houses in that period , if you say reach a conclusion there should be two thousand houses in that period in a new settlement , there might be some benefit in having two settlements , each of a capacity of say twelve fifty , f for erm twelve fifty to fifteen hundred that can have capacity for the next plan period , and in other words to assist in meeting the constraints that exist on York that are likely to exist into the future . |
| 27 | Perhaps one can produce figures for the amount knocked off property prices by aircraft noise and excessive pollution ( as Blueprint suggests , with the backing of figures from American cities ) , but even here there is room for doubt . |
| 28 | ‘ I really like and can recommend work for the Inland Revenue ’ . |
| 29 | The women 's organizations are also an important source of information for many refugees who would otherwise be isolated from events in their country and a channel by means of which they can express support for the revolutionary movement : |
| 30 | How can we appeal to part time workers and convince them that we can change things for the better , many of whom are home workers who are working in appalling conditions and often for less than fifty pence an hour ? |