Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I urge those on both Front Benches to reflect on how they can make up for that democratic lack . |
| 2 | Eggs are the perfect protein , containing all eight essential amino acids , so they can make up for any deficiency that may be caused elsewhere . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , there have been no social events this year hopefully we can make up for this in nineteen ninety four . |
| 4 | However problems can arise even for intelligent people with an extensive vocabulary , for example when they are communicating with someone on a subject other than their own speciality . |
| 5 | Even when the soil is virtually dry , spadefoot toads can remain underground for prolonged periods by maintaining their blood concentration at the correct level . |
| 6 | Tom Eisner and Stephen Nowicki , of Cornell University , noticed that the spiders that use stabilimenta build long-lived webs that can stay up for several days . |
| 7 | It 's not actually automatic because you can stay in for those extra up up to five years if you so choose . |
| 8 | Erm and so you can watch out for those the traps . |
| 9 | ‘ One thing I learnt in England : public opinion , the sum of private opinions , does matter , can matter often for good . ’ |
| 10 | Roughly how much of mid-Wales is over 300 m high — mostly wildscape which the farmers can use only for rough grazing for sheep ? |
| 11 | Signalling by diffusion can work well for small organisms , but it is limited ; diffusion of chemical signals over long distances is slow and inefficient , as it can not be specifically targeted to ensure that the signal arrives only at the cell it was intended for . |
| 12 | Once you have thoroughly reorganized your existing storage you can look around for new surfaces to conquer . |
| 13 | Course I immediately darted back in the house and told me dad and well , and er he says er , you can look out for some trouble then now like , you know and er , nothing happened . |
| 14 | First Response have a freephone help-line , manned by trained advisors , which you can ring on for more specialist , individual advice on using both tests . |
| 15 | The hotelier can set up for any number of different plans , for example , golf weekends , leisure breaks , family rates , and so forth |
| 16 | you can set out for two hundred . |
| 17 | Armchair strategists reckon that the terms AT&T can demand now for all or part of USL are less than it could get when both Univel and SVR4.2 have proven themselves . |
| 18 | The point is that data analysts can control only for those factors on which they have data . |
| 19 | One thing you can bet on for sure . ’ |
| 20 | Erm I have four or five people I can take on for any one of those companies so nobody 's in competition with |
| 21 | This restriction to particular ‘ niches ’ in the environment is the result of a partitioning out of competing species over a limited range of resources ; each comes to live in the portion of a habitat it can exploit best for reproductive purposes . |
| 22 | Because we joined Club Social and come the bitter frosty nights we can gather round for another glass for old time 's sake and really get it on at the Club 18–30 reunions at South Coast World in November , Blackpool in March . |
| 23 | The Hybrid Bill procedure is also relatively speedy — 14 months from the first Channel Tunnel Bill to the final Act — when compared with major pubic inquiries which can drag on for several years . |
| 24 | On April 26 it was announced that Tesfaye Dinka , Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs and a US-trained economist , had been made Prime Minister ( a post vacant since November 1989 ) , with a brief to form a new Cabinet composed of individuals " who can stand up for Ethiopian unity " . |
| 25 | This can go on for two hours or more , until all the eggs have been laid . |
| 26 | This can go on for several hours on a number of occasions two hundred or more eggs have been counted . |
| 27 | ‘ I can go on for another three or four years yet because I 'm still as fit as a fiddle , ’ he said . |
| 28 | John looked at his watch , ‘ Come on Mary , we can go on for another ten minutes and I 'd like to find out what is around that bend . ’ |
| 29 | So use the opportunity , get a return , make them take a good look at you and then you know you 're alright and can go on for another couple of years and make them look at you again . |
| 30 | Playing hard to get is a game which can go on for some considerable time , especially if one has as ardent a suitor as the French . |