Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No amount of brilliance can make up for knowledge of the idiom of the field . |
| 2 | ‘ The radio set can remain on for hours at a time ; you can enjoy it as background to reading , writing , homework , housework … . |
| 3 | The sooner that idea is introduced universally , the sooner individuals will have the right to a credit which they can cash in for training and further education , and we should be talking of both — of further education colleges and training schemes . |
| 4 | The therapist can not win out against death , but he or she can win out for life , for a sense of the real , for the kind of growth that truly matters ; dealing as it does with the evaluation of ways to love and hate , with the meanings of human conduct , an appreciation of human nature , and the succession of the generations . |
| 5 | It is a tautology to say that English spelling is excellent because the reader can Jump around for clues on so many different levels ( semantic , visual , phonic , contextual , etymological , and so on ) . |
| 6 | If you missed the last two issues but want to enter the competition , you can send off for vouchers 1 and 2 . |
| 7 | Denis Smith says there 's no match you can bank on for points but as long as they get results they do n't care where they come from . |
| 8 | Ruddy mortals , crouching and crawling around the under-carriage , they can look up for inspiration to the immaculate lives portrayed high on the walls of the workshop , to those models of determination and robust heroism familiar to all Soviet citizens : Riveters and Liberators , Welders and Flag-bearers , beaming Foundry-women with goggles thrown back on their brows like aviators from the Great Patriotic War . |
| 9 | YOU MAY sneer — God knows , my upper lip has been twitching like the pelvis of Elvis throughout this re-birth — but it is odd how bands can trundle on for decades , blithely ignored , while Madness were thrust back into a critical firing line . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll show the two of you round the area , then we can stop off for lunch wherever takes our fancy . ’ |
| 11 | But now it is one o'clock , and I , being only a volunteer , can step down for lunch without loss of face . |
| 12 | Or give them to a nearby playgroup or primary school , which will welcome any old cards that the children can cut up for collages . |
| 13 | Every day contains more weather than a week in Scotland , and weeks in Scotland can drag on for centuries , believe me ! |
| 14 | Without treatment , depression can drag on for months or even years , and yet over per cent of the most severe depressions can be helped quickly . |
| 15 | We can hold out for days . |
| 16 | And it can all fall through because theirs is falling through or they ca n't get out when you want and that can go on for Can it not ? |
| 17 | It has all the paraphernalia of a public inquiry and after all the necessary preparations are made it can go on for weeks . |
| 18 | Once you start linking drama and topic work you 'll find that your drama projects can go on for weeks . |
| 19 | It can go on for years before families are forced to acknowledge the truth … |
| 20 | Right , well we 'll get it all sorted for then and we 'll try and arrange a programme whereby we tie it up with Loretta or whoever that erm mom and I and Beth coming up to you and perhaps we can go out for lunch , yeah ? |
| 21 | She can come round for quarter an hour if she wants . |
| 22 | However , if it is ‘ Look out for the Purple Pig on your right in half a mile so that we can pull in for lunch ’ , then this is more reasonable . |
| 23 | A unique collection for research , and a place people can wander through for peace and tranquility . |
| 24 | Then we 'll see what we can rustle up for breakfast . |