Example sentences of "can [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 ) . |
| 32 | He forces us to conjure up something we can picture entirely for ourselves : the wild interplay of sparkling colours , shocking and pleasing , that occurs when jewels move . |
| 33 | Erm and so you can watch out for those the traps . |
| 34 | ‘ One thing I learnt in England : public opinion , the sum of private opinions , does matter , can matter often for good . ’ |
| 35 | He can speak up for us . ’ |
| 36 | And with aid to refugees at the centre of the row , Mrs Hilali insists that Kurds in this country can speak up for her . |
| 37 | In my own case , he wrote , and I can speak only for myself , in my own case and in my own life there have been very few genuine beginnings , only three or perhaps four . |
| 38 | It was significant that , when the war took a grave turn the following year , it was to every Anglican incumbent in the land ( and no doubt to many others , though I can speak only for the parish clergy ) that Duff Cooper , the Home Secretary , sent letters expressing apprehension of the state of public morale and urging the incumbents to do their utmost to help raise it . |
| 39 | If you missed the last two issues but want to enter the competition , you can send off for vouchers 1 and 2 . |
| 40 | If you do n't receive one , do n't forget — all you have to do is buy a selected Black & Decker power tool from one of the above-mentioned stores , and you can send off for one , too . |
| 41 | Superhero torch pens we can send off for now mm so . |
| 42 | but it does n't go into it very thoroughly but erm you can send off for like an information pack . |
| 43 | I do n't believe they really know the things technology can do nowadays for their organisations . ’ |
| 44 | Russian groups are keen to play in the West and will be in a position to arrange gigs for your band in Russia if your group can do likewise for them in Ireland . |
| 45 | If we fail to accept this fact we may spend our lives seeking a " better " parent who can do more for us — and many social work clients are in just this situation of seeking . |
| 46 | The Spirit is his parting gift to the Church to make his presence as real to them as if they were listening to him teaching beside the Sea of Galilee : and the Spirit can do more for us than ever Jesus could have done had we been his contemporaries . |
| 47 | I am certain that with no additional resource , we can do more for our researchers than provide then with yet another data archive where they can deposit the materials which they developed with inadequate support and for which they got too little recognition . |
| 48 | Surely we can do better for people with mental problems and their families ? |
| 49 | Now here was another set of lawyers coming along and saying , ‘ I think I can do better for you than that . ’ |
| 50 | Scrapping cumbersome Customs procedures means Jerry can head straight for the customers . |
| 51 | Away from London , however , BCS branches are places where computer people , both academic and business , can huddle together for warmth in a hostile world . |
| 52 | I mean , I 've been analyzing every dream I can remember now for the last twenty one years and er I think I 've got rather good at dream interpretation I must admit . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | I can stick up for myself ! |
| 55 | Standing by the entrance hole they are still in little danger , for they can duck inside for refuge if necessary . |
| 56 | He knows how to handle situations and can plan ahead for things . |
| 57 | When inflation falls , industry can plan again for a profitable future . |
| 58 | The Government aim to secure an appropriate climate in which people can plan sensibly for the future , making their own decisions about what to save and what to spend . |
| 59 | ‘ I will continue the work begun by Neil Kinnock of modernising the structures and procedures of the party so that it can produce policies relevant to the society of today and tomorrow , and can campaign effectively for them . |
| 60 | Roughly how much of mid-Wales is over 300 m high — mostly wildscape which the farmers can use only for rough grazing for sheep ? |