Example sentences of "can [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is n't it good to know you can sprint effortlessly for a bus , you can run up a flight of stairs without your heart thumping ? |
| 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 | There 's no way money can make up for losing all that ’ . |
| 4 | Hadley is adamant that , despite the views expressed by Wayne Shelford , nothing can make up for the satisfaction of representing the country of your birth at international level . |
| 5 | This last month , the Bavarians have been going through the painful experience of learning that , where an historic collection is concerned , it is the whole which is greater than the parts , and no saving of individual items can make up for the erosion of that whole . |
| 6 | I 'll be happy if we can make up for our late start by mid-season . ’ |
| 7 | Friends who are very dissimilar may not give the same thing to each other , but what each gives can sometimes be even richer for this : it can make up for the other 's deficits . |
| 8 | No amount of brilliance can make up for knowledge of the idiom of the field . |
| 9 | Believing , as fervently as they say they believe in their Almighty , that money can make up for anything , even bad taste and bad manners . |
| 10 | I urge those on both Front Benches to reflect on how they can make up for that democratic lack . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , there have been no social events this year hopefully we can make up for this in nineteen ninety four . |
| 12 | If there 's any way I can make up for what 's happened , Mr Calder , then I shall be only too pleased to do it . ’ |
| 13 | But nothing can make up for the fact that any improvements in prescribing practice are too late to save Lexie . |
| 14 | April 's pursuing compensation though no amount of mony can make up for what she 's lost . |
| 15 | and erm I think too you , if , if you can think perhaps for yourself , try and think out what you want to get out of this experience . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | We have noted that chaotic behaviour can arise only for systems governed by non-linear equations . |
| 18 | ‘ The radio set can remain on for hours at a time ; you can enjoy it as background to reading , writing , homework , housework … . |
| 19 | Even when the soil is virtually dry , spadefoot toads can remain underground for prolonged periods by maintaining their blood concentration at the correct level . |
| 20 | Yer can stay here for a bit . |
| 21 | ‘ The fact of the matter is , several of the teachers on the course you missed because of skiving off on holiday , a number of them have asked me if they can stay on for the autumn term . |
| 22 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 23 | Yes because in the summer I mean you , some time in the , in this next term would be the ideal thing really because that , if she can stay on for the summer term |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It 's not actually automatic because you can stay in for those extra up up to five years if you so choose . |
| 26 | And even Rebecca can stay in for about twenty , twenty five minutes . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Gas can substitute entirely for petrol , because ignition is caused by a spark-plug . |
| 30 | Yellow Daffodils and Country Kitchen are normally £15 each , but BBC Good Food readers can buy both for just £25 plus £1.50 p+p . |