Example sentences of "can [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eggs are the perfect protein , containing all eight essential amino acids , so they can make up for any deficiency that may be caused elsewhere . |
| 2 | There 's no way money can make up for losing all that ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I 'll be happy if we can make up for our late start by mid-season . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | No amount of brilliance can make up for knowledge of the idiom of the field . |
| 8 | Believing , as fervently as they say they believe in their Almighty , that money can make up for anything , even bad taste and bad manners . |
| 9 | I urge those on both Front Benches to reflect on how they can make up for that democratic lack . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , there have been no social events this year hopefully we can make up for this in nineteen ninety four . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | But nothing can make up for the fact that any improvements in prescribing practice are too late to save Lexie . |
| 13 | April 's pursuing compensation though no amount of mony can make up for what she 's lost . |
| 14 | ‘ The radio set can remain on for hours at a time ; you can enjoy it as background to reading , writing , homework , housework … . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It 's not actually automatic because you can stay in for those extra up up to five years if you so choose . |
| 20 | And even Rebecca can stay in for about twenty , twenty five minutes . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | Erm and so you can watch out for those the traps . |
| 25 | He can speak up for us . ’ |
| 26 | And with aid to refugees at the centre of the row , Mrs Hilali insists that Kurds in this country can speak up for her . |
| 27 | If you missed the last two issues but want to enter the competition , you can send off for vouchers 1 and 2 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Superhero torch pens we can send off for now mm so . |
| 30 | but it does n't go into it very thoroughly but erm you can send off for like an information pack . |