Example sentences of "can be [verb] for " in BNC.
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1 | Second , it can be concluded for both the UK ( Best , 1976 ) and for the EEC ( Best , 1979 ) that although there are major differences within countries , notably in the relative areas devoted to woodland and urban land , that there is a common pattern of land loss to both urban use and woodland as shown in Figure 8.1 . |
2 | On a good day ( for the parents , that is ) children can be absorbed for hours in the imaginative construction of a world which depends on them alone for its realization and reward . |
3 | It should however be noted that by virtue of the automatic discharge from a first bankruptcy after three years irrespective of the debtor 's conduct ( short of criminal offence ) , an individual debtor will be treated far more leniently than a company director guilty of wrongful trading , who can be disqualified for up to 15 years . |
4 | The package can be tailored for a variety of databases and applications and comes with variety of tools and libraries including Oracle , Sybase , Informix , Ingres , Oracle Financials , software distribution , security , batch management , back-up management and help desk management . |
5 | The package can be tailored for a variety of databases and applications and comes with variety of tools and libraries including Oracle , Sybase , Informix , Ingres , Oracle Financials , software distribution , security , batch management , backup management and help desk management . |
6 | Their datasets are familiar and close at hand and , in some circumstances , can be tailored for student use perhaps with the aid of self-instructional documentation or workbooks . |
7 | Well we generally aim to have I suppose most of our lectures at an A level standard , but we have a significant number for those doing O level , indeed some lectures which can be tailored for either , so anybody very mucg below O level we probably could n't cater for — I think probably because we would n't feel competent , rather than because we do n't want to do it . |
8 | Essentially , of course , a freehold is seen as an appreciating asset the value of which can be realised for the benefit of the firm free from tax ( where the proceeds of sale are reinvested in other firm property ) . |
9 | The slugs obligingly congregate beneath the citrus dome and can be gathered for disposal . |
10 | Seasiders have traditionally viewed the shore and estuaries as an interesting playground with a few resources that can be gathered for supper . |
11 | Both the north and south coasts can be reached for day trips . |
12 | If a search for money and/or an avoidance of stress are two indicators of strong arousals from this goal category , then it is clear that some people can be motivated for long periods of time either by stress avoidance or by accumulating more and more money . |
13 | This is the best that can be hoped for , even if it is a long way from a fully satisfying life . |
14 | The best that can be hoped for , on their behalf , is that human beings are kindly disposed towards them . |
15 | Civil rights , as opposed to political rights , may be as much as can be hoped for . |
16 | Chief executives are obliged to back and fill , to accommodate , to deal and to compromise if they wish to accomplish that modicum of public policy change that , short of crisis situations , is usually the best that can be hoped for . |
17 | Secondly , issues of social policy are peculiarly sensitive and dependent on domestic policy and prevailing social conditions , so that even within the European Community the best that can be hoped for is a set of minimum standards . |
18 | The best that can be hoped for is that government intervention improves the social efficiency of resource allocation , rather than achieving optimality . |
19 | You know that from here on in the best that can be hoped for is a sufficient economic upturn , plus a helpful nudge from the boundary redistributions , to carry you back into power — again probably , with a modest parliamentary majority and all the headaches it brings . |
20 | It numbed the mind of one woman so much recently that she left her baby to suffocate inside her car while hoping to hit the jackpot , a bucketful of balls , which can be exchanged for jars of coffee or pairs of tights . |
21 | £1,500 worth of HTA National Garden Gift Tokens , which can be exchanged for plants and tools all over the country , can also be won . |
22 | The Air Miles that you collect can be exchanged for Holiday Vouchers that can be used to pay for all or part of your holiday . |
23 | When a bank note can be exchanged for gold on demand at a bank it is said to be convertible or redeemable . |
24 | They can be exchanged for tickets at all Leeds theatres , Leeds International Concert Season and Leeds Leisure Services music events . |
25 | Give the winners of the games a black spot which can be exchanged for a present or a can of coke . |
26 | They are always composed : 1 ) of a dissimilar thing that can be exchanged for the thing of which the value is to be determined ; and 2 ) of similar things that can be compared with the thing of which the value is to be determined . |
27 | Prior to the close of business on the redemption date , the debentures can be exchanged for common shares of Southern New England Telecommunications Corp at a rate of 8.358 shares for each $1,000 in principal , subject to Sprint 's right to pay cash equal to a five-day average of the closing price of Southern New England 's common shares . |
28 | Then all machine-dependent routines must be written as separate subroutines , with clear documentation , so that equivalent routines for another machine can be exchanged for them . |
29 | By then hundreds of customer-nominated staff , lucky enough to have won in a quarterly draw , will have been presented with Ovations cheques which can be exchanged for a wide range of goods in a special catalogue . |
30 | At the end of each level you 'll find a shop where coins can be exchanged for extra weapons and life . |