Example sentences of "[conj] [det] can be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As explained in Chapter 8 , the output from the comparison stage will be an agenda for debate about areas where some improvement appears to be possible ; in practice this may comprise a list of problems that the analyst has identified for discussion with the client so that one or more can be selected for further study . |
| 2 | They show that little can be done for , which is not done with the people . |
| 3 | So little archaeological research has been conducted on the ‘ foreign ’ goods from excavations on town sites goods like querns , hones , and pottery — that little can be said for activities at markets and fairs in the Middle |
| 4 | If what has been hypothesised so far is true , much of the variation in linguistic interactions which is not explicable in terms of grammatical or phonological conditioning can be accounted for by changes of footing , involving a switch from one ( linguistic ) persona to another ; some can be accounted for by the speaker 's failure to identify perfectly the speech patterns of the prototypes of the personas which s/he seeks to animate at a particular time ; and some can be accounted for by the speaker 's imperfect ability to reproduce those speech patterns which s/he has identified . |
| 5 | If this can be done for an amorphous sample and a corresponding sample which is highly crystalline , a relative measure of crystallinity for other samples of the same polymer can be obtained . |
| 6 | There 's a wide range of boxes to mark the various stages of your project , and these can be coloured for extra emphasis . |
| 7 | Black or white tri-laminate scratchplates come as standard , but these can be changed for a much more interesting and fashionable pearloid affair which , for some strange reason , costs a touch more . |
| 8 | They must provide cover for absent colleagues for up to three days , though this can be extended for a teacher whose classroom teaching duties occupy less than three-quarters of his or her working week , or where it is not ‘ reasonably practical ’ for a supply teacher to be found to replace the absent colleague . |