Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You may know somebody who can make a dress for you , or help you make your own , ’ said Fenella Willis . |
| 2 | They do n't need to , but , erm , I mean nine , ninety eight per cent of their sales is on sale of gas , so the only way you can make a name for yourself is getting involved in things other than gas , one , installing central heating or kitchen . |
| 3 | If B brings a claim against A for breach of contract , A can make a counterclaim for indemnity , and the indemnity will extinguish any liability A incurs . |
| 4 | He has found several different types of Anomalocaris ; from studying the whole lot , he thinks he can make a case for saying that it belongs with the arthropods , not out on its own . |
| 5 | This potential development value is therefore speculative , but until the individual owners are proved to be wrong in their assessments ( and how can this be done ? ) all owners of land having a potential value can make a case for compensation on the assumption that their particular pieces of land would in fact be chosen for development if planning restrictions were not imposed . |
| 6 | There 's not many you can put up against them , but there 's two or three , like Arsenal , who you can make a case for . ’ |
| 7 | Remember you can make a friend for life . |
| 8 | A player can make a bid for Number 10 ( by answering more questions ) when they have collected 325 seats . |
| 9 | I can make a pattern for a dress or for cake decoration |
| 10 | I mean there ought to be someone who can make a lead for us in house , that sort of thing , which we do n't have at the moment , because we 've got things like complicated split leads for rigging up two monitors , and we 've had those twice we 've had those made , outside , but they only need to get sort of broken , and we 're back to square one . |
| 11 | A short distance further on , the road ends at the Hawes — Ingleton highway where cars can make a U-turn for the return to Dentdale . |
| 12 | Those who have no or only an inadequate contributions record , and those who have exhausted their rights to Unemployment Benefit , can make a claim for means-tested Supplementary Benefit . |
| 13 | The lady in question was married to a lawyer who , in spite of being a writer to the signet , must have been singularly incompetent , for , as Gorthie remarked , ‘ he 's a senseless fellow that can make no shift for her and a great many children they have ’ . |
| 14 | The question which arises is whether the family proceedings court can make an order for no contact ; that is whether it could properly be said to be an order which was ‘ appropriate ’ with respect to the contact between the child and the parent . |
| 15 | The court can make an order for provisional damages at trial or on an earlier settlement , but the settlement must be approved even if the plaintiff is not under a disability . |
| 16 | If a woman can make an excuse for a man she loves and wants to hang on to , she will . |
| 17 | What 's more , you can make an appointment for a free consultation up to an hour long with free facial , analysis and advice . |
| 18 | You can adapt the menus for eating away from home , i.e. at work or even in a restaurant . |
| 19 | But because he is a child , the Earl of Moray , my half-brother , can rule the country for him . |
| 20 | If Professor Lee or others can devise a blueprint for government regulated auditors with financial and business skills to serve the public interest in a way he feels the Big Six do not , he should be aware of a ( minority ) view in these firms that auditing is a high risk , low reward business which is uninteresting by comparison with certain other activities . |
| 21 | She can lower the drawbridge for you , then raise it again without hindrance . |
| 22 | To avoid this we can emphasize the need for honesty , or provide a filter question so that a low-prestige answer seems equally acceptable . |
| 23 | I am beginning to wonder whether it will be necessary to get the chairman to come to St. Pancras before we can elicit the funds for the project . |
| 24 | ‘ You can disregard the requirement for references , and the going to America , ’ Surtees said . |
| 25 | A horse that has apparently recovered completely can remain a carrier for a considerable time and therefore should not be mixed with uninfected horses until nasal swabs are clear of any bacterial growth . |
| 26 | With NVQs a trainee can trigger a demand for assessment whenever he or she reaches competence . |
| 27 | There are two other ways in which expectations can influence the demand for money , and make it more unstable . |
| 28 | They have to address an unseen audience through the camera and they can prepare a script for their talk . |
| 29 | A court can include a requirement for the child to be medically or psychiatrically examined on one occasion or from time to time as directed by the supervisor ( para 4(2) ) . |
| 30 | Your local council can make a grant towards improving or repairing your home , and that can include a grant for making your home warmer . |