Example sentences of "can [vb infin] the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can adapt the menus for eating away from home , i.e. at work or even in a restaurant . |
| 2 | But because he is a child , the Earl of Moray , my half-brother , can rule the country for him . |
| 3 | She can lower the drawbridge for you , then raise it again without hindrance . |
| 4 | To avoid this we can emphasize the need for honesty , or provide a filter question so that a low-prestige answer seems equally acceptable . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ You can disregard the requirement for references , and the going to America , ’ Surtees said . |
| 7 | There are two other ways in which expectations can influence the demand for money , and make it more unstable . |
| 8 | let's hope they can win the game for him … we 're going to finish with our roundup of what 's going on and what 's coming up … here 's Mark Kiff |
| 9 | Once the old tank has been removed , you can install the pipework for the new cylinder . |
| 10 | To nominate a teacher ‘ head of special needs ’ can confine the responsibility for meeting children 's needs to a mere handful of staff . |
| 11 | You get , you can buy the games for it . |
| 12 | is erm you can buy the strip for the door erm |
| 13 | Meanwhile , no one can buy the paper for hard currency , not even the mighty Ministry of Defence , because the only bank for foreign trade operations has declared itself almost bankrupt , and refuses to return hard currency to its owners . |
| 14 | Certainly , he can enjoy the outcome for a day or two , but there is still a question mark over dealings in the longer term on the all-important economy , with the rivalry between the trading blocs dictating how ‘ special ’ the ‘ relationship ’ is likely to remain . |
| 15 | In the meantime , you should continue taking your other medication and we 'll see if we can ease the breathing for you . |
| 16 | Only you can ease the pain for her . ’ |
| 17 | If Components Bureau can beat the champions for a second time , then they will virtually be home and dry . |
| 18 | Being able to find out for oneself has a number of contributory sub-skills attached to it , and in planning resource-based programmes for our classes we must take into account such sub-skills so that we can give the chance for them to develop and mature . |
| 19 | Since money is seen as one component of total wealth , we can expect the demand for money to be directly related to total wealth so long as money is regarded as a ‘ normal good ’ by wealth-holders. ( b ) Rates of return on financial assets ( R ) . |
| 20 | People of any age can carry the germs for days , weeks or months without becoming ill . |
| 21 | I mean , we 've got this , it 's been on , Mrs , I know , she has the same as I do , but but er the the these people who need such help , I mean , I 'm not being it it it just it just they 've just not included in the programme really , and er , we 've written I think from this committee over the years er made submissions over the years , and message still does n't seem to have got through , that that that that er this , and I think very valuable work , that can contribute to the quality of life for all of us , if we can improve the lot for these people . |
| 22 | I think our strategy should be that we pare our prices down , to the absolute minimum that we think we can do the work for , take a little bit more off that and hope to get some money back on variations . |
| 23 | Through the dataglove , your fingers can do the walking for you . |
| 24 | Why think if the computer can do the thinking for you ? |
| 25 | ‘ At Maastricht John Major proved that he can do the business for us in Europe , ’ says Jim . |
| 26 | And you can do the lot for forty pence . |
| 27 | They often have tiny heads and no teeth , because the powerful fermentation tracts can obviate the need for more thorough chewing . |
| 28 | It may be hard for them to go on giving warmth and understanding love amidst the euphoria and excitement that can surround the search for the birth parents and their possible discovery . |
| 29 | As Hannah Arendt has shown , in times of crisis the existence of a formless mass can become the basis for a totalitarian dictatorship ; in times of prosperity it can lead to an all-encompassing smugness and self-satisfaction and to the existence of a regime which knows no criticism , no control and , above all , no real opposition and thus no arguments which contain alternatives . |
| 30 | Again , if we can understand the reasons for these choices , we may go some way towards explaining that strange feeling teachers have when reading a piece of written work in which every sentence is grammatically correct , and yet there is something not quite right . |