Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] can be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The necessity for speed in adaptation of agricultural technology exists because of these self-reproducing and self-reinforcing processes — fairly rapid population growth ; political and economic neglect of marginal environments except where they can be exploited for the production of commodities for the national and international market ; and a stagnant production per unit worker and area for the majority of the population . |
| 2 | ( v ) Pupils should be taught about the different functions of written language : that writing can be for the writer alone ; it can be addressed to a known reader ; or it can be written for a large and unknown audience . |
| 3 | This can be done under the Planning Acts by way of a Special Development Order ( SDO ) , or it can be provided for in a Private Act concerned specifically with a project . |
| 4 | 100–250 copies can be obtained from the master copy or it can be used for short runs until the carbon deposit is exhausted . |
| 5 | One is that I can be prepared for what is going to be available here sooner or later and so be able to combat it . |
| 6 | Just so she can be mistaken for someone else . ’ |
| 7 | Jenkins has been in the job for about ten days , so she can be forgiven for forgetting a lot of names , but she does have a long history of dealing with elderly people . |
| 8 | With certain limited exceptions , married men are exempt from liability for rape of their wives , although they can be prosecuted for any accompanying assault or violence . |
| 9 | They have the advantage that they can be calculated for most countries in the world . |
| 10 | The next job is to reconfigure the mexeflote rafts so that they can be used for other tasks . |
| 11 | The similarities between things called by the same name are indefinite and fluctuating ; one tries to pin terms down by definition , so that they can be used for strict inference , but Wittgenstein showed that in the vocabulary of natural languages the similarities are ‘ family resemblances ’ , by which A may be like B in one respect and B like C in another , but A like C in neither , so that it is useless to look for common characteristics by which to define the word which names them all . |
| 12 | EQ units generally have two channels so that they can be used for stereo , but the channels can be operated separately so that two mono signals can be corrected individually . |
| 13 | The learned information just makes these traits explicit , so that they can be used for prediction . |
| 14 | Both of these involve culturing some cells from the baby so they can be tested for genetic abnormalities . |
| 15 | He says that it can be seen for the next week or so in the west , but it 's too faint to be seen with the naked eye . |
| 16 | He says TB is a problem with badgers , but killing every animal which is caught just so that it can be tested for the illness is n't the answer . |
| 17 | A DBMS can store , retrieve , update and compare this information on millions of ‘ record cards ’ so that it can be used for business purposes . |
| 18 | You perhaps get restoration of fishery or enhancement of amenity or enhancement of the quality of the water such that it can be used for a far wider spectrum of requirements than it was before . |
| 19 | The purpose of making notes is primarily to set out , in a shortened but logical form , information that you have gathered from a variety of sources on a particular topic so that it can be used for revision purposes and as an aid to memory . |
| 20 | A model represents something , usually in simplified form which highlights aspects which are of particular interest to the user , and is built so that it can be used for a specific purpose , for example , communication and testing . |
| 21 | One of the main advantages of percutaneous cholecystolithotomy over other non-operative techniques is that it can be used for 78% of patients , with stones of any composition , number and size , and a patent cystic duct is not essential . |
| 22 | In a simple sale of the whole of a seller 's property , the title to which is registered , the form of transfer of whole will apply ; it 's so simple that commonly one dictates it " off the cuff " , and the top copy is made on front of Form 19 or Form 19(JP) so that it can be used for that purpose . |
| 23 | They must not be accommodation bills , where no underlying transaction exists , where the bill has been accepted so that it can be discounted for capital purposes . |
| 24 | The cost of this project to the town has been £20,698 and Mr. Downham hoped that it would not only give much enjoyment , but would be treated with respect by all , so that it can be enjoyed for many years . |
| 25 | The first public taxonomic databases have experimented with the handling of alternative taxonomies ( as in the US Nature Conservancy 's taxonomic inventory with local variants ) , with attaching biological data in such a way that it can be refreshed for subsequent taxonomic changes ( for example , ILDIS/Chapman and Hall Leguminosae phytochemical database ) , and with the use of images ( such as The Plant Fossil Record ) . |
| 26 | In a speech on Tehran radio on June 5 Hojatolislam Seyed Ali Khamenei , Iran 's spiritual leader , repeated the demand that the British novelist Salman Rushdie should be handed over to British Moslems " so that he can be killed for blasphemy against Islam " , as first decreed by fatwa issued in February 1989 by the late Ayatollah Khomeini after publication of Rushdie 's novel The Satanic Verses [ see pp. 36450-51 ] . |
| 27 | The inner , which is made from a cotton polyester blend , is attached to the flysheet using a toggle and eyelet system so it can be detached for drying . |
| 28 | Blitzer works with any felt tip pen , so it can be used for T-shirt design , craftwork with enamel pens , and even sugarcraft using food dye pens . |
| 29 | Thank you , I do n't know if I can be bothered for twenty five pounds , no I would if she asked me , but I do n't know if I 'll bother ringing up as well |
| 30 | It is appropriately called ‘ Camelliifolia ’ and you can be forgiven for taking young plants as camellias . |