Example sentences of "could [verb] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rest could wait for another day . |
| 2 | At times of high wages or low food prices , out-workers could opt for more leisure , but in times of slack trade they might well find themselves unable to get enough work to compensate for falling rates . |
| 3 | We know that there are in principle X young people who could qualify for that entitlement — that information is available from the census — but their choice whether or when to exercise it is not predictable . |
| 4 | If you think you could qualify for this allowance or need more information of help in filling in the forms , contact the bureau . |
| 5 | David Lee from ENERGIZE thinks Electro is on its way back , and could speak for many hours about the halcyon days before Electro meant toddlers break-dancing in the streets , title-dropping classics like Man Parrish 's ‘ Hip Hop Be Bop ’ , early Mantronix , and Shannon . |
| 6 | Could do for some charity . |
| 7 | Her doctor had told her that there was nothing he could do for this problem , so she decided on private treatment from a doctor that a friend recommended . |
| 8 | You could look for all books in the subject area " feminism " , for example , or all books with " feminism " or " feminist " in the title . |
| 9 | First , we could search for some analogue of the potential function which proved so useful in electrostatics . |
| 10 | We are now involved in even bigger projects , and the successful candidates could work for such companies as Ernst Oil , Stavro Construction and Blofeld Engineering . |
| 11 | At most observation posts , though , the Sections could work for several weeks without relief . |
| 12 | Amongst the villagers , the division on Friday night was between the men , who had been in the pub and could vouch for each other , and the wives , who had been watching telly at home and could n't , but who seemed knowledgeable , when pressed , about a number of ITV programmes . |
| 13 | ‘ I could die for that ceiling , ’ he says . |
| 14 | There she could call for any food or liquor she wanted , so long as she had the wherewithal to pay the inflated prices demanded by the Sponging House keeper . |
| 15 | The Spanish could pay for such things out of their gold and silver ; the English could not afford such things , and ran fairly frugal colonial administrations , whose pay was often in arrears whether it was supposed to be paid by the English government , the colonial taxpayers , or the company which had a charter to operate in the region . |
| 16 | Perhaps I could suggest her getting someone in to look after him and she could come for half time . |
| 17 | No not necessarily they could er they could check for all tolerances |
| 18 | The view is likely to be controversial , as other research indicates that ozone loss could be worse than previously thought and that the problem could last for many generations . |
| 19 | Following such treatment , there was a significant change in the numbers of these organisms in the patients ' bowels and this change could last for many weeks or months , during which time the patient continued to improve . |
| 20 | The summer peak could last for several months , considerably longer than that at Christmas . |
| 21 | The shining Gaggia dispensed one-and-a-half inches of bitter froth into an earthenware cup , and for two shillings lovers could sit for many hours in the dark brown shadows , with a bowl of brown sugar between them . |
| 22 | I 'd be very grateful if you could arrange for this work to be carried out . |
| 23 | This correspondence , it appears , could continue for some time . |
| 24 | There are many reasons one could argue for this descent into retirement . |
| 25 | It is difficult to imagine how the variable work of only one mosaicist could account for such differences : an explanation which merely supposes one mosaicist applying a number of contrasting methods of laying ( Part 1 , sections 3.8 — 3.10 ) must be suspect . |
| 26 | There are clearly a large number of factors which could account for this difference . |
| 27 | They also concluded that genetic factors alone , without environmental interactions , could account for this segregation . |
| 28 | Widespread activation of T cells , with selective representation of particular V elements , is also a feature of some inflammatory joint diseases linked with infective agents and of Kawasaki disease , and superantigen effects could account for these associations . |