Example sentences of "can [vb infin] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Otago CA report for that year had to report that the early high hopes for Otago cricket were now being ‘ affected by the Great War , and the necessity for all men to play the greater game for the Empire ’ . |
| 2 | It can persist for many years . |
| 3 | Activity-dependent synaptic potentiation occurs within milliseconds and can persist for many hours in the anaesthetised animal or in the in vitro hippocampal slice preparation , and for days when induced in the freely moving animal . |
| 4 | We found that chronic constipation in young children can persist for many years . |
| 5 | If this is in the form of a loose box to which the cow can adapt for some days before calving , then there is inevitably less stress . |
| 6 | They can remain for many years in cold and hostile environments while retaining their toxicity , and they have a tendency to remain in living organisms . |
| 7 | ‘ No money can compensate for that . ’ |
| 8 | So you 've bui built this machine to incorporate that error so you can compensate for that . |
| 9 | One of the major areas of research in speech recognition concerns the ways in which general linguistic knowledge can compensate for such errorful or ambiguous acoustic input . |
| 10 | If , for example , three known positions are input to the program before each session with the pantograph the software can compensate for any changes in the expected readings due to wear and tear or temperature . |
| 11 | I believe Seton was responsible but your own Benstede can answer for that , he and Seton seemed close friends . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , you can stay for that one if you like . |
| 13 | You can prepare for this by having a scale plan of your room as described on page 17 , and drawing your furniture on it to scale too . |
| 14 | Uncomfortable feelings absorbed from those who seek our help ( and that includes simply offering a sympathetic ear ) , can linger for many hours or even days — unless we learn how to dissipate such feelings . |
| 15 | Public health officials did all in their power to stop the 1964 pie going ahead ; there was a typhoid epidemic in Aberdeen in the 1960 's and it was found that the last serious epidemic before that had been in Denby Dale in the 1930's , and the infection can linger for many years . |
| 16 | If one set of instruments can substitute for another , policy is in any case badly served by a legal framework which focuses on form rather than effect , as the UK restrictive practice legislation does . |
| 17 | These organs are , simple lungs and with their aid , the lungfish can survive for several months , even years . |
| 18 | All popular kinds of decorative pond fish can survive for several months during the winter without feeding , as their body processes slow down in much the same manner as a tree or shrub in the garden becomes dormant . |
| 19 | And the cost of this valuable protection is much less than you might think … premiums of Cashguard Plus start from just £6.95 a month and when you consider the amount of cover you can enjoy for that amount , the Plan really does represent value for money . |
| 20 | And the cost of this valuable protection is much less than you might think … premiums for Cashguard Plus start from just £6.95 a month and when you consider the amount of cover you can enjoy for that amount , the Plan really does represent value for money . |
| 21 | At least that 's why it 's so important to know the sorts of things they are going to say before you can specify for that . |
| 22 | And you can borrow for any period in between . |
| 23 | You are without exception the rudest man it has ever been my misfortune to share a restaurant with ; and I think I can speak for all the others present when I say that . ’ |
| 24 | No one can speak for all women , but we can draw some conclusions . |
| 25 | I can speak for that , ca n't I , Aggie ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We both know what we can do for each other , so why all this frantic resistance , when it 's obviously fraying your nerves ? |
| 27 | We 're agreed , I think , that , ghastly though it is , there 's nothing we can do for that poor girl at the moment , and that Rita can go on for her . |
| 28 | Well now what can do for this man ? |
| 29 | There 's a limit as to how much we can do for half the people in this committee are members |
| 30 | That says that er I know what I 'm doing , because I 'm positive , erm , I know where I 'm going to , and as a consequence I can plan for that . |