Example sentences of "and do [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Redheads can and do wear pinks , as well as terracotta and greens . |
| 2 | They , among other things , have put Westminster into that category of parliaments which can and do exercise a significant degree of influence over the formation of policy . |
| 3 | We were aware that women have exercised and do exercise certain kinds of power given particular social arrangements ; we were aware too of the need for new ways of thinking about power which would allow us to answer questions about women 's authority , power , influence and status in different times and places . |
| 4 | I have gradually changed my life style and I can not stress enough the relief of being able to walk , run and do exercise without pain . |
| 5 | it was so erm steep and it took him half the service to get over , just , well then in the equity I am not fit , I 'm gon na lose weight and do exercise |
| 6 | Here , I 've opened the wine , have this glass and do settle . |
| 7 | Most people who leave here are successful in finding work and accommodation and do settle well . |
| 8 | He knows full well that Christians can and do sin , and if we pretend otherwise we are lying ( 1:8,10 ) . |
| 9 | These lesser varieties are not widely planted , nor do they contribute significantly to the quality and reputation of Champagne as we know it today , but they exist and do possess a certain curiosity value and are therefore dealt with in this chapter . . |
| 10 | Since these factors can and do change , the position of the younger generation in structures of family support must be seen as specific to particular points in historical time . |
| 11 | Journals can and do change , and their contents may at one period reflect the leading edge , whilst in another they may become review journals , or more ephemeral in nature . |
| 12 | The inferences that may be placed in data materials can and do change as theoretical frameworks change and shift . |
| 13 | An illustration of how appropriate choices for the different groups and classes in the capitalist global system can and do change is provided by the analysis of counter movements to the global capitalist project . |
| 14 | Even here , however , the separate heading is worth preserving , since modern style-studies can and do content themselves with the mere description of distinctive linguistic patterns , abstaining not only from relating them to external factors such as authors or literary movements , but also from attributing to them any specific literary function . |
| 15 | Far dimmer and simpler than ours , but they certainly exist , and it is now recognised that they can and do suffer from stress . |
| 16 | If this method also fails ( and do bear in mind that no technique can be guaranteed to work for all children ) then try response-cost or time-out ( chapter 7 ) . |
| 17 | And do bear in mind that if you do n't hit it 100 per cent , the result is likely to be far better than a less than perfect pitch . |
| 18 | Erm this can only exasasberate er an already difficult situation chairman , I do wonder whether the , the people that British Rail are trying to attract to use the service and , and do bear in mind that this County Council recently voted ten thousand pounds in subsidies er to er towards British Rail to enable people to travel on a Sunday . |
| 19 | Some of the European Court of Justice 's opinions can be quite ‘ woolly ’ and do leave themselves open to a wider interpretation , but I do not believe that the opinion was meant to be interpreted so widely as to provide for an auditor recognised in one member state to practise in a second member state without any requirement to obtain local authorisation . |
| 20 | The fiction is that those state agencies are able to and do exert democratic influences ; or at least , they impose a measure of accountability to the public . |
| 21 | Try to avoid getting constipated and do tell your midwife or GP . |
| 22 | Explain the system carefully and do ensure that it is seen to be fair . |
| 23 | Alternatives to this industry are needed , and do exist . |
| 24 | But there 's a depressing flipside , too , in the way that in some areas the organization has continually fallen short of its own ideals through an inability to admit that such shortcomings could and do exist . |
| 25 | Many facilities that are seen as key characteristics of an exchange , such as standardised contracts , transparency , liquidity and screen-trading , all can and do exist in off-exchange markets , such as forex and Brent . |
| 26 | THE CRUCIAL ELEMENT in Charles Darwin 's theory of evolution was not the general idea that living things did and do evolve , but that the course of evolution is determined principally by natural and sexual selection . |
| 27 | I do n't mean helmeted sentries literally do patrol the walls by night , I do n't mean even that anything 's actually been seen , but the things that go on in people 's minds are realities , and do influence events . |
| 28 | About these polarities hang the varying states of consciousness that can and do arise ( see Chapter ii ) . |
| 29 | However , problems can and do arise even with statistical calculations , one of the commonest being the build-up of rounding errors . |
| 30 | getting increasingly frustrated on the subject of other things , pelican crossings and that I 've been concerned to hear since I 've I 've been requested this question and er it was briefly reported in the Cambridge evening news last night that they they 've had almost continuous telephone calls today complaining erm which shows the public as I thought of my own experience er are very concerned about this and would like to erm first of all bring it to the council 's attention and do regard as serious and ask the chair if there is a proper investigation will be made into the way the council handles this subject . |