Example sentences of "can do [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dance Energy is only a phase in my life and unless I can do every idea I want on the BBC , then I 'll obviously have to do them somewhere else . ’ |
| 2 | The effects were felt beyond Inverkeithing , for the manager of the Cunningham interest in the eastern burghs of the district , Captain James Cunningham , was clear that it was essential to have John Main and Colin Sharp back in their places before the election and Haldane 's friends removed , as ‘ it not only does harm in that one town , but in all the rest ; Haldane 's interest is cryed up , & the Haldanes can do every thing is the general talk … ’ |
| 3 | Prost , meanwhile , can do no more and the pressure is now with his team-mate to repeat yesterday 's performance . |
| 4 | It takes as fact that employers , judges and Tory legislators can do no wrong , and so it is hardly surprising that it finds nothing to be said in favour of trade unions . |
| 5 | Mr Holbeche suggests the badger is now ludicrously over-protected as a result of lobbying by influential animal welfare and nature conservation groups , so that the public now thinks badgers are nice cuddly creatures which can do no wrong . |
| 6 | But you must understand that , after this , I can do no more . |
| 7 | Adored by kids , Mums , Dads , Grandmums and Grandads alike , she can do no wrong . |
| 8 | As every Kylie can do no wrong . |
| 9 | Many Europeans who have lived under regimes where officialdom can do no wrong would regard the aftermath of My Lai as a triumph of democratic practice . |
| 10 | This weekend it is possible to sense a feeling that they can do no more . |
| 11 | The enthusiasm of the sixties ( it was not just naivety ) would have held that education should lead the whole process , while the cynicism of the seventies and eighties would have us believe that education , that is schools at any rate , can do no more than mirror the society of which they are part . |
| 12 | The evolution of mammals after the Cretaceous was both extremely rapid and very complex , and we can do no more than give the roughest sketch here . |
| 13 | We can do no more for the time being , then , than acknowledge that a refined version of associative theory might be capable of dealing with features of latent inhibition that constitute problems for a theory which relies solely on the context — stimulus association for its explanation . |
| 14 | To be able to stand and say ‘ I have done my best , I can do no more ’ allows you to have self-respect , and that is something no one can take away ! |
| 15 | The former reads a prepared script whenever the number is dialled and can do no more . |
| 16 | The birds and spiders do what they do because they can do no other . |
| 17 | There is one area in which costing systems can do no more than provide the raw data , and that is in the treatment of overruns , variations and claims , which can often only be quantified by a detailed interpretation of the data recorded in the system . |
| 18 | I reckon most little boys believe that their favourite big brother can conquer the world and can do no wrong . |
| 19 | In the final analysis , one can not prescribe for the whole of constitutional development — to some extent , one can do no more than describe and speculate . |
| 20 | He must hope ( he can do no more ) that his home state will espouse his claim and pursue it on his behalf . |
| 21 | I can do no other . |
| 22 | You will realise that words of comfort like this can solve no problems for her ; they can do no more than bathe the wound she has sustained , but she will be badly in need of something to cling on to and because they are spoken by someone who loves her they may be exactly what she wants to hear when she is trying to reassemble herself and face the future . |
| 23 | Very young children think of their parents ( or those who stand in that position ) as ‘ wonderful ’ people who can do no wrong . |
| 24 | Because very young children have this inherent feeling that their parents can do no wrong , should one or other of those adults disappear from the scene for any reason , the child will always think that it is his fault . |
| 25 | Beyond pouring oil on troubled waters , the Queen can do no more than dig in for the long wait , guided by her husband . |
| 26 | In the current climate Take That can do no wrong , but they are acutely aware that their success may not last forever . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's good that there is competition among the strikers — that can do no harm . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 's good that there is competition among the strikers ; that can do no harm . ’ |
| 29 | ( A favourite way of disposing of demons is the same trick as is used to deal with miracles : assign them to the New Testament era , where they can do no harm or cause any embarrassment . ) |
| 30 | I can do no more for his memory than to extend that same faith to his son . ’ |