Example sentences of "[that] [noun] can [conj] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knows full well that Christians can and do sin , and if we pretend otherwise we are lying ( 1:8,10 ) . |
| 2 | APL is based on the premise that individuals can and do learn throughout their lives and that often the ensuing skills , knowledge and abilities are those recognised formally in qualifications . |
| 3 | Amidst these grand claims for the ‘ effects ’ of writing , Olson suppresses the qualification cited above that ‘ whether meaning can be made explicit in text is perhaps less critical than the belief that it can ’ and proceeds as though it were agreed and verifiable that writing can and does have such effects because of its intrinsic qualities . |
| 4 | There is considerable evidence from psycholinguistic experiments that people can and do make decisions about a word 's identity before they have access to its complete phonological specification . |
| 5 | While poor segmenting and labelling contributed greatly to the problem , there is psycholinguistic evidence that people can and do use later information to recover from errors and ambiguities in the input . |
| 6 | The multi-interpretability of film ( polysemy ) and the realisation that spectators can and do adopt diverse identificatory positions in watching film has led to a new and more complex conception of film-viewing . |
| 7 | The aim must be to make ferreting as uncomplicated as possible , but it is undeniable that complications can and do occur . |
| 8 | It is also because it is a well-written , intensely moving story which shows that MPs can and do achieve things , that true love can and does exist , and which restores one 's faith in politicians at a time such restoration is badly needed . |