Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] can [conj] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He assures them Virgin Atlantic can and does compete on cost as well as service , but he claims British Airways is n't playing fair and has complained to the European commission that B A is offering anti-competitive deals Virgin claims it 's losing business as a result . |
| 2 | Although the evidence presented does not refute the claim that in the long run exchange rates compensate for domestic inflation differentials , it does show that over periods of several years real exchange rate anomalies can and do occur . |
| 3 | However , elite collusion can and does entail far more than agreement on the ‘ rules of the game ’ . |
| 4 | Gramsci is therefore arguing that class cleavages can and do take spatial forms , such as urban capitalist middle-class versus rural semi-feudal peasantry . |
| 5 | This is n't a glib advertising slogan but a statement of simple truth , because smoke detector alarms can and do save lives . |