Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] can [conj] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Social anthropologists can and do study members of their own society and they have been doing so for a long time , though mostly they do not do it very well . |
2 | New social consciousness dictates a need among advice workers for self-awareness in their attitudes to clients , in particular towards black and ethnic minority clients , and how personal attitudes can and do affect the direction and achievements of advice giving . |
3 | Firstly , while it may be true that individual clients can and do terminate contracts frequently , they do this to move from one company to another : every year each company loses existing but gains new customers . |
4 | But serious accidents can and do happen every day of the year . |
5 | Very serious consequences can and do follow from people or organisations being indifferent to the results of their actions . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | For , while editorial priorities and earth-shrinking technologies can and do work against the interests of the war 's officialdom , the degree to which even the less servile sections of the media provide a platform for coherent dissenting views is incredibly limited . |
8 | There is a " down side " to this aspect of a career in advertising for the long hours can and do interfere with attempts to strike a balance between work and play , career and home . |
9 | It is widely recognised that the classical technique can and does prove a stable basis fur all styles of dance . |
10 | Balancing an existing roster is of primary importance to a major company , whereas some smaller independent companies can and do concentrate on a particular sound or style of music . |
11 | Certainly both gay camp and gay machismo can and do problematize femininity and masculinity as traditionally understood . |
12 | Since electricity generation is the world 's largest source of man-made carbon dioxide , it is quite clear that nuclear power can and does make a very significant contribution to its reduction . |
13 | Health Board administrators with a predominantly managerial ideology can and do take decisions which profoundly affect patients and staff , including medical staff . |
14 | But those that come together for mutual support can and do survive . |
15 | It is known that both cannibalistic and non-cannibalistic individuals can and do develop from the same batch of eggs . |
16 | American companies can and do bring private antitrust suits — a remedy denied to British companies . |
17 | The inner game approach rests on the belief that the correct technique can and does develop naturally and painlessly given the opportunity and the right environment . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | 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 . |