Example sentences of "it can [adv] [vb infin] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main purpose of charity events is to raise money for them and rightly so , but it can not go amiss if our reputation is enhanced in the process . |
| 2 | As it lives on a diet of poll findings , it can not perform better than they do . |
| 3 | ‘ We believe that in tumours this particular gene , which is located on chromosome 17 , is faulty , so that it can not function normally and a cancer develops . |
| 4 | It can often arise even when people are a mere few pounds overweight . |
| 5 | The external demands on government are such that it can often act only as arbiter between competing demands and respond , under guidance from civil servants , to international events and trends over which it has no direct influence . |