Example sentences of "can [conj] [verb] [vb infin] [prep] [noun] " 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 | The importance of this way of conceptualising drug use lies in its ability to treat drug use non-judgementally as a continuing process which can and does vary between individuals and through time for the same individual . |
| 3 | Far dimmer and simpler than ours , but they certainly exist , and it is now recognised that they can and do suffer from stress . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Very serious consequences can and do follow from people or organisations being indifferent to the results of their actions . |
| 6 | Returning to my brief of animal intelligence , animals can and do act as members of a group against other conspecific groups . |
| 7 | Although , for some , the tragedies of one generation will be repeated in the next , people can and do learn from experience . |