Example sentences of "[modal v] [conj] [vb -s] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Essentially what all are saying is that a right to consent to medical treatment , whether required under the common law ( see Gillick 's case ) or under statute ( section 8 ) , must and does carry with it a right not only to refuse consent to treatment , but to refuse the treatment itself . |
| 2 | Naturally the judges ' tariff is not writ in stone ; it may and does change over time , so that sentences passed in 1900 are of little or no value in ascertaining the tariff in 1992 . |
| 3 | Richards observed : ‘ Uncontrolled building of the suburban kind may and does add to the general chaos of our time , but the suburb at its best has virtues peculiarly designed to bring comfort and fulfilment to many . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The mind , taking no notice of itself , is deluded to think it can and doth conceive bodies … without the mind . ’ |
| 5 | Second , the government can and does manipulate the environment , physical , economic and social , in which people live . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It can and does change , even from year to year ; and may change appreciably from decade to decade . |
| 8 | The culture not only allows for change , usually incremental but occasionally radical , but itself can and does change . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Enright has pointed out with regard to media that ‘ too much attention has been given to the possibilities of the new media supplanting the book , and far too little to the ways in which each can and does supplement the other ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The Survey itself lacks the funding to underpin complete systematic re-mapping , but it can and does make use of information gained in the course of university research , in the pursuit of its refinement and maintenance of the map , and in pursuing research of strategic or economic significance . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | There are currently 650 , though the number can and does vary . |
| 15 | We saw in the previous section that there are limits to rationality , and that thought can and does break through those limits on different levels . |
| 16 | This God can and does break into human life , and sometimes he does it through the violent , the unexpected , the alien . |
| 17 | It states that ‘ even those medical authorities who label alcoholism a ‘ disease ’ concede that it is a disease that can and does involve significant elements of volition ’ . |
| 18 | This knowledge can and does add fuel to the alarmist ‘ law and order ’ fire : ‘ it 's even worse than we imagined ! ’ |
| 19 | With it , Nozick can and does find independent support for his theory ; he wants to say that the theory gets things right here . |
| 20 | Clearly there are times when information at one level can and does guide the interpretation of a lower-level unit . |
| 21 | Holt can and does believe that children should have them as adults do , and then leaves it up to the child to decide whether or not to exercise them . |
| 22 | I realize that this was done without any intention of hurting anyone , but maybe it would be good to point out that this term can and does offend . |
| 23 | However , elite collusion can and does entail far more than agreement on the ‘ rules of the game ’ . |
| 24 | It can and does encourage your customer to pay only the oldest parts of your total debt and leave the more recent balances unpaid . |
| 25 | It is widely recognised that the classical technique can and does prove a stable basis fur all styles of dance . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Death can and does come suddenly in any Home . |
| 28 | Of course , in those situations where the buyer can and does accept part and reject part of the goods ( i.e. where section 30 applies or where the contract is severable , see paragraphs 11–07 and 11–08 above ) , he is entitled to recover any part of the price that he has paid in respect of the rejected part of the goods . |
| 29 | But it can and does happen . |
| 30 | All of this can and does happen in formal schools . |