Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will do what I can to publicize the true position . |
| 2 | I want to do what I can to open the gateways , ’ he told New Scientist . |
| 3 | It will take a while , I 'm afraid , but I 'll do everything I can to persuade the family that they should meet you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I could not help recalling , ’ Sir Maurice Hankey , the Cabinet Secretary , wrote in his diary in September , ‘ that on the last day of Parliament Mr. Baldwin had walked across the yard outside [ the House of Commons ] and had said ‘ I will do everything I can to help the Government in making economies , but I will not enter a Coalition Government . ' |
| 5 | I promise I 'll do everything I can to help the rest of you — ‘ |
| 6 | ‘ Still , he thought , I must do what I can to protect the lady , to whom I owe so much , and whom I have certainly , for better , for worse , released from sleep and silence . |
| 7 | I love my constituency and will do all I can to advance the interests of my constituents from the backbenches . |
| 8 | I shall certainly do what I can to advance the matter , but I hesitate to say what about the paper , because I do n't think it is an easy thing to cover in a paper . |
| 9 | It gets me closer to my ultimate goal , doing all I can to enhance the environment we live in . |
| 10 | Like her mechanic husband Graham — another smoker — Amanda is doing everything she can to kick the habit herself . |
| 11 | She wants to do all she can to reduce the suffering of other children … |
| 12 | Try to keep it as broad as you can to do the well alright then I know why it is , what 's in it for me . |
| 13 | The continuance of our training programme depends on attracting new students so please do all you can to publicise the Potential Teachers ' Day to be held on Saturday 8th March 1986 at Warwick Park School , Peckham High Street , London SE 15 . |
| 14 | Always make sure that there is space left on a hard disk before you start running a program and do what you can to maximise the amount of RAM available . |
| 15 | So we , the answer is we do n't really know but it seems common sense to apply barrier precautions and to do everything you can to modify the type of surgery so that the chances of having an injury with a sharp instrument are reduced , and people have made some constructive proposals along these lines . |
| 16 | Yes , you have to dig down as far as you can to get the roots in properly but , you know , it should be just the depth of one spade , so most people ought to be able to dig a hole that size . |
| 17 | ‘ Before we begin , do everything you can to trace the daughter . |
| 18 | Do all that you can to make the examiner 's task easier — not only by setting out your answers neatly but by identifying each answer clearly . |
| 19 | Keep the length of extension leads as short as you can to reduce the risk of them picking up stray radiations from nearby electrical appliances and short wave broadcasts such as taxi radio messages . |
| 20 | We will do everything we can to allocate the Dool-eys a house where there are vacancies . ’ |
| 21 | We should be doing all that we can to promote the revival of singing , and we should encourage rather than stifle the musical creativity of those who write and perform . |
| 22 | We must do everything we can to improve the selection decision making process ; inevitably this will mean moving away from relying on interviews . |
| 23 | We shall continue to do all that we can to resolve the problem . |
| 24 | But the o the one thing I wan na say is that erm we need to do all we can to keep the c the over-run down to as low a figure as possible , and that 's our job . |
| 25 | We are still attempting to persuade people that the figures they have been given or have invented are wrong and if we operate on the real figures there is no reason for mass closures of elderly persons homes and we are still attempting to make the refurbishment programme work as best we can to achieve the most we can in the shortest period and for the least money . |
| 26 | … it will be the duty of those who have resisted militarism during the war to do all we can to stem the tide of militarism in the Labour movement . |
| 27 | Craig and I will do everything we can to ensure the Subscriptions Scheme 's success . |
| 28 | We will continue to do all we can to increase the protection afforded to special wildlife sites . |
| 29 | We must do whatever we can to bring the murderer to justice , although realistically I do not think he will ever be found , ’ wrote Lt Col Stewart . |
| 30 | ‘ We must do whatever we can to bring the murderer to justice , although realistically I do not think he will ever be found , ’ concluded Lt Col Stewart 's statement . |