Example sentences of "[pron] can [conj] do [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They , among other things , have put Westminster into that category of parliaments which can and do exercise a significant degree of influence over the formation of policy . |
| 2 | But how to explain the collective , and indeed international dimensions of capitalism and racism , which can and do operate independently of any local patterns of linkage ? |
| 3 | However , this only happens if your debtor wants to defend the action or makes you an offer which you can and do refuse . |
| 4 | We are committed to making any changes that may be required to ensure that we can and do regulate effectively . |
| 5 | We can and do make use of all kinds of resources in our own ways : we learn how to draw stickmen and produce our own graphics , we write and record our own audio dialogues , some institutions produce the bulk of their own print materials . |
| 6 | Against this interpretation lies the evidence that we can and do say , when appropriate , things like ‘ Of course he consented to the operation , but that does not entitle you to perform it since he is just a child ’ ( or he did not know how dangerous it is ) . |
| 7 | However , in emphasising their dependence it is only too easy to diminish what they can and do contribute . |
| 8 | Far dimmer and simpler than ours , but they certainly exist , and it is now recognised that they can and do suffer from stress . |
| 9 | The better off may use some private systems from time-to-time but they are still supported by a network of public systems they can and do fall back on . |
| 10 | What he did not mean is that women lack rationality ; they can and do deliberate . |
| 11 | In any attempt to assess and understand the use and function , the economic and social benefits of community languages in the restricted domains of the work place and in the public services i.e. outside the domain of the household , it seems imperative that one look at the sociolinguistic and socioeconomic profiles of the different speech communities and the uses they can and do put their languages to . |