Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [conj] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | Counter-cultures may and do emerge and establish themselves ; ‘ legitimation crises ’ may occur in which the prevailing cultural norms lose their persuasive force and political domination is endangered ( Habermas , 1976 ) . |
| 3 | Here is clear evidence that the judiciary could and did temper the law with common sense , and did not habitually turn a blind eye to social and economic realities . |
| 4 | Seats* Percentage Proportional Constituency Total of vote** representation seats BSP 47.15 97 114 211 UDF 37.84 75 69 144 BZNS 8.03 16 0 16 MRF 6.03 12 11 23 Fatherland Union *** 0 2 2 BSDP 0.05 0 1 1 Fatherland Party of Labour *** 0 1 1 Independents *** 0 2 2 Others 0.90 0 0 0 Total 200 200 400 *Only parties receiving at least 4 per cent of valid votes in all multi-member constituencies could win seats on a proportional basis ( although other parties could and did win direct election ) . |
| 5 | But emergencies could and did arise , as they were to arise in 1293–4 and 1323–4 . |
| 6 | There are many issues on which the drinks industry can and does join forces with governments and health promoters to combat alcohol abuse . |
| 7 | Firstly , while it may be true that individual clients can and do terminate contracts frequently , they do this to move from one company to another : every year each company loses existing but gains new customers . |
| 8 | With it , Nozick can and does find independent support for his theory ; he wants to say that the theory gets things right here . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Returning to my brief of animal intelligence , animals can and do act as members of a group against other conspecific groups . |
| 11 | The Regional Council has not attempted to argue that increased levels of infill can and do compensate for a shortage in the HP4 supply . |
| 12 | The people who know best where crime can and does occur are your employees . |
| 13 | Although the evidence presented does not refute the claim that in the long run exchange rates compensate for domestic inflation differentials , it does show that over periods of several years real exchange rate anomalies can and do occur . |
| 14 | Both Northern Nigeria and the Punjab were colonies of conquest , untainted by trade or missions , in which the purely administrative outlook could and did bloom unchecked . |
| 15 | I remarked that , of the politicians I had known , only Mr Healey and Mr Powell could and did talk philosophy . |
| 16 | But there 's a depressing flipside , too , in the way that in some areas the organization has continually fallen short of its own ideals through an inability to admit that such shortcomings could and do exist . |
| 17 | American companies can and do bring private antitrust suits — a remedy denied to British companies . |
| 18 | Balancing an existing roster is of primary importance to a major company , whereas some smaller independent companies can and do concentrate on a particular sound or style of music . |
| 19 | In spite of those findings , the ITC 's chief executive , David Glencross , accepted that the public 's mood can and did change . |
| 20 | But some countries can and do make the stuff — Brazil for one uses alcohol/diesel and alcohol/petrol mixes , and the USA has had ‘ gasohol ’ ( petrol with 10% ethanol ) for some years . |
| 21 | Individuals could and did suffer at the hands of individual kings . |
| 22 | Clearly , the military could and did act as a very powerful interest group and had the support of the heavy industrial interest , which was dependent on the manufacture of armaments . |
| 23 | He knows full well that Christians can and do sin , and if we pretend otherwise we are lying ( 1:8,10 ) . |
| 24 | Bream can and do eat gallons of bait but it is not wise to overdo things if they are finicky . |
| 25 | What it seems to mean is that if this pump had been required in an emergency , it would not have been immediately available and although , after a lifetime in industry , I know that such errors and failure can and do happen , there is really no room for such occurrences in nuclear generation . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It is known that both cannibalistic and non-cannibalistic individuals can and do develop from the same batch of eggs . |
| 28 | APL is based on the premise that individuals can and do learn throughout their lives and that often the ensuing skills , knowledge and abilities are those recognised formally in qualifications . |
| 29 | As a trade depot and naval base , Calais was to serve as an entrepôt for trade in and out of England , and as a back door , which armies might and did use , into France . |
| 30 | While this organ could and did assume the executive functions of a provisional government , its creation did not resolve two crucial problems : what roles were the existing political parties and the mass of the population to play in the New State . |