Example sentences of "[noun] can [conj] do [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Returning to my brief of animal intelligence , animals can and do act as members of a group against other conspecific groups . |
| 3 | The Regional Council has not attempted to argue that increased levels of infill can and do compensate for a shortage in the HP4 supply . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | American companies can and do bring private antitrust suits — a remedy denied to British companies . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He knows full well that Christians can and do sin , and if we pretend otherwise we are lying ( 1:8,10 ) . |
| 9 | Bream can and do eat gallons of bait but it is not wise to overdo things if they are finicky . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It is known that both cannibalistic and non-cannibalistic individuals can and do develop from the same batch of eggs . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Even here , however , the separate heading is worth preserving , since modern style-studies can and do content themselves with the mere description of distinctive linguistic patterns , abstaining not only from relating them to external factors such as authors or literary movements , but also from attributing to them any specific literary function . |
| 14 | However , problems can and do arise even with statistical calculations , one of the commonest being the build-up of rounding errors . |
| 15 | But the FedPol can and do visit any SenFed planet whenever they want , in pursuit of an inquiry or a suspect . |
| 16 | Things can and do go wrong and you do n't want to pressurise yourself because you have to get the equipment back to the hire shop . |
| 17 | There is considerable evidence from psycholinguistic experiments that people can and do make decisions about a word 's identity before they have access to its complete phonological specification . |
| 18 | While poor segmenting and labelling contributed greatly to the problem , there is psycholinguistic evidence that people can and do use later information to recover from errors and ambiguities in the input . |
| 19 | Although , for some , the tragedies of one generation will be repeated in the next , people can and do learn from experience . |
| 20 | Redheads can and do wear pinks , as well as terracotta and greens . |
| 21 | As mentioned earlier , social services departments can and do make adaptations to premises to make life easier for the disabled person . |
| 22 | The inferences that may be placed in data materials can and do change as theoretical frameworks change and shift . |
| 23 | Miracles can and do happen , if we are willing to stop struggling and allow them into our lives . |
| 24 | But whatever the accuracy of any aid , false indications and failures can and do occur . |
| 25 | Certainly both gay camp and gay machismo can and do problematize femininity and masculinity as traditionally understood . |
| 26 | Many mothers can and do achieve this and are highly motivated to avoid cleaning up soiled nappies . |
| 27 | Accidents can and do happen , but if something happens to the horse , however minor , tell the owner — do n't let her find out that it has overreached or whatever , when she next looks at her horse . |
| 28 | But serious accidents can and do happen every day of the year . |
| 29 | Newspapers can and do express partisan preferences . |
| 30 | The multi-interpretability of film ( polysemy ) and the realisation that spectators can and do adopt diverse identificatory positions in watching film has led to a new and more complex conception of film-viewing . |