Example sentences of "[noun] can [conj] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The inferences that may be placed in data materials can and do change as theoretical frameworks change and shift . |
| 32 | Miracles can and do happen , if we are willing to stop struggling and allow them into our lives . |
| 33 | Second , the government can and does manipulate the environment , physical , economic and social , in which people live . |
| 34 | It is a tribute to the tribunals that the technicality at the heart of the appellate process in these tribunals can and does coexist with the relative informality in atmosphere and with procedural flexibility . |
| 35 | But whatever the accuracy of any aid , false indications and failures can and do occur . |
| 36 | Certainly both gay camp and gay machismo can and do problematize femininity and masculinity as traditionally understood . |
| 37 | Many mothers can and do achieve this and are highly motivated to avoid cleaning up soiled nappies . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | But serious accidents can and do happen every day of the year . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | Newspapers can and do express partisan preferences . |
| 43 | There is evidence to suggest that unprotected vaginal intercourse with an infected woman is particularly risky for the man during the woman 's period , though transmission can and does occur at other times . |
| 44 | The German Unix house , iXos Software GmbH based in Grassbrunn near Munich , has signed up Unipress Software Inc , Edison , New Jersey , to distribute its database query tool , iXview/SQL and a new application development tool called iXBuild. iXBuild , operating under OSF 's Motif graphical user interface , allows programmers to create applications for technical and scientific markets — the toolkit can if required operate in a WYSWIG mode . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | There are many kinds of occupation from which choreographers can and do borrow . |
| 47 | There are currently 650 , though the number can and does vary . |
| 48 | Since these factors can and do change , the position of the younger generation in structures of family support must be seen as specific to particular points in historical time . |
| 49 | An illustration of how appropriate choices for the different groups and classes in the capitalist global system can and do change is provided by the analysis of counter movements to the global capitalist project . |
| 50 | This is n't a glib advertising slogan but a statement of simple truth , because smoke detector alarms can and do save lives . |
| 51 | Others can and do work in a different way . |
| 52 | Journals can and do change , and their contents may at one period reflect the leading edge , whilst in another they may become review journals , or more ephemeral in nature . |
| 53 | However , elite collusion can and does entail far more than agreement on the ‘ rules of the game ’ . |
| 54 | Very serious consequences can and do follow from people or organisations being indifferent to the results of their actions . |
| 55 | The aim must be to make ferreting as uncomplicated as possible , but it is undeniable that complications can and do occur . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | It is widely recognised that the classical technique can and does prove a stable basis fur all styles of dance . |
| 58 | New social consciousness dictates a need among advice workers for self-awareness in their attitudes to clients , in particular towards black and ethnic minority clients , and how personal attitudes can and do affect the direction and achievements of advice giving . |
| 59 | For , while editorial priorities and earth-shrinking technologies can and do work against the interests of the war 's officialdom , the degree to which even the less servile sections of the media provide a platform for coherent dissenting views is incredibly limited . |
| 60 | Boxers can and do die in the ring . |