Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [conj] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many issues on which the drinks industry can and does join forces with governments and health promoters to combat alcohol abuse . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | The people who know best where crime can and does occur are your employees . |
| 5 | In spite of those findings , the ITC 's chief executive , David Glencross , accepted that the public 's mood can and did change . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This knowledge can and does add fuel to the alarmist ‘ law and order ’ fire : ‘ it 's even worse than we imagined ! ’ |
| 8 | But the FedPol can and do visit any SenFed planet whenever they want , in pursuit of an inquiry or a suspect . |
| 9 | This God can and does break into human life , and sometimes he does it through the violent , the unexpected , the alien . |
| 10 | Amidst these grand claims for the ‘ effects ’ of writing , Olson suppresses the qualification cited above that ‘ whether meaning can be made explicit in text is perhaps less critical than the belief that it can ’ and proceeds as though it were agreed and verifiable that writing can and does have such effects because of its intrinsic qualities . |
| 11 | Second , the government can and does manipulate the environment , physical , economic and social , in which people live . |
| 12 | Certainly both gay camp and gay machismo can and do problematize femininity and masculinity as traditionally understood . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | There are currently 650 , though the number can and does vary . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | However , elite collusion can and does entail far more than agreement on the ‘ rules of the game ’ . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It is widely recognised that the classical technique can and does prove a stable basis fur all styles of dance . |
| 22 | Of course , in those situations where the buyer can and does accept part and reject part of the goods ( i.e. where section 30 applies or where the contract is severable , see paragraphs 11–07 and 11–08 above ) , he is entitled to recover any part of the price that he has paid in respect of the rejected part of the goods . |
| 23 | But those that come together for mutual support can and do survive . |
| 24 | Health Board administrators with a predominantly managerial ideology can and do take decisions which profoundly affect patients and staff , including medical staff . |
| 25 | Clearly there are times when information at one level can and does guide the interpretation of a lower-level unit . |
| 26 | Death can and does come suddenly in any Home . |
| 27 | Since electricity generation is the world 's largest source of man-made carbon dioxide , it is quite clear that nuclear power can and does make a very significant contribution to its reduction . |