Example sentences of "can [verb] [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the least I can do is make sure he has some peace and quiet while he can , poor little scrap , she thought . |
| 2 | Anne trusted you with the parcel ; the least you can do is make sure it reaches its destination on time . |
| 3 | All we can do is make sure adequate information is available so they know the likely effects . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You 've practically exiled yourself from your family and your home and your friends , you think you 've failed your finals but you say you 've no intention of sitting your re-sits even if you have ; you 've no money and you have n't even been looking for a job ; you 're getting done for shop-lifting and you 're acting like such a fucking dick-head you seem determined to get shot of the last few pals you do have left … and all you can do is make smart-ass remarks . ’ |
| 5 | Each of us has to find our own truth and our own self in relation to the world ; all you can do is to remain true to yourself and your chosen path . |
| 6 | The worst thing we can do is become pred-ictable . ’ |
| 7 | All that formational analysis can do is to put sociological questions to that general history and , at times , from these questions , suggest new areas for detailed research . |
| 8 | What a book can do is to present current thinking on the subject in a logical pattern in language familiar to the reader , so that the concepts of project management are no longer foreign . |
| 9 | All that natural selection can do is accept certain new variations , and reject others . |