Example sentences of "can [conj] [verb] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Survey itself lacks the funding to underpin complete systematic re-mapping , but it can and does make use of information gained in the course of university research , in the pursuit of its refinement and maintenance of the map , and in pursuing research of strategic or economic significance .
2 This knowledge can and does add fuel to the alarmist ‘ law and order ’ fire : ‘ it 's even worse than we imagined ! ’
3 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 .
4 We can and do make use of all kinds of resources in our own ways : we learn how to draw stickmen and produce our own graphics , we write and record our own audio dialogues , some institutions produce the bulk of their own print materials .
5 Certainly both gay camp and gay machismo can and do problematize femininity and masculinity as traditionally understood .
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