Example sentences of "can [conj] [vb base] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far dimmer and simpler than ours , but they certainly exist , and it is now recognised that they can and do suffer from stress . |
| 2 | Redheads can and do wear pinks , as well as terracotta and greens . |
| 3 | Bream can and do eat gallons of bait but it is not wise to overdo things if they are finicky . |
| 4 | Many facilities that are seen as key characteristics of an exchange , such as standardised contracts , transparency , liquidity and screen-trading , all can and do exist in off-exchange markets , such as forex and Brent . |
| 5 | But the FedPol can and do visit any SenFed planet whenever they want , in pursuit of an inquiry or a suspect . |
| 6 | However , this only happens if your debtor wants to defend the action or makes you an offer which you can and do refuse . |
| 7 | We are committed to making any changes that may be required to ensure that we can and do regulate effectively . |
| 8 | There are many kinds of occupation from which choreographers can and do borrow . |
| 9 | American companies can and do bring private antitrust suits — a remedy denied to British companies . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | As mentioned earlier , social services departments can and do make adaptations to premises to make life easier for the disabled person . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Newspapers can and do express partisan preferences . |
| 15 | They , among other things , have put Westminster into that category of parliaments which can and do exercise a significant degree of influence over the formation of policy . |
| 16 | Social anthropologists can and do study members of their own society and they have been doing so for a long time , though mostly they do not do it very well . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The inferences that may be placed in data materials can and do change as theoretical frameworks change and shift . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He knows full well that Christians can and do sin , and if we pretend otherwise we are lying ( 1:8,10 ) . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The Regional Council has not attempted to argue that increased levels of infill can and do compensate for a shortage in the HP4 supply . |
| 26 | Many mothers can and do achieve this and are highly motivated to avoid cleaning up soiled nappies . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Certainly both gay camp and gay machismo can and do problematize femininity and masculinity as traditionally understood . |
| 30 | About these polarities hang the varying states of consciousness that can and do arise ( see Chapter ii ) . |