Example sentences of "can [vb infin] well [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ None can know better than your lordship the importance of Berwick Castle , ’ Ramsay went on . |
| 2 | ‘ Billy told me to use my hook I can hook well as well as jab and found Jason could n't take them . ’ |
| 3 | If you sell farm butter and cheese instead of whole milk you can do well if you have the right market . |
| 4 | If there is any range of activities in which those who possess great power clearly can do better than most people it is in co-ordinating the activities of many people . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think you can do better than follow the great masters , even if you ca n't hope to emulate them . |
| 6 | You can do better than that . ’ |
| 7 | But assuming for the moment that we can do better than fight over the trough , how do we do it ? |
| 8 | We can do better than taking simple means of three , however . |
| 9 | Even animals can do better than that . |
| 10 | Finally , you have to believe that you can do better than them . |
| 11 | ‘ I think , ’ I said , ‘ that we ( I was hopefully referring to others who might be recruited ) can do better than merely seeking charitable funds . ’ |
| 12 | We can do better than just robbing Mr Sowerberry . |
| 13 | ‘ You can do better than that . ’ |
| 14 | You can do better than that ! |
| 15 | First , the sense in which the strategy is evolutionarily stable is that no other strategy ( among those considered in the model ) can do better than it . |
| 16 | ‘ I can do better than that . ’ |
| 17 | In economic terms , this means that individual foxes that shift resources into other projects can do better than individual foxes that spend virtually all their resources on hunting technology . |
| 18 | But if you want to try a hot tub I can do better than that . |
| 19 | It seems implausible that civil servants or politicians can do better than trained analysts in industry and finance . |
| 20 | You can do better than that , |
| 21 | I think I do it because I 'm so depressed by the poor performance of professional investment managers in the city , and I hope I can do better than they can . |
| 22 | So I 'm not opposed to a new settlement , but let's have a very sensible approach to the question of sustainability and viability , journeys to work , er okay six to ten miles is not too much , but we can do better than that . |
| 23 | I 'm sure you can do better than that when you try . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , I think we can do better than that this time , ’ she told him , as she steered him from the sitting-room and along the hall and into Sebastian 's bedroom . |
| 25 | ‘ I think we can do better than that , ’ he returned smoothly , and , making her heart spurt with activity again , ‘ I 've merely returned home for some papers . |
| 26 | I am sure with a little thought and effort we can do better than this . |
| 27 | ‘ We can do better than that . ’ |
| 28 | Blackburn manager Kenny Dalglish , whose team conceded top spot to Arsenal , said : ‘ We can do better than that . |
| 29 | Take my money and see if you can do better than me ! |
| 30 | I know you can do better because I 've heard you do it . ’ |