Example sentences of "can do and " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are saying it is the best we can do and we must judge how it is operating . ’ |
| 2 | In my book , there is nothing this ex-president has done , or said , since leaving the White House which is worthy of attention — especially considering the many worthy things ex-presidents can do and say . |
| 3 | Conservative spokesmen have said that people should reduce their expectations of what government can do and that economic improvements would depend largely on the action of people themselves . |
| 4 | ‘ A lot of them that works on commission just say there 's nothing they can do and call in the tow-truck . ’ |
| 5 | A group of famous and highly-motivated mothers — that 's a few of them above — decided to band together as Parents For Safe Food to ( a ) draw attention to what long-term use of powerful chemicals can do and ( b ) work with government , farmers and all the others in the food chain to try to find a solution . |
| 6 | One is being given a chance to show what one can do and this realization often releases amazing reserves of energy , enthusiasm and creative flair . |
| 7 | ‘ I can see I shall have to tell you more about Brownies before you believe in what they can do and do do . |
| 8 | It may be argued that such distinctions between what machines can do and what only humans can do are of merely temporary interest , since in principle there is nothing that a human can do that a machine might not be devised , some day , to do . |
| 9 | While writing this article , I have realised that it is actually a very general problem-solving technique , of which there are many other instances in mathematics and science : If you can not do a problem , transform it to a problem that you can do and then transform the answer back to reach the solution to the original problem . |
| 10 | If you find yourself in this situation it is important to decide realistically how much you can do and to mark out these easy between a parent and child , it is not likely to improve at this stage . |
| 11 | Within democratic societies like our own there is much more that librarians can do and should do against censorship . |
| 12 | Few people understand exactly what they are and what they can do and quite a few people have mistaken impressions from the media . |
| 13 | Enjoy what you can do and do n't get too worried about what you ca n't . |
| 14 | But one thing I think I can do and do well is a guitar solo . |
| 15 | In real life , as Anne proves , they can do and be whatever they want nowadays . |
| 16 | Desk Top Publishing can bring benefits to an organisation but only if the requirements are properly defined and there is an appreciation of what such systems can do and the learning curve involved . |
| 17 | Children should be judged on what they can do and on what they know , not on who they are . |
| 18 | THEY can do and have what they like and after a while it does n't mean anything to them . |
| 19 | There is usually little they can do and , even if they could , the imprisoned creatures are too demented to thank them for it . |
| 20 | All I do know is that we 're very conscious a great deal of money 's been spent by the Council and by the Trust to try and make the place outside more inviting those tubs been put there er they been planted etc there 's a lot of litter there we 've put litter bins there there 's taxi rank there there 's lot 's of things been put there I think the problem is it is n't the people who do that I mean it 's the people who actually do the litter and it 's quite clear that we do go out we do tidy up but it happens and it 's a case of balance of what we can do and what you ca n't do but we do work at it I can assure you . |
| 21 | If you could get me a quote I shall see what D I Y I can do and then find out how much it 's going to cost me to buy a new |
| 22 | Many of the suggestions in this book about ways of using video assume that the person using it is familiar with what the machine can do and so feels confident about finding a place on a tape , stopping and starting at will , turning the sound up and down and so on . |
| 23 | Look at what the machine can do and what you can therefore do with it . |
| 24 | However , and rather more fundamentally , Rose goes on to make the point that " the gap between what governments can do and what the public ( and for that matter , the government ) wants to achieve is greatest in the management of the economy " . |
| 25 | But he came and sorted me out and I asked , I said I 'll see what I can do and I got hold of it and I did it for him . |
| 26 | That 's one thing I can do and he ca n't , thought Mike . |
| 27 | ‘ The bosses at Barnsley know what John can do and I trust them to watch over his progress . |
| 28 | I was a witness and so on you see and down below and the sergeant said to me , the sergeant came up and said to me , you 'll have to be careful because he said that boy , he was sitting there with his mother , poor woman , all in black and er the em the boy 's employer had got a solicitor on his behalf , you see , and I said well I can only speak through and say what happened , that 's all I can do and er , so of course when I went into the witness box this man came and er asked me all sorts of questions . |
| 29 | We 're saying let's integrate the mainframe , let's take advantage of the processing that it can do and its er strengths , and ye let's use it as a server which is available on a network in a client server architecture . |
| 30 | I am not permitted to have intercourse for three weeks after surgery , but there are other things we can do and we do them . |