Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] can do " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , owners of land or factories can do things non-owners can not , as can men with weapons compared to those without , or even men as compared to women . |
| 2 | It seems implausible that civil servants or politicians can do better than trained analysts in industry and finance . |
| 3 | Although employees who decide not to move may be in breach of contract , there is little that employers can do . |
| 4 | You must find a space in the text so that pictures can do the work . |
| 5 | Is there anything that parents can do ? |
| 6 | Is there anything that parents can do ? |
| 7 | The worst thing that governments can do is to retard this admittedly painful process with subsidies to obsolete industries , or protectionist barriers . |
| 8 | Even with these environmental improvements , for the policy to succeed it must attract residents of all socio-economic groups — and there is not much that governments can do about this . |
| 9 | Failing this , there are still things that managers can do . |
| 10 | Well you can forget the astonishment that cats can do it all , it is extraordinary that cats can do that at all . |
| 11 | Well you can forget the astonishment that cats can do it all , it is extraordinary that cats can do that at all . |
| 12 | ‘ I found … that girls can do activities as well as boys ’ |
| 13 | The best that scientists can do is to submit specimens to an ‘ Arrhenius Test ’ , based on a formula by the Swedish physicist Arrhenius , which predicts the rate at which chemical reactions will occur . |
| 14 | Before turning to these — set out in two stages ( see below , pp. 93 – 106 ) — we need to be clear what we mean by reflective thinking , and that pupils can do it . |
| 15 | The best that societies can do is to strive to achieve them . |
| 16 | In De Officiis he describes two ways that men can do wrong , ‘ by force or by fraud ’ , and says that In order to guard against such destructiveness Cicero urges that ‘ pretence and concealment [ simulatio dissimulatioque ] should be done away with in all departments of our daily life ’ . |
| 17 | But tipping waste into landfills or incinerators is not the worst thing that polluters can do with their rubbish . |
| 18 | One of the crucial changes brought about by Mrs Thatcher is the attitude of those who have made it and believe that others can do likewise , or , if they fail to do so , are judged as having not really tried . |
| 19 | Taking regular exercise is one of the healthiest things that women can do . |
| 20 | Taking regular exercise is one of the healthiest things that women can do . |
| 21 | But is it the case that western women , living today in the United States , let alone in secular modern Europe , live in societies so dominated by the Christian myth , so ready to point to the place of women within the biblical tradition , that the best that women can do is to try to give a better reading of that past ? |
| 22 | So many different factors may be relevant that no generalized conclusions can be reached , and the best that librarians can do is to ensure that as far as possible conditions for use in their own libraries are adapted to meet what research has revealed as ideal conditions . |
| 23 | Within democratic societies like our own there is much more that librarians can do and should do against censorship . |
| 24 | And is there anything that sufferers can do to make life easier for themselves ? |
| 25 | Conventions can arise in other ways and authorities can do other things . |
| 26 | Educators and trainers can do no more than provide the conditions , the content and the materials . |
| 27 | Therefore , co-operation at an early stage between environmental health officers and planners can do much to prevent a nuisance arising from such trades , many of which fall within Class IX of the Town and Country Planning ( Use Classes ) Order 1972 . |
| 28 | But … perhaps you do not know — how could you ? — what cannon and mangonels can do to even the stoutest walling . |
| 29 | Just be reasonable with your diet — be aware of what sugary foods and drinks can do to your teeth . |
| 30 | Aldershot-based Magstore Ltd is badging Philips Electronics NV 's CDD521 write-once compact disk drives in the UK so that software vendors and others can do short-run production of disks : the drives are aimed for both audio and data applications — the 63 minute disks can store 680Mb of data and cost £22 while the 72 minute equivalent holds 750Mb and costs £24 — bit high if you simply want copies of your latest songs to sell as compact disks around the folk clubs ; the drives themselves are priced at £4,450 and the necessary software for MS-DOS , Windows or Macintosh costing around £1,500 . |