Example sentences of "and [modal v] do be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one and only thing she could do and must do was to fetch help — swiftly . |
| 2 | What the state can and should do is make sure that tax does not distort the choices involved . |
| 3 | But what it can and will do is bring a literary perspective to sport , by encouraging gifted writers to go one-on-one against our most intriguing winners and losers . |
| 4 | The trouble is British Coal may already be contractually too far advanced ; what we can and will do is stop them extending the scheme , not by planning , but by policy making . |
| 5 | Another reason for norm-referenced tests not providing a description of what a pupil knows and can do is the lack of clear specification of learning objectives , at least as far as the formulation of pupil performance on the test is concerned . |