Example sentences of "can do the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deputy unit manager Phil Brown , who has taken responsibility for the computer system , says : ‘ We can do the stocktake in about half a day with the Psion Organiser . |
| 2 | I can do the Melina Mercouri . |
| 3 | You can do the work yourself , use a ‘ network installer ’ , or get the work carried out by a contractor . |
| 4 | Who can do the work |
| 5 | As to honest Partridge , he meant no wrong , for he is so bold a mountaineer , he can go anywhere that a sheep can ; and I dare say thinks every person can do the same . ’ |
| 6 | Apart from checking the length make sure you can do the hood up fully without pulling the bag tightly over your feet — check for width at the knees , hips and shoulders in particular . |
| 7 | A book with a title like this has to be full of choice bits of information that confirm what most of us who have been in the Services have always known — that high-ranking officers can do the daftest things . |
| 8 | The manager will have business overheads which make sure he or she can do the job properly . |
| 9 | The agent has to make the artist believe he or she can do the job . |
| 10 | Just as you can remove sulphur from power station emissions so you can do the same with carbon dioxide . |
| 11 | Good , then Francesca can do the honours from Thursday and work for him thereafter . |
| 12 | ‘ Hope I can do the same for you some day . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Oz can do the chickens today . |
| 14 | And when Jinny 's finished the pigs she can do the butter . |
| 15 | As one of the party 's rural Deputies put it : ‘ If Ray proves he can do the toughest job in the EC , and he has , would n't it be foolish not to give him the opportunity to run this little country of ours ? ’ |
| 16 | If we were to backtrack in the area of supporting composers , commissioning new work and putting it on as public a stage as possible , that would be close to admitting : ‘ Look , a classical commercial station can do the job just as well . |
| 17 | If the house already has a suspended floor , a good do-it-yourself person can do the job . ’ |
| 18 | It is quite another to assert that huge and poor India can do the same . |
| 19 | I can do the work OK , they 're giving me really good grades , which is more than my dear dumb sister . |
| 20 | You can do the same for them when they go away . |
| 21 | You can do the same for them . |
| 22 | But although it is such a widespread condition , endometriosis is often overlooked because it can only be diagnosed by a minor surgical procedure called laparoscopy ( the insertion of an illuminated instrument through a small incision in the abdomen ) and many suffers do have problems getting their GPs to refer them to a specialist who can do the these for them . |
| 23 | And the only agents that can do the pollinating are fig wasps . |
| 24 | A camera can do the trick , letting you catch your breath before your lungs explode through your chest like The Alien , as you pretend to take a photo of an interesting stone . |
| 25 | others can do the work better , faster or more economically |
| 26 | Later you can do the same thing when walking along or when sitting in a car ( but only if you are the passenger please — do n't try it while driving ! ) |
| 27 | Just as it is possible for an athlete to train himself to run faster by gradually increasing his speed , you can do the same thing with your reading . |
| 28 | Think , too , of the extra pleasure when you can do the same for him . |
| 29 | You can do the same if you note the time every occasion you get a bite or a fish , and fish a water for long enough . |
| 30 | Since writing about this in New Scientist , I have received numerous letters from readers asking how they can do the same thing in Britain and Europe . |