Example sentences of "[indef pn] can be do " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the TBM everything can be done simultaneously : emergency oxygen on , power back to idle and start to dive at the same moment . |
| 2 | Of course I will come and of course something can be done . |
| 3 | Villages are hoping that something can be done to stop traffic leaving Holybourne 's main road at high speed . |
| 4 | I 'm sure she 'll get better quicker if something can be done about her mental state . ’ |
| 5 | He credits the awakening of his own sculptural sensibilities to a chance encounter with a book in which ‘ I … saw a sculpture by Wilhelm Lehmbruck , and there immediately arose the idea , the intuition : Sculpture — something can be done with sculpture . |
| 6 | Boiotian history from 479 till the First Peloponnesian War of 460–446 is not recoverable , though something can be done with the coins . |
| 7 | " If we love each other , surely something can be done ! " |
| 8 | You keep pretending something can be done . |
| 9 | There is a creeping ratchet effect : capacity means something can be done and once it is being done it is expanded or generalised ; that in turn means there is need for more support ; in turn that support needs supporting , so creating more capacity , and the cycle repeats . |
| 10 | When will the Government retire from office so that something can be done ? |
| 11 | The cost of warships is unknown , but something can be done with the byrnies which every eight hides were ordered to provide in the same year . |
| 12 | We are not suggesting any solutions , we want information with that information then er , a judgement can then be made by this Committee and something can be done to accept those jobs and to create employment for an unemployment . |
| 13 | ‘ Meanwhile , I shall enquire into the matter and see if aught can be done to hasten your reunion . ’ |
| 14 | Come ; let us see if aught can be done for the boy here . ’ |
| 15 | Though people expect illness to become more frequent in old age , you should not assume that nothing can be done , but should consult your doctor if you think you have a health problem . |
| 16 | Try as the leadership might to erase what happened , nothing can be done to change the one fact on which the future of China turns : the men who ordered the assault on Tiananmen Square will surely die long before the youth they ordered to be killed . |
| 17 | Another said , ‘ The way I look at it , it 's too late now ; there 's nothing can be done which can put the clock back ; let's see what we can do to help the victim ’ ( FN 6/11/87 , p. 35 ) . |
| 18 | Only I remember and nothing can be done . |
| 19 | Nothing can be done without the spirit of contradiction ’ . |
| 20 | Though people expect illness to become more frequent in old age , you should not assume that nothing can be done , but should consult your doctor if you think you have a health problem . |
| 21 | I consider the distress of the farmers so great that nothing can be done to save many from absolute ruin . |
| 22 | Nothing can be done for them now . |
| 23 | In other words there is little pay off in providing an explanation which implies nothing can be done . |
| 24 | The next day Chudnovsky came to me in tears , ‘ You know , nothing can be done ’ . |
| 25 | Therefore , it is my opinion that nothing can be done to engender additional assistance of the type requested unless the State Department secures authority therefore … |
| 26 | The constitution still stands and nothing can be done until it is changed . |
| 27 | Data files for use by computers might contain data about fonts and help systems , but nothing can be done with that information without the assistance of a program file containing the relevant instructions . |
| 28 | So nothing can be done for another year . |
| 29 | Nothing can be done . |
| 30 | If nothing can be done to save her , I almost wish she was already dead . ’ |