Example sentences of "can and [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Bring him down to see us , " they say , " and we 'll tell him how he can and ought to claim for you . " |
| 2 | Now that 's the one the public can and ought to ask to see . |
| 3 | How long it lasts — and it can and ought to last for years — depends on your delivering what your agency promised . |
| 4 | I can and shall take the matter up with the Attorney General in relation to the sentence which has been past . |
| 5 | I do not , I must emphasize , quarrel in the slightest with the salutary principle of Ramsay v. IRC that the court can and will ignore sham transactions or the creation of magical and non-existent losses or expenditure by a series of carefully contrived steps in a process of fiscal legerdemain . |
| 6 | A good Home will help its residents to keep as fit as they can and will offer plenty of different things to do during the week . |
| 7 | Tiananmen demonstrated what most people in Hong Kong well knew , but preferred not to admit : that the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party can and will do absolutely anything , however brutal and illegal , to further their grip on power . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ There are many things we can and will do . |
| 10 | The regulatory powers can and will do the job . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | the EC has prepared a draft treaty to exclude the UK in the event of a British ‘ no ’ , that is Maastricht can and will go ahead without the UK ; |
| 13 | While it is clear that the court can and will exercise discretion , it is obviously wise to check on the availability of witnesses before setting down . |
| 14 | They can and will eat anything — flesh and bone , wood , rocks , bits of metal . |
| 15 | For though I doubt if he 's ready to own to it yet , I know of another who can and will testify that the two of them were together until the bell sounded for Compline , which would be the better part of an hour later than you have in mind , and a quarter of an hour 's walk from the place , into the bargain . |
| 16 | For the alternative view can only be that the assumptions on which that policy is founded are unsound , if only in supposing that employers can and will deliver wage restraint . |
| 17 | And , finally , as the Mother Of All Fem-Grunge , Kim Gordon , who proved that women can and will make a noise … |
| 18 | ‘ That , Brother , ’ he retorted , ‘ is the only answer I can and will make ! ’ |
| 19 | ( 3 ) The announcement of an offer must only be made by an offeror after the most careful and responsible consideration and when the offeror has every reason to believe that he can and will continue to be able to implement the offer ( eg he has the money ) . |
| 20 | If a transaction is contemplated whereby such an obligation will be triggered the person in question must first ensure that he can and will continue to be able to implement such an offer . |
| 21 | The announcement of a firm intention to make an offer for a target company must only be made when the offeror has every reason to believe that it can and will continue to be able to implement the offer ( Rule 2.5(a) ) . |
| 22 | Such an announcement should not be made until the offeror has every reason to believe that it can and will continue to be able to implement it . |
| 23 | In the light of the experience of two hundred assessment panels , it is our confirmed view that an approach in which a whole school can and will adjust to individual need , without prejudice to majority rights , can offer a viable alternative to ‘ sin bins ’ or the like . |
| 24 | The problem is that most tenant 's covenants appear at the outset to be quite reasonable and innocuous , but if a week is a long time in politics then 25 years is a lifetime in property during which circumstances can and will change with a result that a previously innocent-looking covenant could become highly restrictive and troublesome . |
| 25 | ‘ That , sirs , is all I can and will tell you . ’ |
| 26 | Obviously the courts can and will choose as between rational basis and rightness depending , inter alia , on whether they are in accord with the interpretation reached by the agency . |
| 27 | It can and will work , but only if heads and governors involve themselves in a true partnership based on mutual trust , respect and understanding . |
| 28 | The mix of supply management and last-resort intervention can and will work . |
| 29 | It shows that the court can and will inquire whether the visitor has jurisdiction to determine the question , i.e. , to enter into the matter . |
| 30 | Such cases will be rare , but when they do arise , as was the case with Miss T. , the courts can and will provide immediate assistance . |