Example sentences of "it can do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE United Nations suffers about equally from people who want it to do everything and from those who think it can do nothing . |
| 2 | If Graham can write something solid about the lousy deal research gets in this country , it can do nothing but good . |
| 3 | The traders who trade around it can do nothing but benefit from the new multi-storey car park with 1,600 spaces . |
| 4 | awareness that it just stands and bleats and does nothing because it can do nothing ! |
| 5 | ‘ I use the most simple or most complex equipment available — frankly , I think cameras are boring — they 're like a gun , if it shoots O.K. it does n't matter what it is as long as it can do its job . |
| 6 | If it did it for them it can do it for me ! ’ |
| 7 | So good that it can do it almost without help from history : it manages to turn 20th-century products into cult objects of British tradition . |
| 8 | That is absolutely contrary to the constitutional position that Parliament can alter an Act previously passed , and it can do so by repealing in terms the previous Act — Mr Hill agrees that it may do so — and it can do it also in another way — namely , by enacting a provision which is clearly inconsistent with the previous Act . |
| 9 | It can also be funny and it can do you a power of good . |
| 10 | ‘ As part of the Mercury communications empire , it can do anything : why not order beer through Bravo ? ’ |
| 11 | It can do anything except think . |