Example sentences of "can [adv] do [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As long as we 've got that and peace of mind we can perhaps do things outside of what money can bring you . |
| 2 | yes , so , so , that you can only do education part time . |
| 3 | These amount , as we saw , to the belief that many social phenomena are to be explained as the outcome of actions performed by individuals or groups , and the view that groups can only do things if individuals do . |
| 4 | You can only do claims to five thousand pound ca n't you ? |
| 5 | She , she 's there on Social Security which means she can only do part time education because if you 're on the Social Security you have to available to do a job |
| 6 | The idea that Christianity can only do justice to its beliefs by means of apparent contradictions ( the notion of ‘ paradox ’ ) owes more to Pascal than to any other religious thinker . |
| 7 | In any case it costs nothing to hear it on FM radio these days , and it can only do orchestras good . |
| 8 | ‘ You can only do business in Aberdeen , Inverness and Stirling by being in Aberdeen , Inverness and Stirling , ’ says Mitchell . |
| 9 | No , you can not do things like that . |
| 10 | ‘ We still have some good times together , but she can not do things she once did . |
| 11 | This is not the case when the bare infinitive construction occurs with an inanimate subject either : despite Wood 's contention that " we could scarcely say These tablets will help you sleep " , since the tablets , being inanimate , " can not do part of the sleeping " , the following have been found : ( 26 ) That [ = the injection ] was to help you relax . |
| 12 | So I must say I entirely agree with Heather on this , it seems to me inevitable logic of Freud 's theory and erm my own view is that group psychoanalysis is a contradiction in terms , you can not do psychoanalysis in a group of this and those who say they can I think have n never understood what psychoanalysis is all about and are misleading the public and people pay good money for it . |
| 13 | Questions about what law can or can not do raise wider issues about people , behaviour and social theory . |
| 14 | ‘ You do not give me things like other men and you can not do sex . ’ |
| 15 | You can not do area select without selecting the broad outline . |
| 16 | So it seems to me that you can not do analysis in a group because by definition the ego of a person in a group is , is detracted from , whereas in individual psychoanalysis and ideally the ego of the person is added to and enlarged to give them more competence by being made to face up to its repressions . |
| 17 | A brief summary of the arthropods can not do justice to all the fascinating specialized groups — sea spiders and mites for example — that have an incomplete fossil record . |
| 18 | The image of a body simply can not do justice , we are saying , to the reality of — and our complex emotional reaction to — overpowering physical realities like the sea or the night-sky ( however much we may be told that the stars are a twinkle in God 's eye ! ) . |
| 19 | Indeed , so diverse are the pleasures awaiting you at Craigendarroch , I feel a letter alone can not do justice to them … |
| 20 | Although this brief outline can not do justice to the complexity and detail of Poulantzas ' work , it does convey enough of its character and aspirations to form the basis of a critical discussion , and in this part of the chapter I shall focus on three connected questions , all concerned with the explanatory power of the theory . |
| 21 | For the person with these projects the forwarding of them has an importance to which utilitarianism can not do justice , for it must regard them as simply among the many preferences of which as many as possible are to be satisfied . |
| 22 | These fundamental rights are variously described and vindicated by a variety of philosophical arguments to which we can not do justice here . |
| 23 | I can not do justice to the disagreeable impression that this man , one Broadhurst , had upon me … |
| 24 | ‘ She may be articulate but feel upset that she can not do justice to herself . |
| 25 | These few pages can not do justice to the array of benefits which a partnership with AEA could bring . |
| 26 | He is known to have favoured that , but it is rejected by the report as a ’ a crude device which can not do justice to the different abilities a pupil may show in different subjects and contexts ’ . |
| 27 | The past three months have seen almost daily developments , and a 15-minute speech and 15-minute reply can not do justice to the huge amount of information that must be shared and analysed . |
| 28 | This brief note can not do justice to all the facts and arguments involved . |
| 29 | Inevitably a brief account can not do justice to individual writers and exaggerates the extent of agreement within each broad perspective , but it does emphasise central points of similarity and difference . |
| 30 | This section can not do justice to the body of literature on the new public management which has emerged , but will focus on two critical themes . |