Example sentences of "can [adv] longer [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The soldiers that stand guard beside the entrances to the colonies and rush to defend any breach in the walls , are armed with jaws so huge that they can no longer gather food for themselves and have to be fed by the workers . |
| 2 | One consequence of recent trends , therefore , is that literary critics have been forced to recognise that they have had to become involved in issues of history formerly the preserve of historians , and can no longer take history for granted . |
| 3 | He takes care of his parents because they can no longer take care of him or of themselves . |
| 4 | Employers can no longer require membership of an occupational pension scheme as a condition of service . |
| 5 | That is unfair , and it is also slightly sinister to say that , when somebody reaches a certain age , he can no longer receive care under the NHS . |