Example sentences of "can [adv] longer [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women bear children in rapid succession when young and when they can no longer face the prospect of another child , they choose sterilization because it exempts them from having to take conscious and continuing responsibility for their own fertility in a culture which constantly denies women this right . |
| 2 | It is significant that when the stimuli are modified to make that sort of strategy unworkable , for example by surrounding pairs of upright and inverted triangles with broad rings , tree shrews lacking visual cortex can no longer do the discriminations , whereas normal animals can . |
| 3 | Let them be aware that their ‘ divine ’ guidance can no longer control the minds of free-thinking youth . |
| 4 | Urueu-Wau-Wau indian leaders have said in a statement to Survival International that they can no longer tolerate the invasion of miners and loggers on to their land . |
| 5 | More likely , though , is my mates shopping me — I 'd end up in the back pages of 90 Minutes ( ‘ my mate 's sad cos he 's convinced he looks like Eric Cantona when in fact he 's got a face like an orangutan 's bum ’ ) or become the subject of an earnest letter in When Saturday Comes ( ‘ As a Whites fan since before my birth , I am appalled by the recent upsurge of so-called Canto lookalikes , I can no longer walk the streets without being overrun by people with sideburns and spurious French accents ’ , etc etc . ) |
| 6 | The novel proves that knowledge is possible , but also that it is in a sense artificial : it does not come from the past , historical knowledge in particular can not simply be uncovered , laid bare and put out to view ( or rather , the novelist can no longer create the illusion that the past is speaking for itself ) ; it is a construction of the past , and the reader is conscious of , and in compliance with , the careful disposition and organization of the disparate elements that go to make up the whole edifice . |
| 7 | The Library 's ability to satisfy requests by photocopies from stock has virtually ceased , because Reference Services staff can no longer handle the work involved . |
| 8 | We can no longer blame the board as they are producing the funds for new players , is it Paul Malone 's fault , or the players ? |
| 9 | Outsiders , even those who were until recently insiders , can not penetrate the ranks of the insiders and , as a result , can no longer influence the course of wage bargaining . |
| 10 | We can no longer treat the atmosphere above us like a dustbin , and the seas around us like a sewer . |
| 11 | The ability of ion exchange resin to remove calcium and magnesium ions is finite ; that is to say , when it has given up all its sodium ions it can no longer soften the water . |
| 12 | Now that 45% of those qualifying are women we can no longer ignore the needs of those reluctant to work over 72 hours a week . |
| 13 | Yet if Althorp loses that personal touch , if it can no longer offer the chance to take tea with a relative of the Princess of Wales , will it still pull in the crowds ? |
| 14 | He left behind him a police force outraged by his treachery and a judicial establishment unable to believe that , for the first time , a South African policeman was prepared to tell all about the dirty tricks departments , the hit squads , the assassination detachments and the enormous , shabby , meritorious , violent conspiracy so interwoven into the blood and guts of the South African security services that its agents can no longer tell the difference between criminal pursuits and active police work . |
| 15 | The originator can no longer alter the contents of the DC . |
| 16 | The originator can no longer alter the contents of the DC . |
| 17 | The originator can no longer alter the contents of the DC . |
| 18 | Like many other executives who have reached the higher echelons , you may well find that the career evolution methods you used earlier can no longer produce the results you seek today . |
| 19 | The base can no longer support the half-span which snaps off . |
| 20 | Although it still contains air , it can no longer support the weight of the car . |
| 21 | The family need to feel that the reasons they can no longer support the relative in the community are recognised as valid . |
| 22 | In addition , there are many more millions of migrants and what might be termed environmental refugees — people leaving because of natural disasters or because the land , as the result of soil erosion , deforestation and the spread of deserts , can no longer support the population . |
| 23 | The cause of the decline is not certain , but researchers believe that pollution by nitrogen and sulphur oxides has acidified the soil to the extent where it can no longer support the fungi , and that this problem has been compounded by poisoning by metals such as aluminium , which have leached into the soil . |
| 24 | The point should also be made that practitioners facing potential limitation problems in claims valued at less than £50,000 can no longer employ the expedient of issuing a writ at the last moment before the limitation period expires . |
| 25 | This spreadsheet is to be used to keep weekly scores for 16 boys and the problem it posed is that when you want to type in scores for weeks in the second half of the year or for Harry , Ian and John and so on whose names are entered to the right of the spreadsheet , you can no longer see the row and column labels — unless you freeze these titles . |
| 26 | She can no longer see the water maiden . |
| 27 | But too many of them have been weaned on the habit of chopping up the New Testament into bits ( sorting out the sources , contemporary themes and ideologies of Aramaic Palestine or the Hellenistic world ) so that they can no longer see the scriptures as a sacred text aflame with the divine drama . |
| 28 | That the consequence of this is that we can no longer take the view of females as being passive victims of male advances . |
| 29 | All but the far right have acknowledged the need to develop a more skilled workforce , since whites can no longer fill the demand . |
| 30 | However , unemployment and the recession mean that many firms can no longer afford the creches and bonuses , and are reluctantly having to curtail them . |