Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh det] they can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason for this is that many people have a fear which they can not conceal of anything or anybody who reminds them of death ; knowing that contact with a grieving widow will exacerbate these fears they tend , after expressing their sympathy by word or letter , and sending flowers to the funeral , to withdraw to a safe distance ‘ to give her time to get over it ’ just when she needs them most . |
| 2 | The court can not attach a meaning to words which they can not bear , but if the words are capable of bearing more than one meaning why should not Parliament 's true intention be enforced rather than thwarted ? |
| 3 | But environmentalists have pointed out that it is already being used by western companies to dump toxic materials with impunity which they can not dispose of legally in the west . |
| 4 | Do these theoretical ideologies provide a strategic grasp of racism , or do they raise expectations which they can not fulfil ? |
| 5 | The next is Celebrant , the Silverlode which they can not ford but have to cross on ropes . |
| 6 | For while the persons in the original position take no interest in one another 's interests , they know that they have ( or may have ) certain moral and religious interests and other cultural ends which they can not put in jeopardy . |
| 7 | Trotsky ( 1971 ) suggested that fascist governments emerge not where class forces are ‘ balanced ’ , but rather when the bourgeoisie has already lost its battle with the working class ; only in these circumstances will capitalists concede a very high level of autonomy to a fascist political party or social movement which they can not control . |
| 8 | Nearly all those keyword-type online catalogues which use an implicit Boolean AND will simply report a failed search ( it might display " No entries " or " Nothing found " ) if the search contains a word which they can not find . |
| 9 | Now within that situation Tolstoy paints a picture in which the , even the greatest generals are in fact subject to forces which they can not control . |
| 10 | Examples are our economy , which becomes more and more a credit economy , or our science , in which most scholars must use innumerable results of other scientists which they can not examine . |
| 11 | They may have a strong urge to provide care which they can not translate into reality , and they may be acutely uneasy as a result . |
| 12 | So when they come across the first element of mystery which they can not understand , they conclude that Christianity is not rational after all . |
| 13 | ‘ They desperately need the improved genetics of UK stock for these breeds which they can not get elsewhere , ’ said an MLC spokesman . |
| 14 | There are also sexual impulses which they can not incorporate in relationships with their wives , because they and their wives think it would be too animal-like and demeaning to perform them . |
| 15 | One additional burden facing British self-starters paying their own way to a CPL/IR is that — uniquely among educational courses — the cost is liable to VAT which they can not recover . |