Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] can [not/n't] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tortrix moths There are more than one kind , but the differences do not matter to us , they are all crafty and clever at hiding where you can not see them . |
| 2 | Write down a few examples of when you last ( i ) provided food , clothing or other " necessities " for the addict in your life because he or she can not afford them . |
| 3 | So high that I can not hear them speak . |
| 4 | Instead , you have to take a long-term view , realising that although you can not enjoy them as fresh flowers for very long , you will be able to admire a beautiful picture for many years to come . |
| 5 | The corollary of not being able to force people to think clean is that you can not force them to think dirty either . |
| 6 | In these examples I have deliberately included the C£s on the 9th fret E string and the 4th fret A string so that you can not play them while holding down a chord shape ! |
| 7 | Although we can not expect them to become typographers or graphic designers , we do believe that even in the short time available during our course we can give them what might be called an aesthetic awareness that will enable them to make reasonable decisions in their future work . |
| 8 | Experiments have shown that these virtual particles are indeed present , although we can not detect them directly . |
| 9 | As Locke says , ‘ in some of our ideas there are certain relations , habitudes and connections , so visibly included in the nature of the ideas themselves , that we can not conceive them separable from them , by any power whatsoever ’ . |
| 10 | Their world views are so different that we can not treat them as participants in the same world . |
| 11 | The American expression for this position is to say that the resources of a local authority are not ‘ fungible ’ , meaning that we can not treat them as one mass . |
| 12 | ( In practice , however , the calculations required for systems containing more than a few electrons are so complicated that we can not do them . ) |
| 13 | We can distinguish sceptical arguments which , although they attempt to deprive us of knowledge ( or even of justified belief ) still allow that we understand the propositions whose truth we are no longer allowed to know , from those which claim that the reason why we do n't know their truth is that we can not understand them . |
| 14 | Lieutenant John Tenwolde , who is leading the investigation in the US , said : ‘ The allegations surrounding the Spiros are so serious that we can not discount them . |
| 15 | By that I do not mean than one can not pin them down to set feeding patterns on specific waters . |
| 16 | RIGHT A telepathy experiment featuring a blindfolded Kuda Bux , who is reproducing the symbols drawn on the board by Lucie Kaye despite the fact that he can not see them . |
| 17 | I have been able to get on with ‘ getting better ’ simply because my colleagues have taken responsibility for my work load ever since the Executive Committee Meeting in July , and I can not thank them enough for all that they have done . |
| 18 | ‘ Your vassals will come to you for justice , and you can not expect them to accept your judgement if it can be seen that you hold the Yasa in contempt . ’ |
| 19 | If you can not accommodate them , stop talking about or expecting cross-selling — it simply can not happen . |
| 20 | If you can not do them daily , try and make sure you do them every alternate day . |
| 21 | If you can not tell them apart , would two fish of the same sex fight ? |
| 22 | If you can not pay them immediately , then you must tell them so when they are instructed in order that they can decline to accept the instructions if they wish . |
| 23 | If you can not feel them , take other precautions , eg the sheath , and see your doctor as soon as possible . |
| 24 | In other words all the things you have to do without if you can not afford them this year . |
| 25 | Even if you can not afford them now , are you likely to acquire extra equipment in the future like a dishwasher , microwave oven , washing machine or freezer ? |
| 26 | Cos you can nae get them straight in like that |
| 27 | Furthermore , the problems , as well as the delights , of diversity of views exist , and we can not pretend they do not . |
| 28 | We have followed the trail of these people only to find that they have moved house and we can not trace them . |
| 29 | We have followed the trail of these people only to find that they have moved house and we can not trace them . |
| 30 | Better still , we enjoy solving mysteries : and if we can not solve them then , when the auspices are right , they can acquire the aura of magic . |