Example sentences of "[pron] can not [vb infin] what the " in BNC.
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1 | I can not think what the Riding , but not only the Riding , will be without him . |
2 | I can not envisage what the circumstances will be in 20 years ' time . |
3 | At this stage , I can not say what the link will be , although I can say that it will be a dedicated , high-quality link . |
4 | Now it was a rule and the custom at the time that any of the staff could impose a fine on the spot and in this circumstance Fagan imposed a fine of 10 " ackers " — that is 10 piastres , which I can not remember what the value was at the time , but let us say it was something in the order of 5 . |
5 | As I increased Cleveland 's capital allocation from £2.9 million to £3.8 million , I can not accept what the hon. Gentleman says . |
6 | So if you can not decide what the icon that looks like a milk churn with an overgrown mushroom beside it means you can select it and discover that it means Paste Clipboard contents — oh perhaps it is supposed to be a drawing pin besides a board but you could have fooled me ! |
7 | You can not guarantee what the resulting shade will be , though — you build up depth with subsequent layers — and you can get tell-tale streaking if you are not very careful with application . |
8 | He is a devil , but you can not help what the gods … ’ |
9 | You can not imagine what the first few minutes of that bombardment were like . |
10 | But we can not smell what the dog can smell , nor interpret such scents , body postures and barks in the way our dog does . |
11 | We can not know what the future will bring ; nor did he . |
12 | We can not say what the outcome of a meeting of the Defence Committee might have been , or whether the course of events would have been altered if it had met in September 1981 ; but , in our view , it could have been advantageous , and fully in line with Whitehall practice , for Ministers to have reviewed collectively at that time , or in the months immediately ahead , the current negotiating position ; the implications of the conflict between the attitudes of the Islanders and the aims of the Junta ; and the longer-term policy options in relation to the dispute . |
13 | We can not say what the scope of such a review should be in respect of the machinery 's wider preoccupations , but we think that it should look at two aspects in particular . |
14 | We can not say what the occupation of Germany will involve at the moment , or what will be our obligations in the East and at home . |
15 | If we take such a " bat-detector " out to a clearing where a bat is feeding , we shall hear when each bat pulse is emitted , although we can not hear what the pulses really " sound " like . |
16 | Then they can not have what the larger community regards as the necessary minimum for decency … . |
17 | The point is that whether descriptions are knowledge or behaviour oriented , type or token , they can not determine what the teacher does . |
18 | Even the most experienced police interrogator can not entirely avoid leading questions , simply because he can not know what the witness actually knows or what really happened . |