Example sentences of "know and can " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no defence for the officer to say he does not know and can not with reasonable diligence find out who the driver was . |
| 2 | She will not say what the item is , claiming ( reasonably ) that she wo n't divulge the secret of a valuable or important item to people she does not know and can hardly be expected to trust . |
| 3 | It is to enable those who do not know and can not know enough for policy-making to make policy , yet it is to have no policies of its own . ’ |
| 4 | People I do n't know and can not influence . |
| 5 | In modern times we have effectively eliminated possibility 3 by incorporating it within our scheme : Quantum mechanics is essentially a theory of what we do not know and can not predict . |
| 6 | For Bataille , the ultimate destination of rational thought is the revelation that we know and can know nothing , beyond the realization that all the towering projections of the human spirit are based on a primary denial of the abyss out of which we were formed . |
| 7 | And this is why it will be particularly damaging to introduce the tests proposed by the Secretary of State to monitor what children know and can do at fixed ages , 7 , 11 , and 14 . |
| 8 | Criteria referencing , on the other hand , looks in the written scripts for evidence of what the candidates actually know and can do , and marks are allocated on these grounds . |
| 9 | They may talk first to someone wise and experienced — a person they know and can confide in . |
| 10 | Realists are impressed by the constraints imposed by the ‘ external world ’ on what we know and can know . |
| 11 | The problems of criterion referencing are considerable in relation to the benefits claimed : a structuring of the learning environment for pupils ; a focusing on objectives for teachers ; providing more information about what pupils know and can do . |
| 12 | er actual practical surveying experience in the context of archaeological digs er and so on you know and can they say what those people have gone on |
| 13 | ‘ You others will tell Creggan what you know and can remember and in telling him will remind yourselves of what you may have forgotten . |
| 14 | Women who have done things to children get a bad time inside if the other women know and can get hold of them . |
| 15 | Louis then swore in the lingua romana , so that Charles 's men would understand him : For the love of God and for the Christian people and for our common salvation , from this day henceforth , as far as God grants that I know and can , I shall so help this my brother Charles with my aid and in all things , as every man ought in right to help his brother , on condition that he does the like for me . |
| 16 | In many cases it will be impossible to make sufficient disclosure at the commencement of the relationship as material information which has to be disclosed will not be known and can not be predicted until a particular conflict arises . |
| 17 | He probably knows and can recommend the specialists concerned , but insist that you talk to them first and that any reports are addressed to you ( though copied to the solicitor ) . |
| 18 | When feedback to those centrally concerned with a pupil 's education is required then information on what the pupil knows and can do would be more valuable . |
| 19 | Another reason for norm-referenced tests not providing a description of what a pupil knows and can do is the lack of clear specification of learning objectives , at least as far as the formulation of pupil performance on the test is concerned . |
| 20 | Most straightforwardly one could simply describe what a pupil understands , knows and can do … |