Example sentences of "[coord] it can not [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now we need to talk a little bit about what happens when the veins or the arteries or the capillaries for that matter , the veins , the arteries or the capillaries have a leak in them , they become broken , now you already know that the circulatory system is a closed system and that the blood can only do its job if it 's being transported within that system , once the blood comes outside of that system then it 's lost the circulation and it can not perform its proper function any more , in other words the body 's losing its blood , okay , what condition do we call it when the circulatory system stops working properly ? |
| 2 | By reacting in this way , Jane is able to stand back from the situation and it can not hurt her as it used to do . |
| 3 | A descriptive expression , it is argued , may help fix the reference of a name via some contingent characteristic of the object in question ( as is the case with " the author of Macbeth " ) , but it can not provide its " definition " . |
| 4 | The APB can not ignore such strong criticisms , but it can not accept them without badly damaging its credibility . |
| 5 | It can probe it but it can not reconstruct it . |