Example sentences of "we [adv] can [not/n't] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Milne declared : ‘ Much of the black fish lands up south of the Border and is sold at prices we just can not compete with . |
| 2 | Of course I must add a , a word of warning here , because whereas once upon a time many people used to be able to ring the Weather Centres or a Met Office to get their own personal forecast , which was very nice , we enjoyed doing this , it has now got to the stage where so many people are trying to ring us that we just can not deal with all the enquiries personally , and we 're looking into ways and means of erm providing forecasts of this sort of nature , they 're general sort of nature , by other means , such as radio and television . |
| 3 | Justice is not always swift , but in ways we often can not see in advance it is generally sure . |
| 4 | Development costs must be reduced — we simply can not proceed with marginal projects , and must select the projects which offer the greatest return . |
| 5 | Even if it were possible to identify a certain causal agent inside someone 's head we certainly can not take off the top of the skull and mend it ! |
| 6 | We certainly can not bank on the 49 per cent increase in the size of the Bar which has occurred in the last 10 years . |
| 7 | We therefore can not comment on the use of supplemental oxygen in these patients . |