Example sentences of "we can not [vb infin] what [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we can not smell what the dog can smell , nor interpret such scents , body postures and barks in the way our dog does . |
| 2 | We can not know what the future will bring ; nor did he . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |