Example sentences of "we [vb base] [pron] can not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We regret we can not accept special requests on late offer holidays . |
| 2 | If we say we can not afford it , the reply is that we pay out more and more millions of pounds in unemployment benefit . |
| 3 | But they do not question traditional psychology 's male-identified emphasis on , for example , objectivity and success : ‘ We are both feminists … and although we have tried to be objective about the value-laden topics discussed in this book , we know we can not have succeeded entirely ’ ( 1974 : 12–13 , my emphasis ) . |
| 4 | We feel we can not comment on their allegations until we have seen it too , ’ Roy Batchelor , Rugby 's spokesman said . |
| 5 | A proposal that public money should be spent on a measure which is likely to aggravate this position ( the low birth rate ) by making contraception universally available on request and thereby to affect adversely the continuity of the state , is one which we feel we can not endorse . |
| 6 | Whether or not the teaching of study skills already features on your syllabus , we feel you can not fail to be impressed by A Study Skills Handbook and its relevance to the university student . |