Example sentences of "can not [verb] [conj] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for another Childwall resident stating she can not sleep as it is so bright , we have the opposite trouble . |
| 2 | The region of similarity between DP-1 and E2F-1 is likely to be an important part of their DNA-binding domains , but we can not distinguish whether it is involved in recognizing the E2F sequence per se or if it provides a dimerization domain which then allows sequence-specific recognition . |
| 3 | When we turn to that most distinctive feature of cave organisms , regressive evolution , we can not decide whether it is caused by selection or genetic drift ; nor can we settle whether allozymic variation is due to selection or drift . |
| 4 | All I can now remember of questions and answers is writing a three-hour essay on ‘ Security ’ , and I can not think that it was very good . |
| 5 | The argument is that section 47 can not stand because it is inconsistent with article 30 of the Treaty , a provision having direct effect which prohibits between member states quantitative restrictions on imports and all measures having equivalent effect ; it is said that the prohibition against Sunday trading in this country has such an effect . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes … but I can not pretend that it is n't a family disaster . |
| 7 | To fall , in , towards the nucleus it would have to lose all its energy , and this it can not do as it is continually absorbing energy from the ether which balances with the amount it naturally radiates . |
| 8 | These cortical consequences of social evolution provide the basis for the acquisition of some sort of superego , even if they can not ensure that it is a rational , mature and adaptive one . |
| 9 | I can not confirm whether it is a replica or a real firearm at this stage but the man does not hold a firearms certificate . ’ |
| 10 | Is my hon. Friend aware that I have lived for a number of years without any such advice , and I can not believe that it is really necessary ? |
| 11 | I can not believe that it is sensible to spend as much as we do at present per hectare on tobacco . |
| 12 | I I can not I I can not believe that it is w within the the standards of the conservative party that I joined , that this sort of diary writing , gossipy , pseudo history er is part of the convention . |
| 13 | Australia can not claim that it is unaware of the uncertainty about the legal status of Indonesia 's assertion of jurisdictional authority in East Timor and the off-shore waters , and has relied upon its own determination of legality . |
| 14 | If nevertheless a treaty is concluded , the third party to the earlier treaty can not claim that it was unaware of the restrictions . |
| 15 | The Government certainly can not claim that it was a famous victory . |
| 16 | I can not find that it was undue influence of the kind which sapped her will and destroyed her volition , but I am satisfied that the pressure of her mother , the very presence of her mother , the mother 's fervent belief in the sin of blood transfusion , the patient 's desire to please her mother , despite their troubled relationship , all of this contributed to the focus of attention being drawn to blood transfusion before anyone else had ever contemplated its need . |
| 17 | However , although ‘ action ’ is to be construed liberally I can not accept that it is wide enough to embrace a non-legal process such as a statutory demand . |
| 18 | Troll flesh can not regenerate when it is burned . |
| 19 | That can not happen until it is also ratified by three newly-independent , former Soviet republics which have long-range nuclear weapons stationed on their soil . |
| 20 | The CAP can not survive because it is totally unrelated to the realities of a free market . |
| 21 | I can not recall whether it was a Labour Government who set it at that figure . |
| 22 | The verification process is going on , but we can not say whether it 's going to be completed by any particular time . |
| 23 | ‘ I can not say that it was withdrawn for its political content . ’ |
| 24 | These trends might of course represent the beginning of a change in progress , but if this is so , it is not yet established as a pattern that we can show by our methods as regular , and so we can not demonstrate that it is a change . |
| 25 | Although this issue has raised the passions of taxonomists , I can not see that it is important . |
| 26 | Although Koor 's policy of siphoning money from its successful subsidiaries to loss-makers is certainly generous , I can not agree that it is ‘ hairbrained ’ . |
| 27 | This seems to imply that the section can not apply if it is the proceedings themselves which constitute the matter which is of general public interest . |