Example sentences of "[noun] can [not/n't] go " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is outrageous that a British citizen can not go to another European country without provoking such a move . ’ |
| 2 | People living under oppression can not go to the British embassy and seek an entry clearance document , present it to an airline office , take a plane to this country and then seek political asylum . |
| 3 | ‘ He was a shadow of his former self and a boxer can not go into the ring semi-fit . |
| 4 | This is because of the theological stance of some that people who have taken their own lives can not go to heaven , but instead go to hell eternally because the sin is viewed as such a serious one . |
| 5 | One further issue can not go unmentioned namely , the future of the BBC . |
| 6 | Different objectives of different finns controlled and limited the techniques of production they could use ( eg. a firm developing prototypes of electronic equipment can not go in for mass-production ) . |
| 7 | But just as a business can not go on year after year ignoring a fall in cash flow … so too the Government can not keep on running up debt in the hope that recovery will solve our problems . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ Just as a business can not go on year after year ignoring a fall in cash flow caused by a downturn in the economy , so too the Government can not keep on running up debt in the hope that recovery will solve our problems . ’ |
| 9 | This scurrilous character assassination can not go unchallenged . |
| 10 | Some travel writers can not go anywhere without swimming and sunbathing under the swelter of the sizzling sun , as palms sway and swish along the sandy shoreline . |
| 11 | Living only for a couple of microseconds on average , the muon can not go from atom to atom catalysing fusion and liberating energy indefinitely ; the dream of the ages is n't so easily fulfilled . |
| 12 | However , the only things which are spelt out are that development can not go on without them , the fact that new skills will be introduced and the fact that incomers might form a catalyst for the rejuvenation of local voluntary groups . |
| 13 | It is obvious that things can not go on as they are . |
| 14 | Is he also aware that British Steel can not go ahead with its plans for building a new plate mill on Teesside because of the depth of the recession into which the Government have plunged the country ? |
| 15 | As soon as any outbreak of violence , however mild , occurs in society , then damage is done , if it 's only to the social fabric of society , because one or two people can not go about their business , can not go about their pleasure , in the way in which they would wish to . |
| 16 | It is based on the assumption that the sacred is better than the secular , that the Church is essentially European and only universal by implication , that celibacy is better than marriage , that belief can not go hand in hand with doubt , that the clerical state is more sublime than the lay , and hence that women are excluded from belonging at the level at which this belonging is most valued . |
| 17 | ‘ It is a school of false values ’ , he wrote , ‘ and its scholars can not go unscathed . ’ |
| 18 | The shadow cabinet elections can not go ahead until the new party leadership is in place . |
| 19 | Graduated separatism on the other hand draws a line beyond which men can not go . |
| 20 | However , the ordinary member of the public can not go around arresting cyclists and homeless persons and so on under section 25 . |
| 21 | But comparison with the press can not go very far . |
| 22 | ‘ The talks can not go on indefinitely if the IRA go on killing and bombing and Mr Adams does n't come out to signal any opposition to them . ’ |
| 23 | The present idiotic trends can not go on forever , and there could soon be drastic changes . |
| 24 | I also feel that this country can not go on permitting the unrestricted sale of looted antiquities from abroad . |
| 25 | COOKS can not go wrong with the charming cookbook-come-autobiography by Pierre Koffmann , pictured above . |
| 26 | Yesterday , Mr Baron said that strict justice demanded that ‘ the European Parliament can not go on being regarded as a marginal institution , able only to speak but not to take decisions ’ . |
| 27 | The case can not go ahead without your driving licence . |
| 28 | I accept the valuable role played by the Minister , but does he accept that , although sponsorship is valuable , even more important is the fact that institutions such as the Royal Opera House can not go much further in the sponsorship race and will require funding ? |
| 29 | Such sin can not go unpunished : Moses ' own tribe , the Levites , mete out God 's judgement . |
| 30 | Stephano and Trinculo can not go above prose , being ‘ below stairs ’ in every sense . |