Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] we can not " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were only four wins behind Chris Dickson so we can not be too bad . ’ |
| 2 | On grounds of theory alone we can not tell which effect will be the stronger , i.e. whether higher taxes on income will raise or lower the time devoted to work rather than leisure ( where , of course , the worker has some choice ) . |
| 3 | I mean I want to start with , with pensions pay and er , basically what 's happening is that everyone 's suffering pay cuts er and er th th what the government is doing is , first of all is attacking the State pension scheme er , and it 's allowing , er , employers to continue to rip-off occupational pension schemes and er since it 's pay , and it 's our pay , we wan na make sure we control it and I do n't see why the employers should be allowed to continue to exploit er , us both at one , both in terms of the pay we get now and the pay we get when we retire , whether it be at sixty whether it be er , whenever we wish to er retire and er , I think it 's very important if the government is er committed to crime prevention , that it actually starts doing something about those for , those , those employers , and Maxwell has , has been er referred to already , he 's just the tip of this very big iceberg er , and er , up and down the country , people are suffering substantial thefts of pay er employers are systematically organizing wages snatches , that 's what this er pension fraud is all about , and it 's about time that our government actually got round er and tackled this very important corporate crime issue that 's actually going on at the moment and er , I think that it 's very important that we ensure that we 're involved in er managing our own pension sch p pension funds , and therefore we should be pushing through demands of the er th the , the charter for pension fund democracy , and ensuring er that the government actually listens to what we 're saying , and actually er comes up with answers why we can not have the right to control our pay cos I can I ca n't see an any reason that they come back and say why democracy , why they ca n't , why , why they wo n't allow us to have a greater say and control our own pension funds and that 's I think is a legitimate demand that we should be campaigning for , up and down the country . |
| 4 | ‘ And , if we do get the breaks , there is no reason why we can not move on to our first ever final . ’ |
| 5 | The real reason why we can not predict human behavior is that it is just too difficult . |
| 6 | There is no need for us to quarrel and I see no reason why we can not — occasionally — go out together . |
| 7 | But in principle , there 's no reason why we can not discuss the flux through a channel , that is its activity , in terms of moles per second . |
| 8 | In the past he has been seen as too similar to form a partnership with Arsenal 's Tony Adams , but he said : ‘ I see no reason why we can not play together . ’ |
| 9 | There are two reasons why we can not take these figures as indicative of the true size of borrowing . |
| 10 | NOTE Please complete slip at the bottom and return to the office by 22nd April otherwise we can not guarantee your lunch ! |
| 11 | The G-BUM series appears to have been passed over — with G-BUMF and G-BUMP allotted some time ago we can not believe the CAA has turned prudish in its old age … ! |
| 12 | Thus if we have a whole W , made up of parts X and Y then we can not assume that the value of W is the value of X added to the value of Y , for W may be an organic unity . |
| 13 | If God really has disclosed himself in a Son ; and if that Son was characterised by his possession of the Holy Spirit which he has passed on to his followers then we can not with t denying Christ maintain that God has revealed himself a much in Buddhism as in Christianity ; we can not make an amalgam of religions as if we were all honest seekers after a God who hides himself . |
| 14 | Now they can only represent the area that the observer stands in and can see around him , and erm this leaves many gaps over the surface of the earth where we can not really be sure of what the weather 's doing . |
| 15 | We are surrounded by animals which keep track of their fellows by scent yet we can not even smell a human trail , let alone follow it . |