Example sentences of "[noun] can [not/n't] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as we have no words by which to recall those former sensations except the very word which we seek to define , or some other which , being exactly synonymous with it , requires definition as much , words can not unfold the signification of this class of names ; and we are obliged to make a direct appeal to the personal experience of the individual whom we address . |
| 2 | Words can not express the sadness of seeing a teenager who looks barely older than a young child suffering from severe malnutrition , but there are the wonderful moments such as a child who suffered tremendous burns after a candle fell and set fire to her night-dress ; after months of careful dressing and cleaning her wounds have virtually healed — without the clinic the little girl would almost certainly have died . |
| 3 | Orthographically irregular words can not use the GPC route , and will fail by the analogy route if there is a mismatch between the regularity of the word and its associate ( if you do n't know how to pronounce " have " , you should n't try matching it with " save " ) . |
| 4 | Words can not describe the kind of person who would do a thing like this . |
| 5 | However , a contextually prominent action can not justify the use of a surface anaphor , such as I did , yesterday . |
| 6 | Although their pulses can not penetrate the surface of the water , they reveal the tell-tale ripples of swimming fish . |
| 7 | If the plaintiff chooses ( c ) , the defendant can not satisfy the judgment by returning the goods . |
| 8 | ( e ) As we have seen , an intention to repay or substitute may be dishonest because the defendant can not replace the very thing taken , yet if he intends to return the property itself , he is not guilty of theft because he does not have the intention permanently to deprive . |
| 9 | That ‘ inwardness ’ so prized by some English readers , and characteristically found by them ( implausibly ) in Lawrence , is an attention directed so far ‘ inward , that it can never come to the surface for long enough to notice how the sunlight breaks upon the edges and volumes of a piece of sculpture ; and that is why indeed such readers can not use the word ‘ aesthetic ’ except ‘ in a limiting sense ’ . |
| 10 | Calling in Sir Bernard Tomlinson to throw together a salvage package as market forces take their toll can not replace the well resourced , experimentally oriented planning apparatus so vital to the long term health and development of a real national health service . |
| 11 | In this post-welfare state , travellers are reminded of their duty to give up their seat to old ladies by a designated seat , post offices can not trust the customers to queue so they erect mazes through which one must wind before being served . |
| 12 | The letter continues : ’ The TEC can not address the guaranteed programmes for young and unemployed people in isolation from this economic background . |
| 13 | You see , your subconscious mind can not tell the difference between what is real and what is imagined ; so , although the information it had received during those twelve days was in fact a product of Sylvia 's imagination , the effect on her subconscious was precisely the same as if it had been actual experience . |
| 14 | Announcing the initiative , Environment Secretary John Gummer warned that if the industry can not satisfy the government that they are moving towards that objective , then " we will need to move towards a legislative approach " . |
| 15 | The Uprising has shown beyond all doubt that King Husayn can not represent the Palestinian people . |
| 16 | WORDS and pictures can not describe the disaster that is unfolding in former Yugoslavia . |
| 17 | Mexico 's Finance Minister flies to Washington to inform the US Government that Mexico can not meet the payments on its $80 billion foreign debt . |
| 18 | If the agreement satisfied all the requirements of a tenancy , then the agreement produced a tenancy and the parties can not alter the effect of the agreement by insisting that they only created a licence . |
| 19 | EDITOR : As we have always said it is YOUR newspaper , although not being prepared to put a name to letters [ even if the name is not for inclusion ] means authors can not collect the £25 Star Letter prize . |
| 20 | Since the effects of the damage are largely restricted to language , the disruption can not affect the whole brain , so in that sense we are justified in thinking of the brain as consisting of functionally independent modules . |
| 21 | The contents of this chapter can not describe the tax position on each transfer ; they can only draw attention to the possible heads of charge and reliefs available in respect of each of them . |
| 22 | Unfortunately the experiment can not distinguish the two possibilities to this accuracy . |
| 23 | Severe headache sometimes and the eyes can not stand the light . |
| 24 | However , whatever that ability may be , inspectors can not avoid the criticism that they fail to follow many of the practices that ensure rigour in research . |
| 25 | For all its worldly achievements , however , such optimism can not prevent the re-emergence of the tragic outlook for ever . |
| 26 | The return fare to the conference is £1,800 and it is felt that Cleveland Ambulance can not justify the expense of public money on one person . |
| 27 | We are aware of the practice which has prevailed in certain cases , of allowing , as costs between party and party , so much per day for the attendance of professional men , but that practice can not alter the law . |
| 28 | Therefore , our data can not show the true incidence . |
| 29 | The man who ladles the food into the steel bowl on the tray can not see the face of the man to whom he gives the food . |
| 30 | There is no reason that such a department can not make the training accessible and relevant to liberal arts and science students alike . |