Example sentences of "[conj] can [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has been a problem on some of the new designs of Sprinter and at present , it is often quite uncertain whether one can or can not travel with a cycle on specific journeys , which discourages cyclists from using rail at all . |
| 2 | It is reassuring for someone to know that if they jump at shadows or can not sleep after an accident or a crime , it is part of a natural process and that they will get over it . |
| 3 | Those who make a mistake , or can not think of a word beginning with their letter , drop out . |
| 4 | My dream is achievable because all we have to do is stop doing some of the things we are already doing : stop using the productive forces we have developed to create disabilities through warfare , environmental pollution and industrial accidents ; stop creating disabilities through poverty by using our vast wealth not in pursuit of capital accumulation and profit , but in ensuring that we all have the necessities to sustain material life ; and stop judging and treating people on the basis of the contribution they can or can not make to the development and operation of these productive forces . |
| 5 | If she/he does not or can not succeed in forming friendships , she/he will become very lonely indeed , no longer belonging entirely to the family , and unable to belong in any real sense to the school and the peer groups within it . |
| 6 | Although you may not want to go on a course , or can not afford to , it is a good idea to ask a friend or relative you feel comfortable with to play the part of the interviewer and let you have a dummy run . |
| 7 | That does not equate universities with polytechnic colleges nor university education with technical training , nor can any overlap between the two negate the essential difference in kind between them . |
| 8 | In any case , no piece made before 1945 may be legally exported , nor can any work of art by a deceased artist . |
| 9 | The problem is to identify those cases that can most benefit from a further investigation . |
| 10 | Alternatively , try to find the sort of rectangular table that can also double as a long desk or work table when required . |
| 11 | Not only does it hamstring itself by trying to please all nations , it also attempts to appeal to a mythical European consciousness that can not exist in the continent whose countries have spent centuries ever more jealously defining their national characteristics . |
| 12 | A system that can not generalise between task domains can not be intelligent . |
| 13 | When a condition is diagnosed that can not benefit from chiropractic , such as acute inflammatory disease or rheumatoid arthritis , your chiropractor will refer you elsewhere . |
| 14 | Lakes that owe their volume to a balance between inflowing and outflowing water may change radically between seasons , almost draining in winter when the inflow slows down , and overflowing when summer melt brings in water that can not escape through still-frozen outlets . |
| 15 | In addition to the mycoplasma , Taylor-Robinson thinks he may have found a new anaerobic bacterium ( one that can not live in the presence of oxygen ) which also seems to be associated with NGU . |
| 16 | Already there are sawmills that can not operate at full capacity because of wood shortages . |
| 17 | For example , in the word ‘ father ’ the second syllable , which is weak , is shorter than the first , is less loud and has a vowel that can not occur in strong syllables . |
| 18 | Hungry for food , relentless in pursuit of it and capable of killing most creatures that can not run from them , they terrorise the bush . |
| 19 | Keys have to be numeric and space has to be reserved on disk to hold records of every key that can possibly exist in the defined range . |
| 20 | Compact is a whole school initiative that can only succeed with the support and commitment of everyone . |
| 21 | The engine stopped and for a moment there was the silence that can only exist in a forest . |
| 22 | In many ways , the issue of knowledge acquisition has been one that has separated the practicable representations of natural language semantics from those that can only remain as theories in textbooks . |
| 23 | ‘ Without the talks process , there is a vacuum in Northern Ireland politics that can only lead to more violence . ’ |
| 24 | Because , by obvious reasons that can only happen to one person . |
| 25 | It is bad actuarial practice to insure against something that can only happen with the consent of the insured person — you can not , for example , ‘ insure ’ yourself against committing suicide . |
| 26 | Cold comfort for a family that can only shiver at the gas bill |
| 27 | I find great comfort in her and an enthusiasm that can only increase in the future . |
| 28 | These are written with the precision that can only come from deep knowledge . |
| 29 | The regional tourist boards should now be strongly supporting the need for the national framework , for guidance and assistance that can only come from a central body — yet they dare not speak too loudly for fear that their reduced funding will be cut even further if DoNH reallocates it to the national level . |
| 30 | No one can afford to keep open beds that are not being used , not just losing savings but soaking up resources that can only come from cuts in other vital social services . |