Example sentences of "[modal v] [conj] can [not/n't] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As I keep saying , I do n't need you or anybody else to tell me what I can or can not do . ’ |
| 2 | Whether you are renting privately , from a housing association or from a council , you should have a proper tenancy agreement that gives rules of occupation , i.e. what you can or can not do , such as keep pets , or alter the structure of the property . |
| 3 | Questions about what law can or can not do raise wider issues about people , behaviour and social theory . |
| 4 | While , in the majority of states , the legislature is limited by the constitution in what it can or can not do , the traditional view here is that Parliament is subject to no such legal limitation and that our courts have no power to declare laws duly passed by Parliament invalid . |
| 5 | As we noted above , some technical expertise is essential to an understanding of what different delivery platforms can or can not do . |
| 6 | It is disgusting when folk in Brussels overrule my country 's decisions and decide what our representatives in Westminster can or can not do . |
| 7 | In principle it is extremely desirable , not only because of the basic ‘ otherness ’ of foreign poetry , but because such knowledge gives one a better sense of what English poetry can and can not do . |
| 8 | Keeping in mind what the person can and can not do unaided , the nursing interventions to achieve the mutually set goals could then be selected according to local circumstances and available resources . |
| 9 | In order to discover what the patient can and can not do , the nurse will be seeking answers to the following questions : |
| 10 | Bearing in mind what the patient can and can not do for himself , the nursing interventions to achieve the set goals can then be selected according to local circumstances and available resources . |
| 11 | Your personality sets boundaries on what you can and can not do in rather the same way that your physical build also sets constraints . |
| 12 | The FDA can not tell American surgeons what they can and can not do to their customers . |
| 13 | Experiment and activity enable children to find out about things that they can and can not do . |
| 14 | Dr Solomon has disassembled a very large number of viruses , and has a deep understanding of what a virus can and can not do . |
| 15 | Only the parents can specify what they can and can not do . |
| 16 | They need to share in the investigation and think through what they feel they can and can not do . |
| 17 | Granted that one is clear about that , the fact that relevant statements of what human beings can and can not do come in various strengths is not so important . |
| 18 | As a copyright owner you have a legal right to prevent unauthorised copying of your work and as a practising artist you need to be aware of what you can and can not do with regard to using ‘ second-source ’ material as ideas for your own work . |
| 19 | Here there is a maze of rules about what you can and can not do and say but these are infinitely preferable to the alternative — control through official regulations and legislation . |
| 20 | I I do , I do n't really see why any one person should tell another what it can and can not do ! |
| 21 | This will define and secure the rights of the individual and set out what governments , both in Parliament and locally , can and can not do . |
| 22 | They have their own language and customs , laws about what you can and can not do , and you have to fit into that society . |
| 23 | A tenant needs to know exactly what a landlord can and can not do — and what legal rights there are if problems crop up . |
| 24 | ‘ Will you stop telling me what I can and can not do ? ’ |
| 25 | Education , about what computers can and can not do , will be more important than training in the early stages of the project . |
| 26 | The information centre needs to be a centre of education — what computers can and can not do , the importance of good standards , security provision and so on — as well as a source of training , reference material and advice on particular problems or the appropriateness of particular hardware and software solutions . |
| 27 | I mean , there are , are certain things he can and can not do are n't there ? |
| 28 | Through them , it is possible to argue , as Foucault concluded from the design of the Panopticon , a whole type of society may emerge , a society based on the protection of sectional interests through subtle coercion , whose technology is used to preempt what people can and can not do in buildings that they use or occupy . |
| 29 | Their manager , Alex MacDonald , an old Ranger himself , is clear about what his side can and can not do : ‘ We work hard and harass and make it difficult for the opposition . ’ |