Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [pron] can [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | PI : Locks Warranty : In addition to withdrawing keys from locks , the keys must now also be placed where they can not be seen by a would be thief . |
| 2 | keys are withdrawn from the locks fitted to the Home and placed where they can not be seen by anyone intent on making an unauthorised entry |
| 3 | keys are withdrawn from the locks fitted to the Home and placed where they can not be seen by anyone intent on making an unauthorised entry |
| 4 | We are constantly reminded that we can not use the visible indicators as value assessments . |
| 5 | Nor will it come from exports , which are now falling because the pound is so overvalued that we can not have export success at its present level of valuation . |
| 6 | As a result , Sir Thomas has resolved that he can no longer act as go-between in respect of the prince 's letters to yourself . ’ |
| 7 | The trustees have protested that they can not afford to do so . |
| 8 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 9 | In the first case the owner retains the existing use value of his land and is worse off only in comparison with owners who have been fortunate in owning land on which development is permitted and who can therefore realise a capital gain . |
| 10 | Yet , equally , right close up in front of the cab the sound is muffled and I can not hear myself accurately . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know why I 've been dropped but I can only think it 's something to do with my run-ins with those high-profile managers . |
| 12 | This debate will never be resolved unless it can firmly be established whether searching for early prostatic cancer on a community basis is worthwhile in clinical , resource , and social terms . |
| 13 | Unlike a winding-up , the board of directors does not become functus officio on the appointment of a receiver but the directors ' powers are substantially superseded since they can not act so as to interfere with the discharge by the receiver of his responsibilities and accordingly their powers are suspended ‘ so far as is requisite to enable a receiver to discharge his functions . ’ |
| 14 | He is trapped as I can not be trapped . |
| 15 | The Chinese have realised that they can not build homes for their rural people out of modern materials , even though ingenious mini-cement plants and oval shaped multi-chamber brick kilns have been promoted throughout the communes of China . |
| 16 | As a result , the labourer has no view down the vista of which , from his master 's point of view , he forms the conclusion , his windows being so arranged that he can not overlook it . |
| 17 | Difficult not to take the weather personally and on this day , when it is so important that the sun shines , I think of Camus 's return to Tipasa , ‘ walking through the lonely and rain-soaked countryside ’ , trying to find that strength ‘ which helps me to accept what exists once I have recognized that I can not change it ’ . |
| 18 | The small surplus that is distributed is so limited that it can not be shared by all , but patronage is a mechanism of selecting a few workers to benefit . |
| 19 | Yeah jointly insured for major contingencies and potential legal liabilities , the recent re review however has highlighted that we can only insure our own legal liabilities and that we can not insure or assume responsibility for your prudential legal liabilities |
| 20 | A septic tank is an open system and depends on being sited where it can eventually discharge into a natural watercourse or soakaway . |
| 21 | Indeed one of my personal invariable rules is that when I have mentally decided that something can not be done , for what appears to be a very good reason , I test that apparent constraint , hopefully to destruction . |
| 22 | Governments have already decided that they can not accept a free currency market . |
| 23 | I refer to your letter dated 6 July 1993 and would advise that after consideration , I have decided that I can not grant permission for day release . |
| 24 | Suppose the U K government has decided that it can not free-ride on other governments : either it pays its share of launch aid or the whole project collapses . |
| 25 | This is usually because it is felt that they can not cope with anything at a higher level or with more demanding work — they ‘ can not concentrate ’ , ‘ can not transfer knowledge from one situation to another ’ , ‘ can not remember from one day to the next ’ , ‘ can not cope with sequential tasks ’ , ‘ get confused by experiencing more than one way of doing something ’ , and most definitely ‘ can not do fractions ’ . |
| 26 | However , if that application process takes a long time , it is felt that one can not upset that person 's lifestyle — he may be married — and he is allowed to stay . |
| 27 | It has now accepted that it can not keep Scottish Pride as an integral part of its business . |
| 28 | However , once granted that one can not infer what to do from fact alone , there seems to be no flaw in the argument . |
| 29 | In the jargon it is said that they can not even get on the Masters and Johnson ‘ ski-slope ’ , let alone start down it . |
| 30 | It is said that one can not go anywhere — I know that this was true in west Africa — without meeting someone from Upton who will give good and wise advice . |