Example sentences of "that [noun pl] ca " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is it that MacDonalds , Pizza Parlour , Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Wimpy Bar offer that schools ca n't or do n't provide ? |
| 2 | And that old theory that animals ca n't see colours is just not true because any vehicle which is black or red in colour appears to get more attention that any other . |
| 3 | A lot to learn from animals including the fact that animals ca n't actually be bestial ! |
| 4 | For me , my Mont Blanc is a reminder that computers ca n't do everything and an incentive to improve my handwriting . |
| 5 | The new law states that pregnancies ca n't be terminated after 24 weeks unless the mother 's life is at risk or there 's a substantial chance the baby will be seriously handicapped . |
| 6 | you see the desert is a bit , the way , the planes in the desert in America , there 's over three in the , sort of billion dollars ' worth of planes all brand new , that companies ca n't afford to buy any more and they 're all mane in a sitting desert oh there we go , aha , aha , there we go |
| 7 | Seymour Cray is still hopeful of bringing his crippled Cray Computer Corp safely in to land , and this week told shareholders that the pay-off will come not with the Cray-3 , but with the Cray-4 the company is developing — ‘ People who predict that things ca n't be done — I guess I do n't have time for them , ’ he told shareholders sternly — ‘ That 's the challenge that I 'm willing to accept in trying to do things that ca n't be done ’ ; the Cray-3 was launched last month , a decade after Cray started work on it , but the Cray-4 is expected to offer twice the performance at half the cost , and the company hopes to demonstrate it by year-end ; it says it has enough cash to fund operations into September and says it is working with two investment banking firms on fund-raising strategies . |
| 8 | Perhaps it 's a way of admitting that things ca n't ever bear the same certainty again . |
| 9 | Even grass grows so thinly that cattle ca n't feed properly . |
| 10 | ‘ Who said that pigs ca n't fly ? ’ they said with a grin . |
| 11 | Most galaxies are pathetic objects called dwarf galaxies — so dim that astronomers ca n't even seem them unless the galaxies are close to us . |
| 12 | What can metals do very well that non-metals ca n't do ? |
| 13 | Crime such as theft from cars and cars themslves , has rocketed in Gloucestershire by almost a third ; up so much that detectives ca n't cope . |
| 14 | But then it 's a shame that children ca n't play around on their own . |
| 15 | Ah this is a thing which um maybe is quite difficult to do , particularly as we have a culture of stiff upper lips and erm er a culture of of not making a fuss about things and a culture of particularly telling children not to make a fuss about things , a culture of trying to ensure that children ca n't legitimately make a fuss about things . |
| 16 | Take a week ashore at a Torba Houseparty , followed by a week on board with 8 to 14 other guests , visiting the harbours that others ca n't reach and playing with two windsurfers aboard . |
| 17 | They may experience visions , seeing , hearing or even smelling things that others ca n't ( hallucinations ) . |
| 18 | ‘ The boys do their best , but the girls seem to be making a better job of it ’ gave the impression that boys ca n't dance as well as girls . |
| 19 | ‘ The boys do their best , but the girls seem to be making a better job of it ’ gave the impression that boys ca n't dance as well as girls . |
| 20 | ‘ You know that wizards ca n't be killed by edged weapons ? ’ said Rincewind desperately . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not saying that women ca n't raise sons on their own , I 'm saying that it 's difficult for a woman to teach , and very near impossible , in my mind , for a woman to teach a young boy how to be a man . |
| 22 | Like fear , in trying to keep women down so that women ca n't discover their power , because women are just so powerful ! |
| 23 | " I ca n't do the things that women ca n't do , " she said . |
| 24 | Do you think the danger in positive discrimination is that er it 's implying that women ca n't compete on equal terms with the men in the first place ? |
| 25 | ‘ Why is it that women ca n't resist shopping ? |
| 26 | The other big difference is that ministers ca n't be Members of Parliament . |
| 27 | And I get rather tired of the constant accusations that councils ca n't spend , they 're not allow , they , they have to , they lose fifty percent of receipts , they do n't lose them , they go to the benefit of the chargepay er tax , council tax payers of this county , in reducing the debt and reducing the debt burden of interest , er interest on the budget . |
| 28 | ‘ The supervisor has not learned one of the fundamentals of good supervision — that employees ca n't be forced into doing a good job . |