Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] longer [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You can no longer sustain pressure , no longer achieve a desired field position through such pressure . |
| 2 | That 's why you can no longer get Radio 2 or Radio 3 on medium wave . |
| 3 | We can no longer accept marginalization . |
| 4 | The soldiers that stand guard beside the entrances to the colonies and rush to defend any breach in the walls , are armed with jaws so huge that they can no longer gather food for themselves and have to be fed by the workers . |
| 5 | Myers believes that soil erosion is already a problem and that at least 90 000 km 2 of land are so badly affected that they can no longer sustain crop production . |
| 6 | The despair is the fact that publishers feel they can no longer sell hardback fiction and biography , because of the very high price at which it 's published . |
| 7 | He takes care of his parents because they can no longer take care of him or of themselves . |
| 8 | That is unfair , and it is also slightly sinister to say that , when somebody reaches a certain age , he can no longer receive care under the NHS . |