Example sentences of "this can [adv] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This ca n't go on much longer , ’ the Poles hopefully assured the Germans . |
| 2 | This ca n't go on . |
| 3 | She heard me practising at home one day and said , ‘ This ca n't go on . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I said to myself this ca n't go on , you have to admit it to yourself you have a problem . |
| 5 | This ca n't go on forever . ’ |
| 6 | This ca n't go on ! ’ |
| 7 | Robin Williams , Dead Poets Society : see Critic 's choice Virginia Mayo and James Cagney in Raoul Walsh 's classic 1949 production of White Heat … even movies as good as this ca n't live up to the praise lavished on them by some film reference books : see Critic 's choice Hear no equal , see no equal … |
| 8 | We 're trying to get in touch with all the homes we have n't already seen to make sure this ca n't happen again . |
| 9 | Holderness Borough Council has accepted a design for three groynes and an access ramp to be constructed off Mappleton cliffs , but this can not go forward without government financial aid . |
| 10 | However , this can not go on forever : there comes a stage when nuclear fusion to produce yet heavier elements requires energy , rather than producing it . |
| 11 | Clearly this can not go on ; hence the reason the union , almost as soon as the 12-club leagues are in place , is wondering whether and how to reduce them again . |
| 12 | Intel Corp 's storming first quarter figures ( see page seven ) have not gone down well everywhere , and Hancock Institutional Equity Services analyst Eli Sayegh reckons that there is not much more to go for in the stock : he yesterday downgraded Intel to sell from hold , saying he thinks the company is near peak operating margins at just over 40% , double the historical norm ; he said the company 's margins have been driven largely by a shift from the 80386 chip to the 80486 chip ‘ and this can not go on for too long ; ’ he reckons that Advanced Micro Devices Inc will immediately take 10% of the 80486 market with its planned clone , and could take as much as 25% over time ; his damper wiped $1.75 off Intel shares at $115.75 . |
| 13 | From then on she came to the surface more ; it was n't long before she said to him , ‘ This can not go on , have n't you anything better to do than being my chauffeur all day ? ’ |
| 14 | So that we really do hope that when the news comes through today , it 's going to be positive and the international community , if I can put it this strongly , will have come to it 's senses and said this can not go on , we must have a more representative political presence at the U N. |
| 15 | This can not vary rapidly with y without producing a very large mean acceleration and thus requiring an improbable mean flow distribution . |
| 16 | This can also explain why only some people on similar sorts of diet get sick and overweight , while others seem to stay slim and healthy . |
| 17 | This can again serve both to confirm their assignment and to allow other modes in the same region to be distinguished . |
| 18 | This can then interface directly with the company 's automated manufacturing facilities to provide the complete computer-base engineering environment . |
| 19 | This can all go straight in the bin this with all this lot . |
| 20 | Such an identification has important implications for the morticed stones and the timber portico already mentioned , suggesting that the central area preserved some level of architectural pretension ; this can only mean that early excavations failed to locate the contemporary timber buildings continuing Kenchester 's urban tradition into the fifth century . |
| 21 | Probably the most pleasing aspect is the number of families now taking an active part in the rally scene , as this can only bode well for the future of metal detecting in this country . |
| 22 | This can only come about through the person of Jesus Christ . |