Example sentences of "who can not [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only do they hold good against the trustee himself , and against his creditors during his life-time and his representatives after his death , but also against all to whom he may have transferred the property , and who can not show that they acquired it for value and without notice of the trust . |
| 2 | One revealed Pringle , who can not talk because of his injuries , wrote a note from his hospital bed . |
| 3 | THE Woolwich Building Society has two new plans to help people who can not move because their homes are now worth less than their mortgages . |
| 4 | The Code provides additional safeguards for juveniles , mentally handicapped persons , the deaf and those who can not speak or understand English . |
| 5 | The manor is set right in the middle of Horncastle and has a large and colourful garden , much admired by passers-by who can not help but pause at the usually open corner gate in the garden wall . |
| 6 | A good reputation will be merely a means to winning what I want from others ; I shall care nothing for the respect or contempt of people who can not help or ham me , and find no pleasure in the prospect of millions seeing my face on television or reading my books after I am dead . |
| 7 | The 62-year-old actress declared : ‘ So many children are barely alive , children who can not smile or see any more . |
| 8 | Burton 's devil was a terrible and limitless sense of driving pleasure : it was fuelled by awesome capacity and the hunger of those who can not believe that such fortune will not vanish before their appetite is appeased . |
| 9 | Invalid care allowance is for people of working age who can not work because they are staying at home to care for a severely disabled relative . |
| 10 | At present an owl who can not fly and a rare river bird are enjoying four-star treatment at the surgery . |
| 11 | Council Houses are a valuable asset for those who can not buy or afford private rents . |
| 12 | But the brain and questions of its function , and the part ‘ memory ’ ( and I put it in quotes ) or rather , a consideration of memory , can play in furthering our understanding of this function , belongs of course to everyone as a human being , from the stupidest person who can not read or write to the top people in biochemical research . |
| 13 | People who can not read and write could be advised to use a signing system and could be encouraged to use any available adult literacy programme . |
| 14 | PARENTS who can not read and write should go back to school with their children , Princess Anne urged yesterday . |
| 15 | Whilst the law is designed to give succour in times of difficulty to those who do their best , it will show little mercy to those who are at the receiving end of proceedings who can not demonstrate that they have given the highest priority . |
| 16 | There are , however , a lot of old soldiers who can not attend but who would welcome the chance to meet their old comrades . |
| 17 | Parents who can not attend or have been excluded should be given an opportunity to have their views represented . |
| 18 | If the only way to give the drama momentum is to allow through ( 1 ) an emergence of crude competition between the teacher and pupils or through the even cruder ‘ I 'm the baddy not to be trusted ’ approach of ( 4 ) , then she may have to abandon altogether her intention to open up ( 2 ) , the recognition by the townsfolk that here is an official who can not know and indeed who does not want to know what the cost of this decision will be to those of us who are faced with it . |