Example sentences of "it can [not/n't] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's , really th as I say , the design is all down to the size but it it 's because of the snow fall that could go in , that can li th obviously because it 's sloped like it can nae lie on it but |
| 2 | Obviously , however much informal work experience young people may have acquired , it can not compete with that of older workers . |
| 3 | But officials insist that Poland 's national telephone company , PTTP , will be protected only for a few more years and will then be left to go bankrupt if it can not compete against privately owned network operators . |
| 4 | As I have already made clear before , every such particular has certain " essential " properties which it can not shed without ceasing to be what it is ; but although its having such properties is necessary to its identity , it is not quite sufficient to explain its existential uniqueness . |
| 5 | It can not refer to individual cases . |
| 6 | The meaning is uncertain , but it can not refer to an offering to a demon , as some suggest , for this was strictly forbidden ( see , e.g. , 17:7 ) . |
| 7 | A rod which is too stiff is useless when it can not react to a sudden , savage pull . |
| 8 | Such a response seems understandable given that it allows McFaul to explain why he is at odds with the Party while still maintaining that he is loyal to its principles and to its founder , but it can not stand as a general proposition . |
| 9 | No matter how good the firm 's organisation it can not compensate for low-grade staff ; the selection and training of personnel is therefore an essential part of the surveyor 's management function . |
| 10 | Until the plant comes on stream in 1994 Marlow faces a demand it can not cope with . |
| 11 | Because it can not cope with so many messages , its only recourse is to sabotage the airwaves themselves . |
| 12 | It can not cope with the vast complexity of modern economic systems without seriously blunting industrial efficiency and individual freedom of choice . |
| 13 | I am saying that , as an organisation , it can not cope with the work it has to do at the present time . |
| 14 | Though training it is important , the guidelines stress it can not exist in isolation and has to be backed up by team management . |
| 15 | Since it is admitted , or rather insisted , that as far as you are concerned there could be no difference between the hypothesis that you are currently sitting reading and the hypothesis that you are a brain in a vat being fed the experiences of one sitting reading , then it can not matter to you which is really true and which is false . |
| 16 | I I find issue with one point in the Good Report , when he mentioned that a surplus is a notional surplus , it can not crystallize until the fund actual close down . |
| 17 | However , the detachment can only use the leadership value of its own parent regiment — it can not move to within 8″ of a different regiment and use its leadership value instead . |
| 18 | If , faute-de-mieux , it has to be accepted , notice should immediately be given to the company , making it clear that this is a notice which it can not disregard in relation to any lien it may claim , and an attempt should be made to obtain information about the amount , if any , then owed to the company . |
| 19 | It can not serve as a term that describes objectively a specific set of conditions . |
| 20 | It can not continue like this . |
| 21 | How would the Minister advise Hull city council to go about enforcing the law , bearing in mind that it can not go through the magistrates courts because of the cross-undertakings required ? |
| 22 | Secondly , it will go , in accordance with the voter 's intention , to his next-preference candidate , or to put it more accurately — since it can not go to a candidate already elected or eliminated — to his next available preference . |
| 23 | It can not hope to be complete , but with luck Bromberg will even now be working on a detailed history of the TFTR experiment . |
| 24 | ‘ But it can not compare with Arrancay . |
| 25 | Satisfactory though casing may be for books which a careless age does not expect to be long-lived , it can not compare in craftsmanship and durability with the old method properly practised . |
| 26 | Soil mixtures provide the means for some types of adhesion : an inorganic soil may form a matrix with another or it may form a discreet layer to which another soil might adhere if it can not adhere to the base substrate . |
| 27 | It is characteristic of faith that it can not remain in two minds ; it can not leave things in the air . |
| 28 | If a young animal is one of a litter or a clutch , it can not rely on such solicitude from its parents . |
| 29 | Thus if a business manages to establish that its terms are incorporated into its contracts by signature , it may still find that it can not rely on any of the terms which are subject to the reasonableness test under the Act if , for instance , the business knows the signer did not read the terms before signing . |
| 30 | But it can not last for long because at this level our exporters ca n't compete for sales across the Atlantic . |