Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [coord] can [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Sometimes authorities are understood to be limited by the kinds of acts which they can or can not regulate ( given some restrictive ways of classifying acts ) .
2 My dream is achievable because all we have to do is stop doing some of the things we are already doing : stop using the productive forces we have developed to create disabilities through warfare , environmental pollution and industrial accidents ; stop creating disabilities through poverty by using our vast wealth not in pursuit of capital accumulation and profit , but in ensuring that we all have the necessities to sustain material life ; and stop judging and treating people on the basis of the contribution they can or can not make to the development and operation of these productive forces .
3 Finally , a summary of policy issues raised and discussed during one academic year ( 1987–88 ) is used to demonstrate the pattern of contending interests and the extent to which they can or can not be accommodated .
4 This would lay down specifically when they can and can not play or rehearse .
5 He will never lose sight of who his pupils are , what they can and can not be expected to take for granted .
6 The FDA can not tell American surgeons what they can and can not do to their customers .
7 Experiment and activity enable children to find out about things that they can and can not do .
8 Only the parents can specify what they can and can not do .
9 They need to share in the investigation and think through what they feel they can and can not do .
10 It is an opportunity for the field man to educate people into what they can and can not discharge into the river , and it contributes to a network of relationships which creates a means of learning about pollutions shortly after they occur .
11 Yet , few as they are , it is necessary to establish what they can and can not be expected to reveal .
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