Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [conj] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has shown up deficiencies in common law where protection does not exist or can be waived for people with HIV . |
| 2 | In promoting our credit facilities we shall not put pressure on you to borrow money which you do not need or can not afford . |
| 3 | It is no defence for the officer to say he does not know and can not with reasonable diligence find out who the driver was . |
| 4 | She will not say what the item is , claiming ( reasonably ) that she wo n't divulge the secret of a valuable or important item to people she does not know and can hardly be expected to trust . |
| 5 | It is to enable those who do not know and can not know enough for policy-making to make policy , yet it is to have no policies of its own . ’ |
| 6 | In modern times we have effectively eliminated possibility 3 by incorporating it within our scheme : Quantum mechanics is essentially a theory of what we do not know and can not predict . |
| 7 | The Act is perhaps not so clear where only the claimant with a possessory title is before the court , for example , because the true owner does not appear or can not be found . |
| 8 | Many of these anxieties arise because women do not understand and can not control the physical changes which they experience at this time . |
| 9 | Seventy percent of the expenditure is on staff who you do not employ and can not dismiss , a large part of the income , or all the income is through the fees that are set na nationally by the government . |
| 10 | In many ways they have been forced to bend the rules to tackle a problem that the planning system did not create and can not solve without perverting legitimate public interests . |
| 11 | They do not have and can not have all the possibly relevant materials and evidence before them . |
| 12 | The weapon does not fire and can not be used again for the rest of the game . |
| 13 | Until a few years ago most wood dyes tended to fade in strong sunlight , but now many of them contain transparent iron oxides , which do not fade and can be used on interior and exterior woodwork . |
| 14 | I think there is a general acceptance even amongst those who are not helpful that there is a major problem here that they can not ignore or can not deny and they have even got beyond the stage of trying to blame the victims . |
| 15 | Colloidal particles do not settle and can not be separated from the dispersion medium by ordinary techniques such as filtration and centrifugation . |
| 16 | Again Lord Sands stated in the MacFarlane case at p540 : The contention of the Appellant involves that he is liable to Income Tax in respect of income which he does not handle and can not under any arrangement handle , which is not expended under any authority conferred by him , and over the expenditure of which he has no control . |
| 17 | This ant does not sting and can not live away from its hosts ; although it does not bring in nutrients , it protects the host from herbivore and liane damage . |