Example sentences of "can not always [verb] " in BNC.

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1 However , there are examples which show that we can not always assume that a property word will have a referential locus .
2 We can not always love .
3 Traditionally terraced fields in Nepal can not always prevent water running off fields and causing floods ( below ) .
4 As factors affecting this requirement are sometimes not known until departure date , we can not always notify you in advance .
5 Naturally , we can not always choose what happens to us but , once we have reached adulthood , we can choose how much we let those happenings affect us .
6 It is difficult to assess what one learns from a good teacher — I was so greedy to learn that one can not always separate what was given from what one has seized upon and made one 's own .
7 Even the simplest , most basic requirement we make of translation can not be met without difficulty : one can not always match the content of a message in language A by an expression with exactly the same content in language B , because what can be expressed and what must be expressed is a property of a specific language in much the same way as how it can be expressed .
8 At work , we can not always do all the things we enjoy as well as those that we are good at .
9 For inorganic systems , especially those involving transition metals , there are special techniques which are used to predict ( d-d ) transition energies , for example , but even those with adjustable parameters can not always give unambiguous interpretations of the observed spectra .
10 We can not always rely on the fish already being there and feeling hungry too .
11 While one can not always rely on Taskopruzade for precision in regard to dates , nor for that matter even in regard to the reigns in which various events occurred , as has been seen , it is hard to accept that he is in error by some twenty or twenty-five years , especially in a period close enough to his own to allow him access to people who had lived in that period .
12 In the first place , such measures have victims whom one can not always compensate at later times .
13 When dealing with the paranormal or supernatural , it is easy to look for rational explanations , but logical reasoning can not always explain the strange events that occur in people 's lives .
14 The historian may relate what happened ; but when it comes to explaining why events occurred as they did , and why decisions were taken as they were , he can not always fulfil his role as he would wish .
15 The labelling scheme has been criticized by Greenpeace , the World Wide Fund for Nature , and other wildlife groups , on the grounds that the importers can not always substantiate their claims .
16 One can not always control moisture content but one can generally arrange for ventilation and this is usually a sufficient preventative .
17 One can not always decide sensibly what is in the cluster and , more to the point , what is not .
18 The animals can not always break through this , and they struggle away , pawing and moving in frustration , pawing and moving again .
19 It is also a thing that even the most experienced reviewer can not always offer .
20 James Mearns , an instrumentation specialist with Shell , says that engineers can not always predict how a microprocessor will behave if stray transmissions interfere with it .
21 It is built up as it ‘ gathers up from the influences of the environment the demands which that environment makes upon the ego and which the ego can not always rise to … . ’
22 i can not always breathe .
23 i can not always breathe .
24 They also show that when people do not know either the APR or the total credit cost , they can not always sniff out the better-value end of the repayment period scale ( in terms of much lower APR ) simply from the level of the instalment payments offered .
25 Because the French can not always buy what
26 However , once you hand over your work to the framer , you can not always guarantee that the design will not have moved slightly , so on the whole it is probably best to use a cold-seal film at home , unless the item is extremely important and you want to achieve as professional a finish as possible .
27 ‘ You can not always guarantee that you will always be in control of what you are doing as we live in a culture that is soaked in violence , and so it seems to think that violence is acceptable , even normal . ’
28 I am always at risk in the things I do for the Motherland , but idiots create the kind of additional risks one can not always allow for . ’
29 You see we can not always help who our brothers and sisters are but we can make alliances of people on issues of liberation and freedom that goes beyond that narrow family relationship and develops into a very solid alliance that helps to change situations .
30 These substances emit gamma rays , which pass through the food and kill most things , including yeasts , moulds and most forms of bacteria — although they can not always kill all bacteria , such as those which cause botulism .
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