Example sentences of "they can not do " in BNC.
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| 1 | What they can not do is to have it both ways . |
| 2 | What is not acknowledged is the fact that it is very difficult to tell someone their blood is no good or they can not do the job . |
| 3 | Whilst the councillors determine policy , they can not do this to the full without the constant advice and help of the chief officers . |
| 4 | Having died they can not do this themselves , but the Roman Catholic church teaches that the cleansing can be effected by the ‘ prayers and … good works ’ of those still alive . |
| 5 | Metering would mean they would be paying an unjustifiably high price for a service that they can not do without , ’ says Chairman Lady Wilcox . |
| 6 | ‘ When clients have gone to a firm and believe that they have been treated badly , they tend to complain against the firm , not the engagement partner , and are surprised when the Institute tells them that they can not do so , ’ said Elwyn Eilledge , head of the working party . |
| 7 | ‘ If they accept this offer , then I 'm in a different position — but they can not do anything without my confirmation . ’ |
| 8 | They can not do without the people on the floor — the athletes . ’ |
| 9 | Of course , in Switzerland they can not do so because Switzerland is organised in cantons , and the canton of Ticino , where Lugano is , can not afford to indemnify the whole collection . |
| 10 | This they can not do , mainly because they take out of context the parental characteristics they are studying and then average out all fluctuations over time and situation . |
| 11 | While States may by treaty opt out of a rule of customary international law inter se , they can not do so with respect to a third party which is entitled to have its customary rights observed . |
| 12 | Encouraging local managers to use their entrepreneurial and leadership qualities by contributing to the corporate planning and decision-making structure ; in other words , they can influence the future of services if they can convince colleagues and seniors that such change is justified across the organization , but they can not do whatever they want without authority |
| 13 | To use an analogy from short sight : people who wear glasses are relieved of the effects of their short sight for as long as they continue to wear them and for as long as they remember that there are still some things ( such as seeing clearly underwater ) that they can not do even if they are wearing glasses . |
| 14 | Because their faith tells to rejoice , but circumstances of life can be such that rejoicing is the one thing that they can not do . |
| 15 | Qualified academically to serve their people , they can not do so because of racial barriers bristling in their way . |
| 16 | And I reach out personally from the patients ' and the public 's point of view , to the people out there , that sit in their ivory towers in the homes , and say , they can not do this to our hospitals . |
| 17 | They can not do it . |
| 18 | They can not do so and should not be asked to try . |
| 19 | They can not do this again without expecting us to cause trouble . |
| 20 | It seems , however , that your leitmotiv is that no doctor could be expected to carry out the multifacetted role that doctors ‘ helping the police with their enquiries ’ have to perform , that they can not do so with their usual amount of skill , and that they can not carry out some of the more sensitive tasks without bias or being influenced by their paymasters — the police . |
| 21 | But they can not do this if their minds and emotions are already sealed tight against it — if they assume that religion is outdated and not worth studying . |
| 22 | They can do what they believe they can do but they sure as hell can not do what their manager believes they can not do . |
| 23 | If they can not do it in that time they never will . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've heard they are here but they can not do anything , ’ he said , pulling out and brandishing a pistol stuffed down his trouser waistband . |