Example sentences of "the [adj] ca [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a ski race , is n't it , and the English ca n't ski ! |
| 2 | The English ca n't win , Roald — they do n't understand snow , but we do . |
| 3 | The British ca n't change their policy and negotiate with these terrorists , can they ? |
| 4 | No but the poor ca n't go to Tesco stores . |
| 5 | Here in North Africa , as I 've told you before , it 's the richer classes who shut up their women — the poor ca n't afford to . |
| 6 | But if the two ca n't agree over planning permission , the peace of wildlife here is unlikely to be disturbed by development work in the near future . |
| 7 | But of course the best ca n't go on forever , can they , or how are they the best ? ’ |