Example sentences of "[conj] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Just because dolphins use language in a different way does not mean that they lack high intelligence or can not communicate . |
| 32 | Labour still either lacks , or can not communicate , a concrete vision of a modestly successful post-industrial British economy . |
| 33 | His only sounds are occasional bass guffaws that rock the chair or whimpers of frustration when he is uncomfortable or can not communicate . |
| 34 | ‘ It is absolutely necessary that if somebody is gumming up the system or can not keep pace with what you are trying to do that they should go , ’ he declares uncompromisingly . |
| 35 | It is absolutely necessary that if somebody is gumming up the system or can not keep pace with what you are trying to do that they should go |
| 36 | It seems logical to me that funds earmarked for those who die or can not keep premiums up , could well be used to swell terminal bonus pay-outs for others . |
| 37 | If the pregnancy has to be gone through and does continue and the mother does not want to or can not keep the child there is the option of adoption . |
| 38 | If you do not have many outlets , or can not add extra lights , think of adding track-lighting to the ceiling since you can fix as many spots onto a track , trained to as many angles as you think it will take . |
| 39 | You should have been notified by your employer if he opted for this but if you never heard anything , or can not remember , write to that employer , or to the DHSS , and enquire . |
| 40 | Nearly all authorities — even the most decentralized — reserve some money under central control to purchase material which the zones do not want , or can not afford , or simply as a fund to cover emergencies . |
| 41 | Although you may not want to go on a course , or can not afford to , it is a good idea to ask a friend or relative you feel comfortable with to play the part of the interviewer and let you have a dummy run . |
| 42 | In promoting our credit facilities we shall not put pressure on you to borrow money which you do not need or can not afford . |
| 43 | If the proposals announced at the end of last year by the Lord chancellor go through , up to 12 million people could find that they are not eligible or can not afford legal aid after April 1st . |
| 44 | Additional home support can be provided for a further 10 clients who do not wish to or can not attend the day centre . |
| 45 | It may be a weak government and , although formally invested with state power , does not or can not use it . |
| 46 | Then he will sometimes peradventure send a beam of ghostly light piercing this cloud of unknowing that is betwixt thee and him , and show thee some of his privity of the which man may not nor can not speak . |
| 47 | into slits that can not hold . |
| 48 | This is a condition that can not last ; it must be changed , must pass , or misfortune will result … |
| 49 | Hannah Hauxwell is famous for being obscure , which by definition is a state of affairs that can not last . |
| 50 | Of light through eyes that can not meet again . |
| 51 | Places that can not meet these new requirements by January 1991 may consequently lose a Crown . |
| 52 | The mind that can not conceive the benefits to accrue by a coming together and a binding by paternal ties of a people having common sympathy must be wayward indeed . |
| 53 | Interestingly , previous studies have shown that site-specific dephosphorylation in the C-terminal region of c-Jun in response to mitogenic stimuli converts the protein from a form that can not bind DNA to a form that can ( 15 , 16 ) . |
| 54 | Hares that can not avoid areas with huge fields under monoculture compensate by establishing very large home ranges . |
| 55 | It has been suggested that in species where reproductive success varies more widely among males than females and is influenced by parental investment , parents who can afford to invest heavily in their offspring should produce sons while those that can not do so should tend to produce daughters ( Trivers & Willard , 1973 ) . |
| 56 | Again it is possible to make categorical assertions in English without giving any indication of the evidence that one has for making them or of one 's attitude towards what one is saying : there are languages that can not do this . ’ |
| 57 | Distribution and storage should be in materials that can not contaminate the water , such as asbestos-cement , plastics , or lined pipes and containers . |
| 58 | Vincent is hiding something that can not stand the light . ’ |
| 59 | Not only does it hamstring itself by trying to please all nations , it also attempts to appeal to a mythical European consciousness that can not exist in the continent whose countries have spent centuries ever more jealously defining their national characteristics . |
| 60 | A system that can not generalise between task domains can not be intelligent . |