Example sentences of "and can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Any organic material must inevitably reflect its origin , and can not contain what it was n't in the first place . |
| 32 | Tone generators and loudspeakers , however , have to cope with a multitude of frequencies and can not hope to move the same amount of air as the equivalent number of pipes . |
| 33 | If , however , your parent thinks that some mistake has been made and can not sort it out , you can easily contact the pension fund headquarters on his or her behalf and ask for details of how the amount has been arrived at . |
| 34 | The other reason most often given for government ownership is that government needs a voice of its own and can not rely on the privately owned press . |
| 35 | Such an attitude can not be morally valuable and can not validate the consent . |
| 36 | The first is that the five senses do not and can not give us ‘ unvarnished news ’ — information independent of the concepts used to classify it . |
| 37 | Second , the teacher is constantly interrupted by other children and can not give full attention to the reader . |
| 38 | But computers can also overwhelm the user with numbers very quickly , and can not give any more help with their interpretation than with the initial selection of an appropriate statistical procedure . |
| 39 | The notion that they can be judged by Libyan law wherever they are , because they are Libyans by birth and can not alter that by acts of will , seems to underlie the government 's policies of clandestine homicide towards them . |
| 40 | PERT and CPM do not permit loops to be formed and can not accommodate repetition of a job . |
| 41 | PERT and CPM do not permit loops to be formed and can not accommodate repetition of a job . |
| 42 | The basic purposes of pruning are two-fold : first , to divert and concentrate sap flow and energy into the buds and shoots that will grow in the direction we want , to promote or provoke new growth from dormant buds , and to better utilize energy by removing growth that has borne bloom , will not bear more , and can not make worthwhile contribution to the plant 's processes ; and secondly , surgically to remove dead , diseased and infected wood . |
| 43 | They may have fears and can not make relationships , but do not know why . |
| 44 | It stares at the windowlight and can not make it out . |
| 45 | Holders have no voting rights and can not make any contribution to the management of the corporation except in extremis when they can force liquidation if their contractual income has not been paid . |
| 46 | I am told there are two sisters who dwell under one roof , and can not speak to one another , for the one is a Free Churcher and the other is a Baptist ; and that one gave to the other cause of great offence , having put cream in the tea of the other when such kind office was not desired . |
| 47 | I had a hernia operation last year in Darlington Memorial Hospital and can not speak too highly of the staff and my treatment . |
| 48 | He said , ‘ I have learned that hatred and bitterness are destroyers , and can not build the future . |
| 49 | The fact is that unless you have a reasonable understanding of what advertising can and can not achieve , you have absolutely no way of deciding what its role in a marketing programme is , what objectives should be set for it , and how to measure whether it has achieved those objectives . |
| 50 | With few exceptions , aquarium fish will not and can not eat plants , since healthy plants are far too tough for the fish to eat . |
| 51 | But they are banned from party membership and can not vote for the party at election time . |
| 52 | An ESRC-funded study at the department of psychology of the University College of Swansea of 52 people in their twenties with Down 's syndrome found that there is obviously confusion about who can and can not vote , that there is clear overlap in the abilities of those who vote and those who do not and that decisions on voting are not made strictly on the abilities of the person with Down 's syndrome . |
| 53 | However , he or she is not legally the owner of any shares and so does not receive dividends , and can not vote . |
| 54 | Molecular hydrogen is rather fragile ( in interstellar terms ) , and is destroyed by shock waves with velocities greater than about 50 km s -1 and can not exist behind the leading shock . |
| 55 | The painting , which was classified an historic monument in 1988 and can not leave the country , had an estimate of FFr50–80 million . |
| 56 | But you should remember that a regiment 's champion is part of his unit and can not leave it . |
| 57 | Champions always fight with their regiment and can not leave it . |
| 58 | Remember that a regiment 's champion is part of his unit and can not leave it . |
| 59 | Champions always fight with their regiment and can not leave it . |
| 60 | Trained civil staff is much below the normal level and can not carry on without military help . |