Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [coord] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Will you stop telling me what I can and can not do ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ As I keep saying , I do n't need you or anybody else to tell me what I can or can not do . ’ |
| 3 | I also said that erm my I expressed that the fears that I expressed at this meeting last time about er the fact that Paul and I now supervise civilian staff , er which I 've never been sat down and told what the civilians term of contract are and what I can or can not say or whatever , so erm I feel it will be quite valuable , and brought it for me to see if anybody think it 's worthwhile pursuing . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Your personality sets boundaries on what you can and can not do in rather the same way that your physical build also sets constraints . |
| 6 | As a copyright owner you have a legal right to prevent unauthorised copying of your work and as a practising artist you need to be aware of what you can and can not do with regard to using ‘ second-source ’ material as ideas for your own work . |
| 7 | Here there is a maze of rules about what you can and can not do and say but these are infinitely preferable to the alternative — control through official regulations and legislation . |
| 8 | They have their own language and customs , laws about what you can and can not do , and you have to fit into that society . |
| 9 | As Theresa says , we usually try and censor them , try and say no , you know , leave that out , erm , it 's as if you had a kind of er censor sitting in your mind telling me , er telling you telling you er er , but it works with me too , erm what you can and can not say . |
| 10 | By this time though , judging what footholds you can and can not use on this bizarrely rippled slab , should have become a touch clearer . |
| 11 | You should have already completed research into your local area and know where you can or can not detect safely . |
| 12 | Whether you are renting privately , from a housing association or from a council , you should have a proper tenancy agreement that gives rules of occupation , i.e. what you can or can not do , such as keep pets , or alter the structure of the property . |
| 13 | All of this forms a central part of Locke 's answer to his initial question about the extent of human knowledge , and whether there is a horizon between what we can and can not know . |
| 14 | This has been a problem on some of the new designs of Sprinter and at present , it is often quite uncertain whether one can or can not travel with a cycle on specific journeys , which discourages cyclists from using rail at all . |
| 15 | Blithely unworried by the implications of whether lesbians and gay men are born or bred , by whether one can or can not promote , and by accusations of Labour promoting , Mr Grant boldly went where no labour leadership representative had dared to go . |
| 16 | My dream is achievable because all we have to do is stop doing some of the things we are already doing : stop using the productive forces we have developed to create disabilities through warfare , environmental pollution and industrial accidents ; stop creating disabilities through poverty by using our vast wealth not in pursuit of capital accumulation and profit , but in ensuring that we all have the necessities to sustain material life ; and stop judging and treating people on the basis of the contribution they can or can not make to the development and operation of these productive forces . |
| 17 | Sometimes authorities are understood to be limited by the kinds of acts which they can or can not regulate ( given some restrictive ways of classifying acts ) . |
| 18 | The FDA can not tell American surgeons what they can and can not do to their customers . |
| 19 | Experiment and activity enable children to find out about things that they can and can not do . |
| 20 | Only the parents can specify what they can and can not do . |
| 21 | They need to share in the investigation and think through what they feel they can and can not do . |
| 22 | It is an opportunity for the field man to educate people into what they can and can not discharge into the river , and it contributes to a network of relationships which creates a means of learning about pollutions shortly after they occur . |
| 23 | This would lay down specifically when they can and can not play or rehearse . |
| 24 | One of these is appreciation of a business unit 's limitations , knowing what it can or can not expect to undertake successfully . |
| 25 | While , in the majority of states , the legislature is limited by the constitution in what it can or can not do , the traditional view here is that Parliament is subject to no such legal limitation and that our courts have no power to declare laws duly passed by Parliament invalid . |
| 26 | I I do , I do n't really see why any one person should tell another what it can and can not do ! |
| 27 | I mean , there are , are certain things he can and can not do are n't there ? |
| 28 | Hinsley is bound by all kinds of rules about what he can and can not reveal , in the ‘ national interest ’ , of which the authorities are the sole arbiters . |