Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [pron] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For those smaller plant bakery companies who can not compete in these volume stakes the choice is quite clear . |
| 2 | Usually small building contractors who can not afford the prices charged by official at your tipping site which are run by comm commercial companies . |
| 3 | He also said that they ’ clog up the asylum procedures which can not function normally any longer . |
| 4 | ‘ It is simply that for tax reasons we can not stay overnight at Manton , ’ Mrs Sangster explained . |
| 5 | ‘ For the hundreds of thousands of Scottish families living in poverty it will mean fuel bills they can not afford , or the prospect of disconnection . |
| 6 | Exchanges done through cash machines which can not issue receipts are exempt from this provision . |
| 7 | The central character , Fonda 's part , is a writer of television commercials who can not stand the pressure of the effect it is having on his wife Sally ( played by Susan Strasberg ) and their marriage . |
| 8 | There seems to be an exception in the case of trade unions which can not sue for libel ( see above ) but can nevertheless be made defendants as a result of the abolition of their immunity in tort by s15 of the 1982 Employment Act . |
| 9 | He had a bleeper in his house which wakes him up for every call though for insurance reasons he can not join the men . |
| 10 | A seventh of the world 's energy is already provided by biofuels in the form of firewood and animal dung , particularly in Third World countries who can not afford to rely on fossil fuels . |
| 11 | M79 is in the same field with 41 , and against a dark sky there should be no real problem in locating it , though under moonlight conditions I can not see it without a telescope . |
| 12 | Directors and actors of radio plays who can not convey any part of the contents of the performance visually , are very skilful in the art of voice characterisation . |
| 13 | If a local authority decides that a residence order in favour of a relative may be appropriate after initiating care proceedings it can not make a formal application for a residence order but it can recommend that the court follow this course . |
| 14 | As they operate under school regulations they can not admit part-time or older students . |