Example sentences of "[subord] they can not [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parties therefore need to have agreed that , where they can not agree on the identity of an expert , the appointment may be made by a third party . |
| 2 | These changes in metabolic rate affect our rate of physiological time , although they can not account for all the changes in time perception we experience as we age . |
| 3 | Now next year something else might happen and somebody may be forced to go to court , if they can not go to court they can not get justice and they have to wait to see what happens . |
| 4 | If Snotlings find themselves themselves further than 12″ away from a unit of Orcs or Goblins , and if they can not move to within 12″ of a unit during that movement phase , then they mill around in a confused mass . |
| 5 | It requires planning , skill and tactics to create a winning side and if the individual players do not fit into the maze , if they can not work within a cohesive unit , then success will elude the whole team . |
| 6 | Greenpeace said that the evacuation added strength to its case : " If they can not deal with the non-radioactive materials safely then we have no confidence that they can deal with the highly radioactive spent fuel , " a spokesman said . |
| 7 | However , because they can not compete in two competitions , the winner or runner-up in tomorrow 's final will secure a spot in next season 's European Cup Winners ' Cup . |
| 8 | How children sometimes experience learning difficulties because they can not cope with the specialist language of science , as it is often used in books or by teachers . |
| 9 | general propositions … [ are ] certainly true … yet we can come to no knowledge of them merely by our senses ; because they can not reach to all the particulars included in the subjects of them . |
| 10 | Where disabled persons are treated less favourably than others because they can not comply with a requirement with which a substantially higher proportion of non-disabled persons can comply , and the requirement is not justifiable in the circumstances , indirect discrimination will arise . |
| 11 | The Dipper 's main prey are caddis fly larvae and mayfly nymphs which are fast disappearing because they can not live in acid waters . |
| 12 | I am worried that many students may convert to being part time rather than full time , simply because they can not afford to be full-time students . |
| 13 | Similarly , the families of the mentally ill need help in sudden emergencies when they can not cope with a very disturbed relative , general help in understanding and accepting the nature of the disorder and support if they have to make difficult decisions such as agreeing to the compulsory admission of a severely disturbed relative to hospital . |
| 14 | The case for antigravity must be regarded as ‘ not proven ’ — as Scottish jurors decree when they can not decide upon the guilt or innocence of the defendant . |
| 15 | The EC and the USA both dump their subsidised food on world markets at artificially low prices which robs developing countries of any outlet for their own surplus foodstuffs , as they can not compete against the industrial world 's $126 billion of annual subsidies . |
| 16 | Consequently many managers are unwilling to take on an ‘ unemployed ’ worker , however tempting their offer of several days ' service per week , as they can not cope with the high turnover of staff that ensues . |
| 17 | Just as they can not cope with the nutritional inferiority of a vegetarian diet , so they find it hard to deal with even a moderate dose of alcohol and may start to vomit , collapse or even go into a coma . |