Example sentences of "[subord] we can [not/n't] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although we can not expect them to become typographers or graphic designers , we do believe that even in the short time available during our course we can give them what might be called an aesthetic awareness that will enable them to make reasonable decisions in their future work . |
| 2 | Experiments have shown that these virtual particles are indeed present , although we can not detect them directly . |
| 3 | If we take such a " bat-detector " out to a clearing where a bat is feeding , we shall hear when each bat pulse is emitted , although we can not hear what the pulses really " sound " like . |
| 4 | However , even if we can not blame him for murdering the other in his sleep , we might respect him more if he did put himself at a disadvantage by clinging to one of his last disintegrating scraps of morality . |
| 5 | ‘ Ultimately , if we can not improve our profitability , the future looks bleak , ’ said the company 's managing director Ian Dean . |
| 6 | If we can not tell our love to them , then there will be no vision or angels or heavenly choirs over the hill country beyond the window of these islands this Christmas . |
| 7 | After all , we have no proof against him , and if we can not make him talk , this mystery will never be solved . |
| 8 | If we can not meet it — if we can not sustain the importance of consistency in principle against the charge of fetishism — we must reconsider the popular disdain for pragmatism as an interpretation of our legal practice . |
| 9 | How can we have a ministry that is really effective inside the church if we can not live it outside the church ? |
| 10 | But if we can not recognise something as it stands we try to analyse it into parts that we can recognise . |
| 11 | Better still , we enjoy solving mysteries : and if we can not solve them then , when the auspices are right , they can acquire the aura of magic . |
| 12 | At each moment the effect may be intensely impressive , but if we can not remember anything with precision afterwards , the music is lost again forever , and its value is therefore diminished . |
| 13 | So , in order to avoid what we believe is hurting others , we end up hurting ourselves , with the final result that because we can not do what we want , we grow bitter and resentful . |
| 14 | He wrote to Rohde in 1868 , encouraging his friend to follow suit : " we must do it simply because we can not do anything else … [ but ] … for our part let us see to it that young philologists are brought up with the necessary scepticism , free from pedantry and the over-valuation of their profession , and behave as genuine promoters of humanistic studies . |
| 15 | The true moral seems to be that a choice is difficult not because we can not decide which is the better but because we can not bear to give up the one that has not been chosen . |
| 16 | It is not worth our while because we can not redeem them for as much as they would get for five- or 10-dollar bills . ’ |
| 17 | At a very humble level , the bee can see in the ultraviolet , which is invisible to us : we would be tempted to say that the ultraviolet was not light , because we can not see it , but as far as the bee is concerned it most certainly is ! |
| 18 | Because we can not question their authors , autobiographies can be tantalizingly elusive : but in compensation , what they omit or include is in itself evidence of the attitudes of the writers and of the readers they had in mind . |
| 19 | It is inevitable because we can not deny what we discover in Scripture . |
| 20 | This is particularly disturbing for people who subscribe to the Christian view that sinful thoughts are as wicked as the corresponding deeds , since we can not prevent ourselves sometimes from dreaming of performing venial if not mortal sins . |
| 21 | Now , the er , whilst we can not expect them to adopt say our ideals , because we are er , you know , we 're probably more modernised in lots of ways , but we can set a standard which they work towards , and er , he mentioned about the fact that people er , the unemployment 's coming down a lot with the jobs , they 're just part-time jobs , and they 're very cheap paid jobs , and very er bad conditions for a lot of people as far as health and safety goes . |
| 22 | There are towns and cities along our route which boast the best ale houses in the land , and whilst we can not linger we can , I am sure , find the time to slake a thirst or two that the ice and snow have worked up in us . |
| 23 | The prediction is indeed borne out ; contrast ( 13 ) and ( 14 ) : ( 13 ) a total one the mere one ( 14 ) a rudimentary one the deciduous one Even when we can not tell what sort of being or object is designated by one in examples like ( 14 ) , they will still be grammatically acceptable unlike the anomalous phrases in ( 13 ) . |
| 24 | To buy a brand new PA system costs a lot of money for a single person , and as a group it is a huge risk as we are still at school ( lower 6th ) and do not wish to spend that sort of money when we can not guarantee we will still be together in a week , let alone a year 's time . |
| 25 | He seems to have had a good acquaintance with the theory and practice of shoeing , though we can not admit his claim to originality . |
| 26 | It is wonky in a way that we can work out , even though we can not see it curving off into any extra fourth dimension . ’ |
| 27 | We know , though we can not prove it , that there are some extremely prominent British athletes who have used steroids for years . |
| 28 | As we can not prove what has caused these specific problem behaviours and we can not alter the marriage ( or , probably , arrange for the family to be re-housed ) it is necessary to stop thinking about causes altogether . |
| 29 | We can not ditch them , for we can not change our past . |
| 30 | For we can not feel what we know we ought to feel — that ‘ the masses , are ‘ just folks ’ . |