Example sentences of "we can not [adv] [vb infin] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | For it is implied that we can not meaningfully claim that a given object might be different in certain respects without becoming a different individual . |
| 2 | Although we can not honestly say that those who unsuccessfully oppose a particular decision or policy consent to that decision or policy when it is carried out despite their opposition , we can say that they are nevertheless bound by that decision in so far as they accept both the principle of majority decisions and the fairness of the procedures through which the decision is reached or the policy made . |
| 3 | No such assumption can be made with non-experimental data ; if we compare non-experimental groups which vary on X , we can not automatically assume that they are alike in other respects . |
| 4 | But we can not just announce that this is the case , e.g. with our beliefs about our sensory states . |
| 5 | The consequence is that we can not just suppose that the text has been wrenched from its interdictal context and left unchanged , except for the addition of per omnia . |
| 6 | We can not even conclude that we do not exist without presupposing that we do . |
| 7 | But we can not yet assume that Froggy Davies was murdered by , or on behalf of , either Martinez , Jefferson or Harley . |
| 8 | Since we can not simply assume that the results from one bilingual setting must apply to all others too , we shall study two widely differing groups of bilingual children in the UK . |
| 9 | If we observe , for example , a sow confined to a stall we can not simply conclude that she is distressed without asking her rather more subtle questions . |
| 10 | Even if we now find it difficult to accept that these were real or substantial recompenses for the life she had chosen to live we can not reasonably question that she did . |
| 11 | We can not merely stipulate that there be no luck involved , because we all of us rely on luck to some extent . |
| 12 | We can not merely assume that our minds are so filled , but this must be treated as an object for empirical enquiry . |
| 13 | However , there are examples which show that we can not always assume that a property word will have a referential locus . |