Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you should stroll into a pub and meet an analyst and a user talking about work , and you can not tell one from the other , they have probably developed a successful system together . |
| 2 | One lesson seems to be that we can not tell anything about the consequences of taxation . |
| 3 | More than that we can not tell you at the moment , but we will , of course , give you a full ( p ) review as soon as it is possible . |
| 4 | Biological science can not tell us of the mind of a creature any more than it can understand the nature and functioning of our human minds . |
| 5 | Thus : surprise can not tell us about the development of the central systems . |
| 6 | It can not tell us about the meaning of the term ‘ popular music ’ , since that meaning , ideologically replete , has been pushed outside the frame of reference . |
| 7 | Clearly , if the knowledge that classes A and B were once distinct is no longer present in speakers ' minds , they can not pick out the class B items and so can not separate them from the merged class and then re-merge them with a completely different class . |
| 8 | It seems , then , that sentences which are not declarative can not express anything in the sense in which factual statements do . |
| 9 | We can not leave it to the of individual members , that would produce chaos and could leave to destructive manoeuvring . |
| 10 | He can not manoeuvre himself into the correct position . |
| 11 | Because I can not distinguish one from the other it must be a physically identical statement to say that I have a particle " there " and an identical particle " here " . |
| 12 | The ideal needs integrity , however , for a citizen can not treat himself as the author of a collection of laws that are inconsistent in principle , nor can he see that collection as sponsored by any Rousseauian general will . |
| 13 | Even if they are forced to jump , they can not cover anything like the distances achieved by the colobus . |
| 14 | The Plan can not cover you during the first 24 months for any existing medical condition you may be suffering from or have received treatment for in the two years prior taking out the Plan . |
| 15 | I can not dignify him with the name of " physician " … should send to their doom many poor souls who might , with the proper treatment , recover ! " |
| 16 | You can not do everything at the same time . |
| 17 | Therefore , although we welcome legislation that deals with the serious issues , and although we have promised to consider it carefully in Committee , we can not do anything about the crime figures . |
| 18 | Unlike my mother I can not draw anything but the curtains , so I was bottom of the class at this . |
| 19 | ‘ I am strength and power and light and speed , Taliesin , ’ he said , ‘ but even I can not protect you from the Time Fire . |
| 20 | I , who can not reach anything on the top shelf at the supermarket ? |
| 21 | The high-cost economies of the EC can not insulate themselves from the world outside — from the more flexible economies of the Pacific Rim and North America . |
| 22 | I can not chuck them at the last minute . |
| 23 | A worn out slob , he can not accustom himself to the idea of women playing the sport seriously . |
| 24 | Young people who have been caught in this trap have had no information given to them about this change and can not avail themselves of the choice of training like colleagues born on or before July 1 . |
| 25 | I am sure that your council will understand that the company can not commit itself to the long term investment programme , or expose itself to the commercial risks involved in the project , unless the facilities can be planned in a climate of security . |
| 26 | Ninety per cent of the places go to package rafting firms which means that independent spirits can not pit themselves against the boiling waters of the Colorado . |
| 27 | … I can not find anything in the cases decided under the railway and electricity statutes which would necessitate or lead to a contrary view . |
| 28 | High living is become essential to them , and they can not reconcile themselves to the moderate pay of lawful industry . |
| 29 | Shevardnadze concluded : " I can not reconcile myself to the events which are taking place in our country and to the trials which await our people . |
| 30 | He stated himself that he did not believe that neurotic symptoms all had a sexual cause and berated a student writing a paper on chess saying , ‘ you can not reduce everything to the Oedipus Complex ’ . |