Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] [pron] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a Napoleon he can not discover anybody to be ; a Napoleon is a projected , dreamed-up , aimed-at type , a ‘ generalhuman ’ . |
| 2 | It 's the job of the reporter to interpret facts and schools can not expect them to be mere mouthpieces . |
| 3 | You can not expect them to be house-trained and , indeed , this can subsequently prove a far more arduous task than normal . |
| 4 | If you behave like this , you will understand that I can not permit myself to be alone with you . ’ |
| 5 | It claims that proof is necessary for knowledge , yet can not prove itself to be true . |
| 6 | I can not allow myself to be praised , for that is not a virtue , she thought . |
| 7 | There are bound to be some tears around the 4th and 10th but , with Jupiter in Libra for the first time in a decade , you can not allow yourself to be constrained any more . |
| 8 | Besides , the girl has done nothing wrong , and I can not allow her to be treated this way . ’ |
| 9 | When you 're getting outside the family you 've got to be careful to make sure that they are people that are prepared to do the job , that they understand what 's involved because you can not force anyone to be an executor . |
| 10 | And one can not take something to be x unless one can distinguish between things which are x and things which are not x , as such . |