Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh pn] can not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Advocacy projects are beginning to emerge , with young-old people often acting as advocates for people with illnesses like dementia or stroke who can not articulate their needs . |
| 2 | Therefore , the arbitrage of underpricings ( which requires short selling shares ) is opened up during the stock exchange account which includes the delivery date to traders who can not usually short sell . |
| 3 | ‘ Counterfeiting is a form of theft which hits customers who end up with sub-standard goods , honest traders who can not compete with rivals who market cut-price alternatives and manufacturers of the genuine articles . ’ |
| 4 | The lazy undergraduate who can not be persuaded to read Trevor-Roper 's magisterial life of Archbishop Laud might fruitfully be propelled in the direction of the 20-page retrospect reproduced here . |
| 5 | Any lawyer who can not find a book will be able to look at the card and see who has taken it . |
| 6 | Video messages can be recorded to the hard disk and forwarded via the Unix mail subsystem to parties who can not attend conferences . |
| 7 | Video messages can be recorded to the hard disk and forwarded via the Unix mail subsystem to parties who can not attend conferences . |
| 8 | On the other hand , regard has to be paid to the position of innocent third parties who can not be expected , and often would have no means , to know the condition or status of the signer . |
| 9 | This is particularly so for white Creole speakers who can not , except in very rare and exceptional circumstances , have had exposure to Creole as young children : but it is also true for speakers like Stephen and Joan , whose " Patois " approaches , but only sometimes reaches , the Jamaican Creole target . |
| 10 | The manor is set right in the middle of Horncastle and has a large and colourful garden , much admired by passers-by who can not help but pause at the usually open corner gate in the garden wall . |
| 11 | Another problem that the Home Office faces is the 3 per cent of listeners who can not get good reception from the networks as they stand at the moment . |
| 12 | Think of the actor suffering from stage-fright who can not remember his first line . |
| 13 | Condition is relatively immaterial , as those that do not appeal to collectors are often bought by visitors who can not afford the full price of an up to date guide . |
| 14 | A look of bewilderment comes over the faces of visitors who can not comprehend why some supporters will not go to watch the national side simply because they are playing on Rangers ' ground . |
| 15 | Which Royal suggested parents who can not read should go back to school with their children ? |
| 16 | PARENTS who can not read and write should go back to school with their children , Princess Anne urged yesterday . |
| 17 | However , there is a danger that parents who can not raise their children appropriately , or find a job , or provide sufficient income to support their family , or whose children engage in delinquent activities , are seen as having some form of personal failing or character weakness . |
| 18 | Parents who can not attend or have been excluded should be given an opportunity to have their views represented . |
| 19 | These developments are most likely to affect urban dwellers and those displaced people and migrants in the urban areas who can not afford even small charges for their children 's education . |
| 20 | This has serious implications for people in rural areas who can not afford to run a car or are physically unable to do so . |
| 21 | Usually small building contractors who can not afford the prices charged by official at your tipping site which are run by comm commercial companies . |
| 22 | I refer especially to the case of a constituent , a boy who can not walk , talk , feed himself or do anything for himself , and will never be any different , as a result of meningitis at the age of three . |
| 23 | She was giving evidence at the trial of Daniel McKinnon , 17 , of Ashgill Road , Milton , Andrew Walker , 16 , Finlas Street , Possilpark , both Glasgow , and a 14-year-old boy who can not be named for legal reasons . |
| 24 | A seventh of the world 's energy is already provided by biofuels in the form of firewood and animal dung , particularly in Third World countries who can not afford to rely on fossil fuels . |
| 25 | For those smaller plant bakery companies who can not compete in these volume stakes the choice is quite clear . |
| 26 | The child also needs time to go to the lavatory ; a hurried and pressurizing parent or an overactive child who can not sit still can start a pattern of difficult bowel habits . |
| 27 | For example , as educational research has found , the child who can not read at eight is unlikely ever to learn , and that eight is the latest age at which a child can function in school as an illiterate . |
| 28 | Like a child who can not bear to look at the cupboard where the witch might live , she stared past the bench and its mummified shape . |
| 29 | This power is extremely useful when a supervision order is made in respect of a very young child who can not be expected to present himself for examination . |
| 30 | Operations centre around computer clubs and groups of enthusiasts who can not resist the challenge of copying something designed to be uncopiable ( see Box ) . |