Example sentences of "[noun] can [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mira can not enter Phillario 's world on the strength of her intellect , because her features are too plain ; although Corydon will not attack her appearance , he has no appreciation of her intellect since he believes that plays are wicked . |
| 2 | But as we have no words by which to recall those former sensations except the very word which we seek to define , or some other which , being exactly synonymous with it , requires definition as much , words can not unfold the signification of this class of names ; and we are obliged to make a direct appeal to the personal experience of the individual whom we address . |
| 3 | As we put our glasses on the tray he said , ‘ There are things that words can not explain ’ |
| 4 | Words can not express the sadness of seeing a teenager who looks barely older than a young child suffering from severe malnutrition , but there are the wonderful moments such as a child who suffered tremendous burns after a candle fell and set fire to her night-dress ; after months of careful dressing and cleaning her wounds have virtually healed — without the clinic the little girl would almost certainly have died . |
| 5 | ‘ Words can not express how I feel about this man . |
| 6 | ‘ Words can not express our gratitude . |
| 7 | Orthographically irregular words can not use the GPC route , and will fail by the analogy route if there is a mismatch between the regularity of the word and its associate ( if you do n't know how to pronounce " have " , you should n't try matching it with " save " ) . |
| 8 | Many times I see a nameless beauty and my soul is moved , but my words can not contort themselves into a likeness of this beauty . |
| 9 | In 1779 Middlesex petitioners demanded an investigation ‘ into the true cause of those misfortunes which have reduced this once powerful and flourishing empire to a state which words can not describe ’ . |
| 10 | Words can not describe my panic . |
| 11 | Words can not describe the kind of person who would do a thing like this . |
| 12 | However , a contextually prominent action can not justify the use of a surface anaphor , such as I did , yesterday . |
| 13 | Blacks need to realise that affirmative action can not solve their most serious problems , whites need to remember that affirmative action does not make it an advantage to be born black . |
| 14 | If he does not arrive the action can not proceed . |
| 15 | At present English procedure only permits representative actions , whereby members of a group must have the same interest in the same proceedings ; the action can not seek damages , but only some other form of relief . |
| 16 | Consequently , available prolonged oesophageal manometric recordings can not differentiate between deglutitive and non-deglutitive motor activity and they are unable to distinguish multiple pressure peaks induced by a single deglutition from a pressure complex induced by repetitive swallowing , or to separate dry swallows from wet or solid swallows . |
| 17 | Gazza can not wait to be one of them again . |
| 18 | A second and important strategy is WACC Animation Programme , it underlines the fact that a regional association can not operate in a vacuum but is part and parcel of the wider world of communication , both regionally and internationally . |
| 19 | Like Trolls , Grom can not regenerate wounds suffered from flames or burning . |
| 20 | ‘ Mr Lang can not expect co-operation or tolerance unless policies change and Downing Street shows a genuine willingness to respond to the Scottish people . ’ |
| 21 | Ian Lang can not remain complacently sitting on his hands in the face of an economic crisis which is damaging all our communities and condemning more than 80,000 Scots to long-term unemployment , ’ he said . |
| 22 | These peoples can not allow themselves much investment in fixed assets they would need to defend , but just as importantly they can not allow themselves much investment in social ties to specific others . |
| 23 | STALEMATE : when a king is not in check and when his side can not make a legal move , the position is called a stalemate and the game is a draw . |
| 24 | The Echo revealed yesterday how Reds ' boss Souness was considering whether to opt for Hooper 's experience in the Cup Winners ' Cup second round , second leg , knowing that in carrying a 4-2 defeat from Russia , his side can not afford to concede on home ground . |
| 25 | The Echo revealed yesterday how Reds ' boss Souness was considering whether to opt for Hooper 's experience in the Cup Winners ' Cup second round , second leg , knowing that in carrying a 4-2 defeat from Russia , his side can not afford to concede on home ground . |
| 26 | The stabled horse can not touch as much as the paddocked horse , nor can it scratch or have any reassuring contact with a companion . |
| 27 | A hobbled horse can not run a race . ’ |
| 28 | One is that , as capital increases in productivity across a wide range of jobs , labour can not compete with it on cost grounds . |
| 29 | If Labour can not stake its claim to be the future government , it may be by-passed by events and find itself back in the wilderness . |
| 30 | Election ‘ 92 : Labour can not win without us , says Ashdown |