Example sentences of "[noun pl] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | As we put our glasses on the tray he said , ‘ There are things that words can not explain ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Words can not express how I feel about this man . |
| 5 | ‘ Words can not express our gratitude . |
| 6 | 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 " ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | Words can not describe my panic . |
| 10 | Words can not describe the kind of person who would do a thing like this . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Angry and frustrated Gunners fans can not understand why Graham has not jumped into the transfer market . |
| 14 | According to the Commission , the grey squirrel ( introduced from America at the end of last century ) can out-compete the red for food supplies in broadleaved woods , but the latter can thrive in pure conifer areas , where grey squirrels can not prosper . |
| 15 | Simply because , without the correct position at the top of the backswing , the legs can not co-ordinate with the upper body during the forward swing . |
| 16 | Although their pulses can not penetrate the surface of the water , they reveal the tell-tale ripples of swimming fish . |
| 17 | Though penguins can not fly in the air , their bodies and wings are designed for ‘ flying ’ under water . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , the fact that these general lists can not serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches to constructing headings , together with the development of special lists of subject headings and thesauri . |
| 19 | It is also the case that delay in hearing cases can benefit applicants who wish to use judicial review as a delaying tactic : delay caused by waiting lists can not justify claims of vexatious litigating in the way that delay caused by the applicant can . |
| 20 | Schools can not achieve a major change on this and the ‘ basics ’ unaided by the rest of us . |
| 21 | Education about alcohol in schools can not compensate for home and community , it is argued , and education should value alcohol use and encourage individual responsibility . |
| 22 | Of those who do attend , many do not go until the age of eight or nine because the schools can not fit them in . |
| 23 | It 's the job of the reporter to interpret facts and schools can not expect them to be mere mouthpieces . |
| 24 | Schools can not have a real effect on children 's basic values because these have been instilled earlier by the process of primary socialization in the home and in the wider social community . |
| 25 | Those who would run our schools can not have things all ways . |
| 26 | ‘ Under local management many schools can not afford their own security system , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Schools can not escape criticism . |
| 28 | These schools may be spared the risks of improper use , but schools can not tailor programmes of study to children throughout the range of ability if ability can not be assessed . |
| 29 | That ‘ inwardness ’ so prized by some English readers , and characteristically found by them ( implausibly ) in Lawrence , is an attention directed so far ‘ inward , that it can never come to the surface for long enough to notice how the sunlight breaks upon the edges and volumes of a piece of sculpture ; and that is why indeed such readers can not use the word ‘ aesthetic ’ except ‘ in a limiting sense ’ . |
| 30 | If the contractions can not make up their mind about starting or not , that is they come and go and labour is not properly established , take one dose of Pulsatilla 200 every 2 hours until the contractions do make up their mind . |