Example sentences of "[coord] can not do " in BNC.

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1 ‘ As I keep saying , I do n't need you or anybody else to tell me what I can or can not do . ’
2 Whether you are renting privately , from a housing association or from a council , you should have a proper tenancy agreement that gives rules of occupation , i.e. what you can or can not do , such as keep pets , or alter the structure of the property .
3 Questions about what law can or can not do raise wider issues about people , behaviour and social theory .
4 While , in the majority of states , the legislature is limited by the constitution in what it can or can not do , the traditional view here is that Parliament is subject to no such legal limitation and that our courts have no power to declare laws duly passed by Parliament invalid .
5 As we noted above , some technical expertise is essential to an understanding of what different delivery platforms can or can not do .
6 It is disgusting when folk in Brussels overrule my country 's decisions and decide what our representatives in Westminster can or can not do .
7 In principle it is extremely desirable , not only because of the basic ‘ otherness ’ of foreign poetry , but because such knowledge gives one a better sense of what English poetry can and can not do .
8 The authorities plainly establish that he need not and can not do so .
9 It is often said that people are bored at school , and can not do well , because of the irrelevance of the curriculum to their own life and experience , or the life and experience they will have when they leave school .
10 Keeping in mind what the person can and can not do unaided , the nursing interventions to achieve the mutually set goals could then be selected according to local circumstances and available resources .
11 In order to discover what the patient can and can not do , the nurse will be seeking answers to the following questions :
12 Bearing in mind what the patient can and can not do for himself , the nursing interventions to achieve the set goals can then be selected according to local circumstances and available resources .
13 Your personality sets boundaries on what you can and can not do in rather the same way that your physical build also sets constraints .
14 The FDA can not tell American surgeons what they can and can not do to their customers .
15 Experiment and activity enable children to find out about things that they can and can not do .
16 Regular visits from a social worker can be of immense value to old people living alone , particularly if their family lives some distance away and can not do all that they would wish for them .
17 Dr Solomon has disassembled a very large number of viruses , and has a deep understanding of what a virus can and can not do .
18 Only the parents can specify what they can and can not do .
19 They need to share in the investigation and think through what they feel they can and can not do .
20 Granted that one is clear about that , the fact that relevant statements of what human beings can and can not do come in various strengths is not so important .
21 It is sometimes said that if one wishes to reject such values one must do so by rejecting the very concepts incorporated in such words , and can not do this merely by applying their negation .
22 As a copyright owner you have a legal right to prevent unauthorised copying of your work and as a practising artist you need to be aware of what you can and can not do with regard to using ‘ second-source ’ material as ideas for your own work .
23 Here there is a maze of rules about what you can and can not do and say but these are infinitely preferable to the alternative — control through official regulations and legislation .
24 One premise of the deduction is his hypothesis , which made quite explicit reads , ‘ Bats are able to fly avoiding obstacles by using their eyes , and can not do so without the use of their eyes ’ .
25 I I do , I do n't really see why any one person should tell another what it can and can not do !
26 He looked young , a little boy , as he said this and like a little boy who has been thrashed by playground bullies and can not do anything in return but hate them .
27 This will define and secure the rights of the individual and set out what governments , both in Parliament and locally , can and can not do .
28 They have their own language and customs , laws about what you can and can not do , and you have to fit into that society .
29 A tenant needs to know exactly what a landlord can and can not do — and what legal rights there are if problems crop up .
30 ‘ Will you stop telling me what I can and can not do ? ’
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