Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then find out that they are all to do with computer stuff that I do n't understand and so therfore can not enjoy . |
| 2 | The most common type of LPG gas is butane , but it does not vaporise — so therefore can not burn — at temperatures below about 4°C . |
| 3 | Practolol and benoxaprofen show , however , that such a cosy partnership not only can not stand the strain of a disaster , but also leads to a complete paralysis of action in the resultant crisis . |
| 4 | The distinction , though convenient for us at the moment , is not absolute , and just as we can not communicate with only the rules of semantics and grammar , so we just as surely can not communicate very well without them . |
| 5 | They quite simply can not explain WHY they believe WHAT they believe , and so rather than admit their ignorance about their own faith , they just shut up . |
| 6 | That 's why just can not make a living . |
| 7 | Money may be able to buy flying time , but it can not buy skill — and it most certainly can not guarantee success in an aerobatic championship . |
| 8 | It seems probable that a mixture of the two factors is involved , but we can not be sure that this is the case and we most certainly can not say which is more important than the other — let alone quantify ( in terms of percentages ) their relative importances . |