Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who lose or can not meet the urge become ‘ defeated ’ , become dependent , destructive , or , if not apathetic , at least dismissive . |
| 2 | In promoting our credit facilities we shall not put pressure on you to borrow money which you do not need or can not afford . |
| 3 | People I do n't know and can not influence . |
| 4 | It is to enable those who do not know and can not know enough for policy-making to make policy , yet it is to have no policies of its own . ’ |
| 5 | In modern times we have effectively eliminated possibility 3 by incorporating it within our scheme : Quantum mechanics is essentially a theory of what we do not know and can not predict . |
| 6 | On the personal front she has to choose between her one-time fiancé Paul whom she loves but can not marry because he is Catholic and she is divorced , and Bernard , a fellow philologist who attracts her physically but is selfish , emotionally dishonest , and married . |
| 7 | The father-king figure , Amfortas , is mortally wounded but can not die . |
| 8 | It uses this analysis to explain the otherwise puzzling fact that the diffident schoolboy does know but can not claim to know . |
| 9 | When a condition is diagnosed that can not benefit from chiropractic , such as acute inflammatory disease or rheumatoid arthritis , your chiropractor will refer you elsewhere . |
| 10 | It seems logical to me that funds earmarked for those who die or can not keep premiums up , could well be used to swell terminal bonus pay-outs for others . |
| 11 | We pause and can not move . |
| 12 | Most people in Roi Et have no money to deposit and can not borrow from banks because they lack collateral . |
| 13 | B is sailing in the curved air behind A's sail and can not point very high . |
| 14 | If , however , your parent thinks that some mistake has been made and can not sort it out , you can easily contact the pension fund headquarters on his or her behalf and ask for details of how the amount has been arrived at . |
| 15 | ( 1 ) If there is a residence order in force relating to a child and the " residential parent " agrees to the provision of accommodation , anyone else with parental responsibility is powerless to object and can not remove the child . |
| 16 | PERT and CPM do not permit loops to be formed and can not accommodate repetition of a job . |
| 17 | PERT and CPM do not permit loops to be formed and can not accommodate repetition of a job . |
| 18 | However , adenovirus rarely integrates and can not divide in the cell , so it would only be effective as long as the human cell into which it enters survives . |
| 19 | The Opposition do not say where they stand , can not say where they stand and can not admit to the jobs that would be lost if their policy were carried out . |
| 20 | Seventy percent of the expenditure is on staff who you do not employ and can not dismiss , a large part of the income , or all the income is through the fees that are set na nationally by the government . |
| 21 | Many of these anxieties arise because women do not understand and can not control the physical changes which they experience at this time . |
| 22 | Note : The authors believe that it is important that we encourage students to understand the relationships involved and not concentrate on calculating ratios which they frequently do n't understand and can not interpret because they have not fully understood why a ratio is calculated or the relationships which the ratio expresses . |
| 23 | A skilled adult can encourage children to make comparisons and talk with them to help them to identify differences that they can see but can not label with a word . |
| 24 | I could not stop looking at him , rather like a thirsty man who knows the water is poisoned but can not resist drinking . |
| 25 | Where this is the case , their members will not be affected and can not expect to receive anything extra as a result of LPI . |
| 26 | But these statistics grossly misrepresent the reality : the poor terrain of the hills is already fully utilized and can not support a larger population . |
| 27 | In many ways they have been forced to bend the rules to tackle a problem that the planning system did not create and can not solve without perverting legitimate public interests . |
| 28 | Some of us also may have pictures that we like but can not use because of lack of space , changing decor or whatever . |
| 29 | Psychologism , through its influence in marriage guidance and churches , and also through its effects in the world of work — in personnel management , for example — is able to link the two spheres in a way religion used to be able to do but can not do any longer . |
| 30 | If we do not know what we believe and can not agree on what we believe , then is it not better to wait until we can and do . |