Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am a wicked woman , she thought , to speak to my mother , who is eighty-nine years old and can not help herself , in that way . |
| 2 | His only sounds are occasional bass guffaws that rock the chair or whimpers of frustration when he is uncomfortable or can not communicate . |
| 3 | The real picture is even worse , since 10% of contracted sales fall through , as buyers pull out because they are nervous or can not get the finance . |
| 4 | Severe chills in a fever , they can not get warm and can not bear to uncover , which sends waves of chills through them . |
| 5 | ‘ I am bored and can not sleep . ’ |
| 6 | I have searched high and low and can not find them I have sent others out , two dozen , also seeking , and they can not find them either . |
| 7 | They are highly controversial and can not come into force until after the next election . |
| 8 | Headings tend to be broad and can not represent complex or specific subjects accurately . |
| 9 | If you are ill and can not go to work , you must let your manager know as soon as possible . |
| 10 | If you fall ill and can not work , would you still be paid after three months , six months … a year ? |
| 11 | If one section is more balanced than another , the wheel becomes unbalanced and can not turn effectively . |
| 12 | Such an attitude can not be morally valuable and can not validate the consent . |
| 13 | " One day , when Prince Rainbow was coming through the marshes , El-ahrairah went up to him and said , " Prince Rainbow , my people are cold and can not get underground because of the wet . |
| 14 | Communism is harsh and oppressive but can not stop Christianity thinking . |
| 15 | Lions are strong but can not run for a long time . |
| 16 | In a speech on Nov. 7 President Ben Ali said that there was no place in Tunisia for a religious political party , because " Islam is the religion of all and can not become an object of competition or sensationalism and can not be a springboard to coming to power " . |
| 17 | Within that new order Parliament is no longer all powerful and can not amend or repeal any statute by which that order was established . |
| 18 | The motor industry is still buoyant but can not remain immune from the trends in the rest of the economy . ’ |
| 19 | Provided that the person putting the terms forward has taken reasonable steps to bring the terms to the attention of persons in general , it is irrelevant that those steps were insufficient to bring the terms to the attention of the particular contracting partner , for instance because he/she is illiterate , blind or can not speak the language in which the terms are printed ( Thompson v London Midland and Scottish Railway Co [ 1930 ] 1 KB 41 ) . |
| 20 | It has been suggested that in species where reproductive success varies more widely among males than females and is influenced by parental investment , parents who can afford to invest heavily in their offspring should produce sons while those that can not do so should tend to produce daughters ( Trivers & Willard , 1973 ) . |
| 21 | Those that can not find room form spherical clumps , hydrophobic tails innermost , called miscelles . |
| 22 | Simply expressed , there is no point in talking politics to the powerful if you are powerless and can not force them to listen and act on what you have to say . |
| 23 | As the Lord President will be aware , visitors to Wales are always given a warm welcome and a nice cup of tea , but coachloads of my constituents visiting the Houses of Parliament are cold-shouldered and can not obtain refreshments anywhere . |
| 24 | I find that about 5 per cent of the students I teach are never able to overcome this difficulty ( even though they may have perfect hearing and in some cases a high level of linguistic and musical ability ) ; of the remainder , a few are especially gifted and can not understand how anyone could find the task difficult , and most others eventually learn after five or ten hours of practical classes . |
| 25 | Landlords are , however , subject to the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 and can not include unreasonable covenants in leases which seek to relieve them of their own common law or statutory obligations . |
| 26 | In traditional Fortran versions , the language 's hierarchical data storage order is n't flexible and can not provide this information . |
| 27 | In traditional Fortran versions , the language 's hierarchical data storage order is n't flexible and can not provide this information . |
| 28 | Contractors are either not interested because the job is too small or can not undertake the work for weeks . |
| 29 | Claims submitted with only vague details e.g. make , model numbers unknown , no receipts or valuations available and can not recall where or when item was purchased . |
| 30 | It may be that the cold pipe to the hot water cylinder is too small and can not fill the cylinder fast enough when the bath tap is being run , with the result that the water level in the vent pipe falls and allows air into the system . |