Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] can [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Impersonal entities can not overlook and reward worshippers . |
| 2 | What can be seen is that Parliament can not have intended an implied limitation along the lines of Ex parte Blain , 12 Ch.D. 522 . |
| 3 | Those Catholic students who are undertaking their initial teacher education , and who for professional reasons can not attend St Andrew 's College ( eg in Physical Education and Home Economics ) . |
| 4 | Yesterday , Mr Baron said that strict justice demanded that ‘ the European Parliament can not go on being regarded as a marginal institution , able only to speak but not to take decisions ’ . |
| 5 | Obviously the hypothetical death-genes can not come into action before later life . |
| 6 | Law Report : Representative defendant can not claim contribution — Choudhury v Hussain . |
| 7 | A second and important strategy is WACC Animation Programme , it underlines the fact that a regional association can not operate in a vacuum but is part and parcel of the wider world of communication , both regionally and internationally . |
| 8 | We are aware of the practice which has prevailed in certain cases , of allowing , as costs between party and party , so much per day for the attendance of professional men , but that practice can not alter the law . |
| 9 | He also sees that the Western-led coalition can not ensure peace or a new order because it ‘ is not willing to address ’ the very factors such as dictatorship and maldistribution of wealth and power which led to war in the first place . |
| 10 | The difference between the two lowerers is that Pandarus can not help speaking prose , since he is incapable of verse , heroism , or true love , being limited to ‘ handling ’ others ' affairs . |
| 11 | This change can not take place without the involvement of the people themselves and , therefore , they must be moved from their traditional passivity towards an active role in shaping their own lives . |
| 12 | A shorthand presentation of this kind can not convey all the modifying factors built into the system to add sophistication to the basic concept , nor the mathematical formulae used for working out the stock requirements . |
| 13 | Figures of this kind can not avoid concealing a great deal . |
| 14 | The anomaly has not always worked entirely to the advantage of Scotland because , as a result of the requirements of a separate legal system , the British Parliament can not meet fully the need for modernising , reforming and improving that legal system . |
| 15 | Such high frequencies can not travel far because they are rapidly absorbed by floorboards , undergrowth , or even by the air itself , particularly if it is foggy or misty . |
| 16 | Visitors to West German cities can not fail to be impressed by the peaceful , car free centres served by integrated public transport systems . |
| 17 | Otherwise the key areas of debt counselling and clerical support can not continue adequately . |
| 18 | It is impossible to say from their findings of fact , or reasons , what their view of the witnesses was and in the result this decision can not stand . |
| 19 | The sociology of cultural forms can not replace these disciplines , but in its emphasis on the social as well as the notational basis of sign-systems , then seen as general signifying systems , it puts specific sociological questions and adds , to what would otherwise be internal kinds of analysis , a deliberately extended social dimension . |
| 20 | If the original patterns and weights are no good , then this algorithm can not learn . |
| 21 | A difference in word form signals a difference in meaning , so two different forms can not carry the selfsame meaning . |
| 22 | This study can not conclude with certainty the nature of the cells expressing mRNA for interleukin 1 or tumour necrosis factor , although the majority are probably macrophages . |
| 23 | Clearly , this study can not provide a definitive answer . |
| 24 | This study can not provide data to confirm or refute this hypothesis , however . |
| 25 | ‘ It is outrageous that a British citizen can not go to another European country without provoking such a move . ’ |
| 26 | If the Chinese think it is worth going to all the trouble and expense of shipping this equipment 12,000 miles around the world , how is it that British industry can not make it pay ? ’ |
| 27 | A hobbled horse can not run a race . ’ |
| 28 | The contents of this chapter can not describe the tax position on each transfer ; they can only draw attention to the possible heads of charge and reliefs available in respect of each of them . |
| 29 | Historical study can not make place for any such absoluteness , let alone demonstrate it . |
| 30 | His own answer to it was in some ways remarkably similar to those he attacked , for it added up to this : historical study can not bring Jesus down to our own time ; rather , it reveals his strangeness to us , and he loses all colour and significance if we attempt to tear him out of his own historical and religious setting in late Judaism . |