Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only does it hamstring itself by trying to please all nations , it also attempts to appeal to a mythical European consciousness that can not exist in the continent whose countries have spent centuries ever more jealously defining their national characteristics . |
| 2 | The mind that can not conceive the benefits to accrue by a coming together and a binding by paternal ties of a people having common sympathy must be wayward indeed . |
| 3 | It is well known that things can happen in the mind that can not happen elsewhere . |
| 4 | This is a condition that can not last ; it must be changed , must pass , or misfortune will result … |
| 5 | Thus , a plaintiff who receives 'sick pay " equivalent to his ordinary pay has suffered no loss and can not recover damages ( Turner v Ministry of Defence ( 1969 ) 113 SJ 585 ) . |
| 6 | Derived from the Greek words phyllon ( leaf ) and xeros ( dry ) , the phylloxera lives only on the vine and can not survive on any other host . |
| 7 | The Federal President ( Bundespräsident , currently Kurt Waldheim ) is elected for a six-year term by universal suffrage and can not serve more than two terms of office . |
| 8 | Critics fear the new scheme will remove the last vestiges of strategic planning power : although the new county planning statements will have to cover housebuilding , large industrial and commercial development , and Green Belt issues , they will have no statutory force and can not include detailed land allocations . |
| 9 | It has to privatise an entire industry and can not run the risk of the City picking up only the most attractive pieces . |
| 10 | In my 25 years of watching international rugby I have seen many incidents of violence and can not think of any country that is blameless . |
| 11 | Ordinary analogue telephone lines used for voice communication have a low band width and can not transmit much data per second . |
| 12 | B is in trouble since he is in dirty wind and can not tack because C is blocking him . |
| 13 | Your tutor may be generous to a fault but can not reward irrelevance or peripheral knowledge display . |
| 14 | His initial appointment was for just two Tests , a demonstration of lack of faith that can not have helped his confidence and seemed to many to be ludicrous . |
| 15 | Just because dolphins use language in a different way does not mean that they lack high intelligence or can not communicate . |
| 16 | If we feel sorry for the dying cat that can not understand what is happening to it , we should remember that it has one enormous advantage over us : it has no fear of death , which is something we humans must all carry with us throughout our long lives . |
| 17 | For he makes me feel like a light-bulb that can not switch itself off . |
| 18 | Any county council that can not find elbow room within a £600 million-plus budget to look after its old people 's homes should stand aside and let some of my colleagues take over . |
| 19 | I use the reel for most of my float fishing and a lot of bomb/small feeder work and can not fault it . |
| 20 | The holder is locked into the old , lower rate of return and can not enjoy the superior returns now available . |
| 21 | This is why the final scene , when they look through the kitchen window and can not tell pigs from humans , has such numbing force . |
| 22 | I 'm left , according to the glass people , with a damaged windscreen and can not do anything about it . |
| 23 | But such a checklist of questions can be a helpful prompt if you are faced with a passage and can not find a place to start . |
| 24 | She also came to talk to us at a recent training day about what the very elderly can and can not do . |
| 25 | The European Environment Agency ( EEA ) , formed in May 1990 , is without a home and can not function . |
| 26 | One moment she is here , the next she is thirty years or so ago , and then again , she is a young girl and can not remember who I am . |
| 27 | The leader may delegate a great deal of work but can not delegate the responsibility for that work . |
| 28 | He will be hoping his team can perform their annual Houdini act but can not produce the answer as to who will provide the goals . |
| 29 | In many areas , the split is not into a clear cut one of those for and against , but often includes middle groups who are sympathetic to some of the ideas of Liberation Theology but can not go all the way with it . |
| 30 | Campbell is fully in control of his part and can not wait for shooting to start . |