Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The United Kingdom therefore can not argue on the basis of the fact that article 7 can only apply to discrimination between ships if they are of different ‘ nationalities ’ in order to justify differences in treatment between natural or legal persons of different nationalities . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly the DIA and CIA frequently can not agree . |
| 3 | There is a general agreement from the most ardent Federalists to their staunchest opponents that the EEC simply can not continue in its present form . |
| 4 | I 'm afraid Mr. Optimist here can not see Leeds winning , or keeping a clean sheet . |
| 5 | Britain still can not decide when to play the mandarinate game of silence with the Chinese and when to break the rules ( as Beijing does all the time . ) |
| 6 | We know that roughly 10 million people in Britain today can not afford adequate housing ; that 7 million people go without essential clothing , such as a warm , waterproof coat for the winter , and that about 2.5 million children are growing up in families that go without the essential things in life , such as three meals a day , toys and out-of-school activities . |
| 7 | Britain simply can not afford anomalies that are so damaging to one of its strategic manufacturing industries , to its balance of payments , not to mention tax revenue . |
| 8 | In 1990 they were halted 90 miles from the Pole by wide stretches of open water.Having already travelled more than 500 miles from their starting point in Siberia , they set a record anyway for the longest unsupported polar journey.Then Sir Ranulph abandoned the polar cold for the desert heat , to find Ubar , before again teaming up with Dr Stroud for this winter 's headline-making trek to the South Pole , breaking their own record for the longest unsupported polar journey ever made.They returned in February and Sir Ranulph still can not tolerate running shoes on his frost-bitten feet , to train for his next expedition — ‘ another hot one . ’ |
| 9 | The good folk of Lanarkshire just can not get enough of the Italian favours she makes with sugar almonds and layers of lace . |