Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In promoting our credit facilities we shall not put pressure on you to borrow money which you do not need or can not afford . |
| 2 | People I do n't know and can not influence . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It uses this analysis to explain the otherwise puzzling fact that the diffident schoolboy does know but can not claim to know . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Many of these anxieties arise because women do not understand and can not control the physical changes which they experience at this time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They do not have and can not have all the possibly relevant materials and evidence before them . |
| 12 | I think there is a general acceptance even amongst those who are not helpful that there is a major problem here that they can not ignore or can not deny and they have even got beyond the stage of trying to blame the victims . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , the leading Pandava brother is enticed into a dice game he knows he will lose but can not resist . |
| 14 | This ant does not sting and can not live away from its hosts ; although it does not bring in nutrients , it protects the host from herbivore and liane damage . |