Example sentences of "[n mass] [adv] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The radar data alone can not tell us that these features are indeed the cusp . |
| 2 | The cannon therefore can not fire either this turn or the next turn . |
| 3 | Statistics alone can not give the answer . |
| 4 | The Left believes that , generally , given the concentrated forces arrayed against them , people perhaps can not get into ‘ real politics ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Some people just can not bear to come in second , ’ he said loudly enough to be heard before getting into the car , reversing it round and driving away . |
| 6 | Some people jus can not comprehend it |
| 7 | Later they go outside , and the camera tracks in front of him he walks about the property , prodding a pig here and shearing sheep there , explaining how , left to themselves , people logically can not fail to humanize the universe . |
| 8 | ‘ Some people simply can not conquer their horror of disability . ’ |