Example sentences of "[that] [pron] can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You owe me , Mr Scott , except that nothing can ever compensate for what you stole from me six years ago . ’ |
| 2 | Human beings have made so much progress since the beginnings of civilization , says Godwin , that nothing can now hinder the ultimate goal — the perfectibility of man . |
| 3 | For reasons that no-one can yet explain , teetotal Leslie 's Rolls-Royce careered off the M5 motorway , mounted an embankment and flipped onto its roof . |
| 4 | Learn a party piece and practise it till you can do it perfectly ( ie a series of jokes , a juggling/conjuring trick , a puzzle that no-one can ever solve ) . |
| 5 | This is strictly a fictitious place that no-one can actually occupy ( only god ! ) . |
| 6 | Mr Deighton , who has been chairman since the club 's formation , said : ‘ I feel honoured and pleased that I can officially keep close ties with the club . ’ |
| 7 | The second is a refraction of the truth so wicked in its appeal to natural and real concerns that I can barely sit in my chair and type this . |
| 8 | As an academic critic and university teacher specializing in modern literature and literary theory , I spend much or my time these days reading books and articles that I can barely understand and that cause my wife ( a graduate with a good honours degree in English language and literature ) to utter loud cries of pain and nausea if her eye happens to fall on them . |
| 9 | It 's only that I can not stand possessiveness , it diminishes people . ’ |
| 10 | I have learned at last , and bitterly , that I can not do this . ’ |
| 11 | The holy spirit gives us a new prospective on life and it , it , it deepens our relationship with God , we do n't have to try and make , make a success of our new Christian life by ourselves , you know it does n't matter whether you 've been a Christian for a week , for a day , for twenty , for fifty years , if you try to do it one day by yourself you are guaranteed failure , there is no way you can do it , it does n't matter how long you 've been a Christian or how short a period , you can not do it , if the great apostle Paul , he could , he said I can do nothing of myself he said I am not sufficient , for all my learning , for all the wonderful visions I 've had , for the knowledge that God has given to me , that I 've been able to write these great apostle 's , he says that I can not do it myself , I ca n't live this Christian life myself and the tremendous thing that none of us , no matter who we are , we do not have to try to make a success of our Christian life on our own , it 's a partnership and God is the senior partner in it , he does n't expect us to do it by ourselves , listen to what the , the , that , the same apostle Paul says when he 's writing to the , the Gelation Christians , in , in chapter two , verse twenty , listen to what he says there , he says I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me and the life which I know live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and delivered himself for me , he said I do n't do it by myself , why not , very simply cos he ca n't , he did n't know how to , he did n't have the power to do it he says but the life I 'm living , I live by the power of Christ who died for me , who gave himself for me and who now lives in me now by the holy spirit |
| 12 | Dear Doctor After five years of reading your informative column , saving me immeasurable instances of possible musi-technical tension , a situation has newly presented itself to me that I can not recollect as being covered before . |
| 13 | I regret that I can not spell out part by part and line by line exactly what I want to achieve . |
| 14 | Please note that I can not undertake to reply to individual queries from readers however I will do my best to answer questions from readers through the medium of this column . |
| 15 | Please note that I can not undertake to reply to individual queries from readers however I will do my best to answer all questions from readers through the medium of this column . |
| 16 | ‘ I have the problem ’ , the young man replied , ‘ that I can not manoeuvre my horns through your narrow door . ’ |
| 17 | One objection , however , is so obvious that I can not leave the matter there . |
| 18 | Only that I can not tell if the echoes are from the past or the future , or some other world altogether . |
| 19 | ‘ I have so much to say that I can not tell you half in a letter . |
| 20 | I now admit that I can not tell the difference — but to hell with it , the sauce is so good ! |
| 21 | There are realities that I can not change . |
| 22 | Difficult not to take the weather personally and on this day , when it is so important that the sun shines , I think of Camus 's return to Tipasa , ‘ walking through the lonely and rain-soaked countryside ’ , trying to find that strength ‘ which helps me to accept what exists once I have recognized that I can not change it ’ . |
| 23 | I refer to your letter dated 6 July 1993 and would advise that after consideration , I have decided that I can not grant permission for day release . |
| 24 | But not too old that I can not make sure that you never forget . |
| 25 | I enjoyed reading your material , but after consideration I 'm afraid to say that I can not make use of short stories . |
| 26 | I regret that I can not quote the Minister exactly , but I am sure that he will tell me if my paraphrase is inaccurate . |
| 27 | But I know only too well that you do not love me , that you are marrying me for Papa 's dollars , and that I can not bear . |
| 28 | PAMELA : Sir , I am so well satisfied with Mr. Belville 's affection for me and his well-known honour that I can not think myself obliged to any gentleman who should endeavour to give me a less opinion of either . |
| 29 | I tell you this because I know that I can not expect trust if I do not give it . |
| 30 | I readily acknowledge that I can not expect definitive statements from the Minister when the answers given by his ministerial colleagues , who have greater legal experience than the Minister and I possess , are , to say the least , somewhat circumspect . |