Example sentences of "they can [not/n't] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can not exist to society as a whole ’ . |
| 2 | The humiliation for some is that they can not talk to their English-speaking grandchildren . |
| 3 | If you put yourself in each prisoner 's place , assuming both to be motivated by rational self-interest and remembering that they can not talk to one another to make a pact , you will see that neither has any choice but to betray the other , thereby condemning both to heavy sentences . |
| 4 | Many of them are losing their jobs , but they can not move to Serbia because its economy is in even worse shape than Croatia 's . |
| 5 | If Snotlings find themselves themselves further than 12″ away from a unit of Orcs or Goblins , and if they can not move to within 12″ of a unit during that movement phase , then they mill around in a confused mass . |
| 6 | If their cap is stolen , they can not return to the sea and may wander the shores in the form of hornless cattle . |
| 7 | They can not return to their villages , there is nothing to do there , ’ says one driver . |
| 8 | But Palestinians say they can not return to the Arab-Israeli talks until the issue of the deportation of 415 Palestinians is resolved . |
| 9 | general propositions … [ are ] certainly true … yet we can come to no knowledge of them merely by our senses ; because they can not reach to all the particulars included in the subjects of them . |
| 10 | Now next year something else might happen and somebody may be forced to go to court , if they can not go to court they can not get justice and they have to wait to see what happens . |
| 11 | Northern Ireland companies have been successful in the area of export development but they can not afford to be complacent about what lies ahead . |
| 12 | At the level of parliament , the news media and opinion poll data , management of the national economy has been the dominant issue in British politics for much of the post-war period and however important it is for socialists to insist that ‘ the political ’ be given a broader definition , they can not afford to be silent on so important a concern . |
| 13 | I am worried that many students may convert to being part time rather than full time , simply because they can not afford to be full-time students . |
| 14 | People respond to gut genuineness in a way that they can not respond to phoney image . |
| 15 | They can not respond to the totality of the experience and achievement of the individual . |
| 16 | ‘ Some Allen 's West passengers who have hitherto caught the 16.29 from Middlesbrough tell me that they can not get to the station in time for its rescheduled departure at 16.21 . |
| 17 | If patients wish to be treated ‘ as human beings ’ and not simply as bodies to be mended or diseases to be cured , then they can not object to the social nature of their humanity being scrutinised and its relevance to therapy assessed . |
| 18 | ‘ They are not clear on their objectives and are not given the technical tools to use on the field so that they can not play to their potential . |
| 19 | Sometimes , if elderly relatives are living at a distance , it is not possible to be certain , in spite of advice from us , and help from neighbours with the shopping , that they are eating properly , but if they can only be persuaded to drink a pint of milk every day and eat some fresh citrus fruit , wholemeal bread , cheese or eggs , margarine or butter and a bowl of bran cereal , we shall know that they can not come to any serious harm from a dietary point of view , even though a much more varied diet would be more suitable . |
| 20 | ‘ A lot of them can not come to us , because we are near the projects . |