Example sentences of "can [conj] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes authorities are understood to be limited by the kinds of acts which they can or can not regulate ( given some restrictive ways of classifying acts ) . |
| 2 | You should have already completed research into your local area and know where you can or can not detect safely . |
| 3 | One of these is appreciation of a business unit 's limitations , knowing what it can or can not expect to undertake successfully . |
| 4 | My dream is achievable because all we have to do is stop doing some of the things we are already doing : stop using the productive forces we have developed to create disabilities through warfare , environmental pollution and industrial accidents ; stop creating disabilities through poverty by using our vast wealth not in pursuit of capital accumulation and profit , but in ensuring that we all have the necessities to sustain material life ; and stop judging and treating people on the basis of the contribution they can or can not make to the development and operation of these productive forces . |
| 5 | The form includes a declaration to be completed according to whether a survivor of the buyers can or can not give a valid receipt for purchase monies . |
| 6 | ‘ As I keep saying , I do n't need you or anybody else to tell me what I can or can not do . ’ |
| 7 | Whether you are renting privately , from a housing association or from a council , you should have a proper tenancy agreement that gives rules of occupation , i.e. what you can or can not do , such as keep pets , or alter the structure of the property . |
| 8 | Questions about what law can or can not do raise wider issues about people , behaviour and social theory . |
| 9 | While , in the majority of states , the legislature is limited by the constitution in what it can or can not do , the traditional view here is that Parliament is subject to no such legal limitation and that our courts have no power to declare laws duly passed by Parliament invalid . |
| 10 | As we noted above , some technical expertise is essential to an understanding of what different delivery platforms can or can not do . |
| 11 | It is disgusting when folk in Brussels overrule my country 's decisions and decide what our representatives in Westminster can or can not do . |
| 12 | This has been a problem on some of the new designs of Sprinter and at present , it is often quite uncertain whether one can or can not travel with a cycle on specific journeys , which discourages cyclists from using rail at all . |
| 13 | Blithely unworried by the implications of whether lesbians and gay men are born or bred , by whether one can or can not promote , and by accusations of Labour promoting , Mr Grant boldly went where no labour leadership representative had dared to go . |
| 14 | I also said that erm my I expressed that the fears that I expressed at this meeting last time about er the fact that Paul and I now supervise civilian staff , er which I 've never been sat down and told what the civilians term of contract are and what I can or can not say or whatever , so erm I feel it will be quite valuable , and brought it for me to see if anybody think it 's worthwhile pursuing . |
| 15 | The fact is that unless you have a reasonable understanding of what advertising can and can not achieve , you have absolutely no way of deciding what its role in a marketing programme is , what objectives should be set for it , and how to measure whether it has achieved those objectives . |
| 16 | What all of this adds up to is the conclusion that drawing the line between activities that firms can and can not undertake co-operatively is almost impossible to do in the abstract . |
| 17 | It is an opportunity for the field man to educate people into what they can and can not discharge into the river , and it contributes to a network of relationships which creates a means of learning about pollutions shortly after they occur . |
| 18 | An ESRC-funded study at the department of psychology of the University College of Swansea of 52 people in their twenties with Down 's syndrome found that there is obviously confusion about who can and can not vote , that there is clear overlap in the abilities of those who vote and those who do not and that decisions on voting are not made strictly on the abilities of the person with Down 's syndrome . |
| 19 | If you think you might want to take an HIV antibody test to find out if you are infected , it is important to know what the test can and can not tell you . |
| 20 | In principle it is extremely desirable , not only because of the basic ‘ otherness ’ of foreign poetry , but because such knowledge gives one a better sense of what English poetry can and can not do . |
| 21 | Keeping in mind what the person can and can not do unaided , the nursing interventions to achieve the mutually set goals could then be selected according to local circumstances and available resources . |
| 22 | In order to discover what the patient can and can not do , the nurse will be seeking answers to the following questions : |
| 23 | Bearing in mind what the patient can and can not do for himself , the nursing interventions to achieve the set goals can then be selected according to local circumstances and available resources . |
| 24 | Your personality sets boundaries on what you can and can not do in rather the same way that your physical build also sets constraints . |
| 25 | The FDA can not tell American surgeons what they can and can not do to their customers . |
| 26 | Experiment and activity enable children to find out about things that they can and can not do . |
| 27 | Dr Solomon has disassembled a very large number of viruses , and has a deep understanding of what a virus can and can not do . |
| 28 | Only the parents can specify what they can and can not do . |
| 29 | They need to share in the investigation and think through what they feel they can and can not do . |
| 30 | Granted that one is clear about that , the fact that relevant statements of what human beings can and can not do come in various strengths is not so important . |