Example sentences of "it can [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ But it ca n't make life any easier for you at the moment . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It ca n't change colour all by itself ! |
| 3 | It ca n't change gear or anything — ‘ |
| 4 | It ca n't draw power from the serial port , however . |
| 5 | But now British Rail has told her it ca n't find room for her 20-inch wheelchair , and unless she finds herself a smaller one she 'll have to make alternative arrangements . |
| 6 | One of the difficulties that results from these cuts and that tax has been that there had been so numerous that it ca n't keep count of how many times they 'd changed the goal posts , how many times they imposed cuts , but you know a lot of the government 's ideas are that it 's money , money , money , but it 's not all financial , it 's been physical and mental . |
| 7 | Third , it ca n't support software , common in the Intel Corp space , that also includes hardware like bar coding or touch screens . |
| 8 | Third , it ca n't support software , common in the Intel Corp world , that also includes hardware like bar coding peripherals or touch screens . |
| 9 | A word of warning though : taking steps to avoid trouble does help but it ca n't guarantee safety . |
| 10 | Reportedly it ca n't get performance from 16-bit Windows applications running on NT , and admits there 's no real point in trying to do it . |
| 11 | And it ca n't replace knowledge . |
| 12 | The star system , that ‘ Hollywood poison ’ , according to Hugh Castle , was seen as yet another concession to the masses , for , as Clifford Howard explained , ‘ the crowd ( and it is the crowd that supports the movies ) can not appreciate entertainment in the abstract , any more than it can thus appreciate art or religion ’ . |
| 13 | It can not cover newspaper announcements , private burial plots or memorials . |
| 14 | But it can not treat gender as a theoretical or methodological category , that might structure its own tools and methods of inquiry , and so it can not examine its own discourse for masculine bias . |
| 15 | And because the bay is long and shallow , like a peapod , with an average depth of only 9 m , it can not absorb heat well . |
| 16 | Therefore some would say that if an animal has no nociceptors , it can not feel pain . |
| 17 | For example , considering ( 3 ) , there is no fixed number of participants at which conversation becomes impossible , but although a conversation can take place between five people , it can not take place between a hundred . |
| 18 | This virus affects the body 's defence system so that it can not fight infection . |
| 19 | Money may be able to buy flying time , but it can not buy skill — and it most certainly can not guarantee success in an aerobatic championship . |
| 20 | For example it can not run credit lines up the side of pictures . |
| 21 | As this temperature rise occurs after ovulation has already taken place , it can not predict ovulation in advance . |
| 22 | Whatever grace can do , it can not follow denial . |
| 23 | It can not escape notice that almost without exception these duties were performed , and in most countries-at least of the West — only performed , by priests until the Council . |
| 24 | The pre-velar vowel can vary between mid-front and low-front , but it can not undergo backing . |
| 25 | The wind is clearly very tenuous , but though it can not sweep dust before it , it can sweep outwards some of any gas in its path . |
| 26 | Although information can do much to foster debate , it can not replace judgment . |
| 27 | The Government provides the opportunity , but it can not guarantee success . |
| 28 | However , whilst such a provision can prevent the business losing the battle of forms , it can not guarantee victory . |
| 29 | While it is very good at removing metals , dyes and some organics in solution it can not remove nitrite , nitrate , phosphate or ammonia . |
| 30 | Although these data are extremely useful , it can not assess reflux of potentially harmful materials such as bile , which has a near neutral pH , or even food with a near neutral pH that may contain other damaging agents such as pepsin . |