Example sentences of "which [pron] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have several directories on my hard disk which I can not delete/erase . |
| 2 | For I am surprised and enchanted often by some quality which I can not detect . |
| 3 | Something inside me which I can not stop is whirling me faster and faster past beauty into oblivion . |
| 4 | He pointed out that although my title was an attractive one — since there was such a thing as a ‘ servile ’ society , namely a totalitarian one — the reader would assume that I was using the word liberal in the modern sense , which was certainly not my intention , He then went meticulously through my argument , and it almost pained me that he should take so much trouble over a work which I can not think it deserved . |
| 5 | Moreover , you know that I become quite powerless whenever I am obliged to write for an instrument which I can not bear [ the flute ] . |
| 6 | I see the error — yet I can not correct it without overthrowing all ‘ rules and regulations ’ , which I can not persuade myself to do , even in a work of fiction . |
| 7 | Now it was a rule and the custom at the time that any of the staff could impose a fine on the spot and in this circumstance Fagan imposed a fine of 10 " ackers " — that is 10 piastres , which I can not remember what the value was at the time , but let us say it was something in the order of 5 . |
| 8 | But to say that the half-yearly payments were to continue till the whole sum of £2,090 19s. , ‘ and interest thereon , ’ should have been fully paid and satisfied , would be to introduce very important words into the agreement which are not there , and of which I can not say that they are necessarily implied . |
| 9 | At the time she did not publicly disclose why , saying only , ‘ I am leaving for reasons which I can not say . |
| 10 | We rested quietly and most comfortably in Sligachan Inn , than which I can not imagine a better retreat in the early summer of late autumn , either before or after the great throng , who , coming from north and south to it in the height of the tourist season , make it a place of stir . |
| 11 | I have been keeping tropical fish for some twenty years , but for the last two months I have been cursed with a problem which I can not solve . |
| 12 | She really has this er attitude which I can not understand because erm a a as I think it was Al Reeve said , you know , erm some people ca n't bear children , we ca n't , but we like them but if you have actually borne children , you are in other words a mother , you 've got ta have a attitude , not only to children in general but to your children in particular , which is very very difficult for er a male to understand and a non-father , it 's gon na be very very difficult cos I personally do n't have any children at all and therefore it is very very difficult for me to even comprehend but given that I can erm I can sympathize with something I do not comprehend it must be monumentally difficult for her |
| 13 | Soon afterwards I became openly rebellious at school and , after some final misdemeanour which I can not recall but suspect to have been trivial , I was asked to leave . |
| 14 | For some reason , which I can not recall , bombs were jettisoned on the way home — we landed back at base after a seven hour 30 minute flight . |
| 15 | This contrasts with information volunteered by an Irishman , the accuracy of which I can not guarantee . |
| 16 | We 're following up much of the documentation that we found and hope it could lead to other things which I can not reveal . |
| 17 | We 're following up much of the documentation that we found and hope it could lead to other things which I can not reveal . |
| 18 | In the lower house of parliament the home minister , Shankarrao Chavan , told members : ‘ The Maharashtra ( state ) government has … gathered evidence of vital importance which I can not reveal now . ’ |
| 19 | Before the vote , the home minister , Shankarrao Chavan , told members : ‘ The Maharashtra ( state ) government has … gathered evidence of vital importance which I can not reveal now . ’ |
| 20 | These work fine expect for one annoying problem which I can not seem to eliminate . |
| 21 | There is no point in having access to information that you can not understand , or having the opportunity to propose policies which you can not formulate . |
| 22 | In the end there has to be a limit , there has to be a level beyond which you can not go without people cracking under the strain , without people saying I 'm now doing the job that was done by two people , two and half people a few years ago . |
| 23 | If you have a large bill which you can not pay you may be able to go on the fuel direct scheme and deductions will be made from your benefit each week to pay for your current fuel consumption and any arrears . |
| 24 | The sceptic insists that there is a difference between the two hypotheses , but that it is evidence-transcendent , i.e. that it is a difference which you can not tell ; and he concludes from this that you do n't know which situation you are really in . |
| 25 | If your dog shows a marked degree of aggression with which you can not cope , you must get it to someone who understands the breed and can help . |
| 26 | A stressful circumstance is one with which you can not cope with successfully or believe you can not cope with successfully That 's the important thing . |
| 27 | If you have a dispute with the child 's other parent or carer , which you can not resolve between you , you can ask the Court to make a decision . |
| 28 | If you are , I can offer you a bargain which you can not afford to miss . |
| 29 | It is absolutely futile to try to make plans for conditions which you can not foresee , ( Hear , hear ) . |
| 30 | Over-stimulation , too much unpredictability in the environment , too complex a world which you can not deal with — that again can be associated with poor welfare . |