Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [not/n't] accept that " in BNC.
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| 1 | With modern technology , I can not accept that this standard is out of reach . |
| 2 | I can not accept that I should adopt a live-and-let-live neutral attitude to hawks and pigeons even though I accept the fact that we share very similar body mechanisms and an identical world . |
| 3 | It will be obvious by now that my account of the emergence of black sportsmen runs contrary to such views and I can not accept that blacks are ‘ made for physical things ’ any more than I can that their continued failure in more formal academic realms is based on inadequate intellectual resources . |
| 4 | Thus , although I recognise that the most striking feature of the events in suit is , from the point of view of a criminal lawyer , that they happened after charge , I can not accept that this is the only perspective in which they should be viewed . |
| 5 | However , although ‘ action ’ is to be construed liberally I can not accept that it is wide enough to embrace a non-legal process such as a statutory demand . |
| 6 | Although my hon. Friend makes persuasive and powerful arguments , I can not accept that they are convincing reasons for moving the line . |
| 7 | we can not accept that there can be a breach of the peace unless there has been an act done or threatened to be done which either actually harms a person , or in his presence his property , or is likely to cause such harm , or which puts someone in fear of such harm being done . |
| 8 | ‘ even in these days when affrays , riotous behaviour and other disturbances happen ill too frequently , we can not accept that there can be a breach of the peace unless there has been an act done or threatened to be done which either actually harms a person , or in his presence his property , or is likely to cause such harm , or which puts someone in fear of such harm being done . ’ |
| 9 | But we can not accept that that is Tess 's fault , and should happen to her . |
| 10 | They can not accept that I should cast votes on their behalf without first asking each of them what they think . |
| 11 | They can not accept that one of their most cherished foxes has been shot . |
| 12 | He can not accept that he was created by God because this would prove that his power lies in his enemy 's hands and it would be ludicrous to revolt for he would ultimately be revolting against himself . |