Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no defence for the officer to say he does not know and can not with reasonable diligence find out who the driver was . |
| 2 | Perhaps Spinoza could have strengthened it in various ways , by saying that people can not on odd occasions deliberately act out of the character they try to give their lives , without destroying that character , and that for the rational person the character of a life which includes good relations with other people at large is essential for personal fulfilment . |
| 3 | Presumptions of legislative intent , which draw their strength from judicial perceptions of widely held notions of justice and fairness , can not in normal circumstances override the explicit terms of an Act of Parliament . |
| 4 | Thus the Catholic conservatives believe the church to be a God-given institution which can not in major ways have gone astray . |
| 5 | He claims that the meaning of a token in a representational system can not in general be captured definitionally ( in terms of semantic primitives , for instance ) , but depends upon the entire formalization of which the token is part . |
| 6 | A counter-notice which must be served within 21 days after service of the Notice , should only be given where it is required that the party whose statement it is sought to admit , should be called as a witness , but there are witnesses who can not , or should not be called , that is if dead , beyond the seas , or unfit to attend , or who can not after reasonable diligence be identified , or can not reasonably be expected to have any recollection ; consequently in respect of all those persons , the opposing party is not entitled to serve a counter-notice requiring such person to be called unless he can contend that the person can , or should be called . |
| 7 | As we have only four wagons , we can not by carried by railway without Taunton Cider . |
| 8 | Even having some ‘ finger-in-air ’ figure from Silver , would enable us to gauge/understand why we need to sell or can not by certain players . |
| 9 | In insisting on these limits , we are not concerned with the philosophical problem of whether there is free will at all , but with the evidence of common experience that although you can choose to think about a problem , be considerate to your wife , distribute pamphlets for a cause or pray for forgiveness for a crime , you can not by mere exertion of will hit on a new thought , love your wife , have faith in the cause , or repent the crime . |
| 10 | Movement in depth can not by rhythmic unless it reveals at least three stages : foreground , middleground and background . |