Example sentences of "can [not/n't] say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because we want to take as many voluntary redundancies and early retirements as possible , and with employee turnover still at a relatively high six per cent per year , we can not say at present just where and when the jobs will go . |
| 2 | Please note that meetings will not be held on all of the dates given on the form , but I can not say at this early stage how many will actually need to take place . |
| 3 | I can not say at what speed they moved , or how many times she circled the base of the tower , running as if her life depended on it . |
| 4 | That is one of the principal arguments of those on the Government Benches who say that we should not sign up , that we can not say at this stage whether we are capable , as an economy , of participating without damage in a single currency . |
| 5 | While I can not say for certain that the aquarium located at the Oceanographic Institute , Monaco boasts this title , it does contain some stunning displays of tropical freshwater and marine fish and is well worth a visit . |
| 6 | Kaplan can not say for sure , but he hopes that his work ‘ will encourage those conductors who say they are devoted to finding out Mahler 's true interpretive intentions to reassess their own respective approaches ’ . |
| 7 | I can not say for sure that there is any risk to the carp 's health , but that is a classic case of playing around with things we do not understand ! |
| 8 | He noted that " we can not say for how long we will be in charge of the state administration " but that " it might be five years or 10 " . |
| 9 | So here is mystery with a vengeance — we seem to have the attractive idea that Christ died for you and me , he went to the utmost limit for us , he gave everything away , and in some mysterious and tantalizing fashion he took my sin and yours upon himself , but we can not say to whom the price was paid ! |
| 10 | ‘ The eye can not say to the hand , ‘ I have no need of you ’ , nor the head to the feet , ‘ I have no need of you ’ . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ One can not say to the Zanaki people along the shores of the sprawling Lake Victoria , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ ( Rev. 3:20 ) . |
| 12 | I can not say with any degree of certainty that this is happening , but the rolling performance is part of the bream 's basic instincts , and therefore I can not believe that certain members of a species abandon entirely a basic behavioural activity . |
| 13 | While one can not say with certainty that such images ‘ teach ’ boys to be aggressive in class , there is on the other hand little there which would permit boys to be quiet and accommodating , the attributes valued by the harassed classroom teacher . |
| 14 | I can not say with absolute certainty that Clare Mallender did not possess a photograph of me , but I can say that there was no reason why she should have done . ’ |
| 15 | This is an inherently vague and flexible concept and its uncertainty causes difficulties for the drafter , who can not say with absolute certainty that any particular clause will be effective . |
| 16 | There is only one proviso ; the programs have been tested and used a number of times , but we can not say with certainty that they are bug free . |
| 17 | Jessop argues that this is highly unlikely and that in a crisis we can not say in advance whether the state — now divorced from any one-to-one relationship with the ruling class — will assist capital , labour or ( as seems to be the perennial case in Britain ) pursue policies to the mutual ruin of the contending classes . |
| 18 | ‘ We can not say in each case exactly what the defendant did . |