Example sentences of "can not get the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The real picture is even worse , since 10% of contracted sales fall through , as buyers pull out because they are nervous or can not get the finance . |
| 2 | Britain can not get the best performance from our employees by giving them the worst treatment . |
| 3 | If you can not get the leaflet you want you should call or write to : |
| 4 | They tend to be sensitive to every change in the atmosphere ; they can not get the temperature exactly right . |
| 5 | ‘ I can not get the correct stationery ’ |
| 6 | It is this feature which , more than anything else , makes the Aircoupe safe , being impossible to stall , nor can it be spun : you simply can not get the angle of attack to a high enough value . |
| 7 | ‘ If Clinton can not get the economy started and has trouble financing his ambitious spending programme , you may expect a greater withdrawal from foreign commitments , trade sanctions — whatever he thinks it will take , ’ said one analyst . |
| 8 | Mr Fu , probably illiterate , can not get the kind of job with a township enterprise that would enable them to keep up with the Lis . |
| 9 | It has so far only managed to produce a sample P5 running at 40MHz — just two thirds of the 66MHz speed Intel intended — and can not get the thing to work at a faster rate . |
| 10 | Prince Jan Lubomirski , who managed to buy his castle of Kruszyna back from the local council for a symbolic zloty ( they refused Barbara Johnson 's offer of millions in a fine gesture of patriarchal loyalty ) , can not get the Lodz Museum to return the set of family portraits removed from it , even though none of them has ever been exhibited since being confiscated . |
| 11 | The solipsist , that is to say , can not get the practice started in the way in which he pretends , by concentrating on the nature of the original sensation and inventing a word to refer to this sensation and to others like it . |
| 12 | When Victoria Gillick campaigned to prevent girls under sixteen getting contraceptive advice without their parents ' consent , she created a lot of confusion , and although she was ultimately unsuccessful , many girls still assume that they can not get the Pill or any other form of contraception , such as the cap or diaphragm , until this age . |
| 13 | It is also possible to accept an attractive and charming person who can not get the job done . |
| 14 | Sometimes I can not get the cough out . |
| 15 | The recruitment team can not get the letters out and keep the records up to date at the same time ; and if they employ temporaries , other problems arise : where can they sit ? |
| 16 | Many people who care or who are cared for find it difficult to understand why they can not get the resources for that care when such vast amounts go towards people who are in residential care . |
| 17 | If you can not get the leaflet you want you should call or write to : Age Concern England , Bernard Sunley House , 60 Pitcairn Road , Mitcham , Surrey CR4 3LL . |