Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [pron] can [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason for this is that many people have a fear which they can not conceal of anything or anybody who reminds them of death ; knowing that contact with a grieving widow will exacerbate these fears they tend , after expressing their sympathy by word or letter , and sending flowers to the funeral , to withdraw to a safe distance ‘ to give her time to get over it ’ just when she needs them most . |
| 2 | The court can not attach a meaning to words which they can not bear , but if the words are capable of bearing more than one meaning why should not Parliament 's true intention be enforced rather than thwarted ? |
| 3 | She is talking about an enemy which you can not see or hear or smell . ’ |
| 4 | In some ways they are even better than our own , for a squid can distinguish polarised light which we can not do and their retinas have a finer structure which means , almost certainly , that they can distinguish finer detail than we can . |
| 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 | He will try to obtain by force what he can not achieve by the correct use of the aids as taught by the classical school . ’ |
| 7 | At the time she did not publicly disclose why , saying only , ‘ I am leaving for reasons which I can not say . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As well as employing some unfamiliar ear designs , many insects tune in to frequencies which we can not hear . |
| 10 | However , if we keep on going , extrapolating backwards into the past , when we get to about a tenth of a second , or a hundredth of a second after the beginning , if we want to push earlier than that we 've got to start using physics which we can not test directly on earth . |
| 11 | There are some types of case which it can not sustain , and some which do not need it in order to remain at home ; but there is a group — those with relatively severe dementia , probably living alone , and unable to receive the care they need from elsewhere ( usually because they do not have able and willing involved relatives ) who appear unlikely to have remained at home had it not been for the involvement of the Home Support Project . |
| 12 | These are obvious , though complicated-sounding , examples of the sort of indispensable presuppositions or faith-assumptions which we can not do without . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But environmentalists have pointed out that it is already being used by western companies to dump toxic materials with impunity which they can not dispose of legally in the west . |
| 15 | It sometimes happens that the Pump Wagon 's move means it has to traverse terrain which it can not cross . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | Do these theoretical ideologies provide a strategic grasp of racism , or do they raise expectations which they can not fulfil ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The next is Celebrant , the Silverlode which they can not ford but have to cross on ropes . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | The patient may try to use his ‘ good ’ side to compensate for the affected side of his body which he can not move at will . |
| 23 | When it is apparent that external circumstances have changed , you have to decide whether to cry chicken and run too early , or continue to reinforce and spend time , money and ever increasing numbers of your best people , who are invariably sucked into the most difficult areas of the battle , trying to fight a war which you can not win . |
| 24 | I have several directories on my hard disk which I can not delete/erase . |
| 25 | If patients ask specific questions which you can not deal with you should always refer this to sister . |
| 26 | However , the effects of legislation will , inevitably , be small relative to the impact of economic sources which we can not ignore . |
| 27 | It is absolutely futile to try to make plans for conditions which you can not foresee , ( Hear , hear ) . |
| 28 | We 're following up much of the documentation that we found and hope it could lead to other things which I can not reveal . |
| 29 | We 're following up much of the documentation that we found and hope it could lead to other things which I can not reveal . |
| 30 | 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 . |