Example sentences of "[noun] can not [vb infin] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of its reputation , the traders can not get insurance cover and they do n't report all the crimes . ’ |
| 2 | Er , the present situation is that there 's complex erm , arrangements for the exercise of votes , basically unanimity is required and in those circumstances we as a shareholder can not exercise material influence which is a necessary pre-condition for equity accounting . |
| 3 | Foreign officers and ratings can not understand collision prevention rules . |
| 4 | Experts explain that exercise can not cause heart disease or a tendency to accumulate cholesterol , both of which are genetically determined characteristics and can not be ‘ brought on ’ by external factors . |
| 5 | To borrow the economic analogy , competition is meaningless , or at any rate can not create consumer sovereignty , unless there is some product differentiation . |
| 6 | Neighbours can not take enforcement action on their own behalf , but they can lobby the council . |
| 7 | The cost of any scheme would be very large and I should make clear now that the Government can not contemplate funding expenditure on this scale from public funds . |
| 8 | As Buxbaum suggests , ‘ [ s ] ince takeovers appear to have no systematic impact on weak management or suboptimal resource use … takeover threats can not affect management behaviour except in an inconsistent manner . |
| 9 | Computer system users can not control risk management decisions , but suffer big losses when inadequate protection fails to avert catastrophe . |
| 10 | The Germans and the French consider it impossible to have a central bank in the EC without binding rules , sanctions and other instruments for imposing economic policy , since ‘ even an independent central bank can not ensure price stability alone , as monetary policy does not operate in a vacuum , but rather has close links with other fields ’ . |
| 11 | My Senor is not certain to get the trip , and Landed Gentry can not beat Elite Reg on Warwick form . |
| 12 | Indeed , some argue that young children can not have traffic sense precisely because they are children . |
| 13 | A dissenting member can not claim material breach of the constitutive treaty by the organisation , since the organisation is not a party to the treaty , although it can make such a claim against other member States . |
| 14 | The Ombudsman can not rescind planning permission but can insist that the council gives an apology , and possibly a small amount of compensation . |
| 15 | The Euro Parliament can not make community law , it can only recommend . |