Example sentences of "[pron] can not [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not answer for other members of the United Nations , but in our meeting last week I certainly drew attention to the necessity for ensuring that the United Nations had the right financial and material aid to complete the tasks that we have set it . |
| 2 | I can not speak for other hypnotherapists , but for myself I do not think it is a good idea . |
| 3 | Erm I can not speak for other districts , and they are a far |
| 4 | ‘ I can not speak for all here , but for myself I say this . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I can not vouch for this . |
| 8 | ‘ But I can not ask for any more from the players than the performances they are giving me and one or two are starting to show their true form . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I have been knocked off by bicycle by a negligent driver and although not seriously injured , I can not work for several weeks . |
| 10 | Now there can be as many as nine of the top ten in that category and as both Brian Gottfried and David Wheaton astutely pointed out , you can not legislate for that . |
| 11 | But you can not legislate for bad luck like that . |
| 12 | You can not ask for more than that . |
| 13 | ‘ You can not look for quick fixes from me on terrorism . |
| 14 | What value is our own home if we can not feel for those who are homeless ? |
| 15 | What worth is our own job if we can not feel for those who are unemployed ? |
| 16 | What comfort can we get from our own happiness if we can not feel for those who are condemned to live in misery ? |
| 17 | Langbaurgh council leader Arthur Taylor said : ‘ We can not speak for other authorities , but as far as Langbaurgh is concerned , we have no debt with Caldaire . ’ |
| 18 | However , at the beginning of the year we can not know for certain what the inflation rates will be ; we can only have expectations about what they will be . |
| 19 | Mrs J , whose identity we can not reveal for legal reasons , was a councillor in NHS management . |
| 20 | In kung fu one can not train for more than a few months without hearing the phrase ‘ chi kung ’ , repeated time and time again . |
| 21 | Though one can not claim for Green the sublimity of Turner , the clarity of Cotman or the magnificence of Constable , he was one of the most faithful topographical artists to paint the Lake District . |
| 22 | Not only are these characteristics in stark contrast with the possibilities for ordinary adjectives , they can not hold for these inherently restrictive adjectives unchaperoned by an article : ( 28 ) second had roses on it Max owns best that has been discovered so far |
| 23 | These changes in metabolic rate affect our rate of physiological time , although they can not account for all the changes in time perception we experience as we age . |
| 24 | Although the numbers of such changes associated with moves are not large , and they can not account for more than a very small part of the differential in unemployment rates between the two groups , the sale of a large proportion of public housing to sitting tenants who are more likely to be employed than the general local authority sector population will have contributed to the increase in the unemployment rate differential referred to earlier . |
| 25 | They spread between people by coughing , sneezing and kissing but they can not live for more than a few seconds outside the body . |
| 26 | As I hope to demonstrate , while a familiarity with research findings may provide important new insights they can not substitute for sound professional judgement nor can they solve some of the inherent tensions and ethical dilemmas inherent in this area of work . |
| 27 | No matter how good the firm 's organisation it can not compensate for low-grade staff ; the selection and training of personnel is therefore an essential part of the surveyor 's management function . |
| 28 | This may be so for some cultures where the taboos of the kind mentioned by Freud exist , but it can not account for all the taboos and rites surrounding the dead in cultures where the dead are seen as more friendly . |
| 29 | Also , it can not account for all the regions of the universe . |
| 30 | However , the tendency has been to assume that if behaviourist notions can not account for all aspects of language learning it can not account for any . |