Example sentences of "[n mass] can [not/n't] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , our data can not show the true incidence . |
| 2 | In the river Tywi in mid-Wales ‘ native brown trout can not survive the combined effects of the acidity and elevated aluminium concentrations found in water draining from conifer forests in the area . ’ |
| 3 | He fears that his libidinal impulses and those of other people can not control the aggressive impulses sufficiently to prevent utter chaos and destruction . |
| 4 | Research has shown that some old people can not survive the emotional shock of moving to the Home and die within a few weeks . |
| 5 | Other people can not fill the inner longing for recognition that is sought . |