Example sentences of "[noun sg] can not [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given diminishing marginal utility of income , more income in one period can not compensate for lower income in another period . |
| 2 | If the patient is very heavy , or the carer can not manage for some other reason , the patient 's moves during the day have to be carefully planned in advance , to ensure that two people can always be present . |
| 3 | If lost , the ferret can not survive for any length of time . |
| 4 | Bouch can not vouch for this but suggests the number of visitors might have exceeded the available accommodation which in turn put prices up . |
| 5 | Kaplan can not say for sure , but he hopes that his work ‘ will encourage those conductors who say they are devoted to finding out Mahler 's true interpretive intentions to reassess their own respective approaches ’ . |