Example sentences of "[noun sg] can not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A defendant can not rely on unpleaded defences or counterclaims , but must if necessary amend his defence . |
| 2 | In general , the UK garment industry can not compete with foreign imports on price . |
| 3 | ‘ It is outrageous that a British citizen can not go to another European country without provoking such a move . ’ |
| 4 | Immunohistochemistry can not distinguish between different immunologically cross reactive proteins , but biochemically these can often be differentiated according to molecular weight using immunoblotting . |
| 5 | However , persuading companies to pay out in a worldwide recession is hard-going , and the IASC can not rely on such an uncertain source of funding . |
| 6 | According to the theory of relativity , if light can not get from one region to another , no other information can . |
| 7 | The signer can not rely on subjective factors , or his own inability to read the language of the document , except perhaps if that fact is known to the other party . |
| 8 | If one straight arrow follows another , work as given because you will be transferring stitches in two directions before knitting again and the lace carriage can not transfer in two directions on the same movement . |
| 9 | The most familiar case is the use of linking ; the phoneme can not occur in syllable-final position in RP , but when a word 's spelling suggests a final , and a word beginning with a vowel follows , the usual pronunciation for RP speakers is to pronounce with . |
| 10 | But the teacher can not sit in splendid and comfortable isolation in staff room or on classroom dais while his pupils are busily engrossed in resource-based exercises ; he is involved at every point in the process , from the preliminary planning and assembly of available materials , the creation of additional resources and linking items , the initial presentation and motivation sessions , the follow-up work as the pupils proceed , and the eventual summing up and validation at the end . |
| 11 | It is for nearly 12 miles so narrow , that a mouse can not pass by any carriage … |
| 12 | The seller can not rely on any exclusion clause , no matter what liability it claims to exclude , to the extent that he or his agent has misrepresented the effect of the clause . |
| 13 | Given diminishing marginal utility of income , more income in one period can not compensate for lower income in another period . |
| 14 | In many cases , the victims of that period can not engage in much consumer spending now . |
| 15 | If the receiver of the gift can not respond in due time with a ‘ counter-gift ’ ( counter gifts can not be given too soon after gifts , because this would imply a logic of calculation which would deplete the symbolic force of the exchange ) then the giver is in a position of creditor and the receiver in one of debtor . |
| 16 | The eye can not rest on one thing , as in traditional circus , but you are constantly seeking the next thrill . |
| 17 | In Experiment 2.4 several materials , dark to the eye , were examined , and again the eye can not judge with sufficient accuracy . |
| 18 | The Government 's new funding policy — which was supported by the Labour party during the passage of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 , so the hon. Gentleman can not complain about that — is aimed at ensuring that the workload is taken into account in allocating resources while encouraging the management of magistrates courts to improve the efficiency of local justice so that it is better carried out . |
| 19 | When we use the term ‘ uncle ’ for example , the listener can not tell from this whether we mean our father 's brother or our mother 's brother . |
| 20 | There is a general principle that a person can not complain of that which he has consented to . |
| 21 | The main elements of this configuration are : that there is an unconscious which affects actions in ways the conscious self can not understand without interpretative aids ; that sexuality is a key area of human conduct , and childhood a key phase of human biography ; that culture can be understood as a scene of interaction between unconscious motor forces and consciously established norms . |
| 22 | At the instant the switch opens , the current through the inductor is at its peak value ; this current can not fall to zero instantaneously any more than it could rise instantaneously , and a back e.m.f. is developed across the inductor to oppose the fall . |
| 23 | My Lords , in view of the terms of the letter from the Crown Prosecution Service I am satisfied that the Crown Prosecution Service can not profit from any disclosures in the present proceedings . |
| 24 | Structural models of hemisphere specialisation which posit that perceptual asymmetries arise because the brain structures that deal with a particular class of stimuli are lateralised exclusively or predominantly to one hemisphere rather than the other can not cope with this variability . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | A closed economy can not dispose of more goods and services than it is currently producing , and the reduction in resources available for current non-government use is independent of the method of finance . |
| 27 | If lost , the ferret can not survive for any length of time . |
| 28 | First commissions could be obtained through political interest , and this would appear to have been the situation of Philip Hay , whom Admiral Lord Keith managed to place in the 11th Foot as an ensign on the strength of imaginary past service , though his patron remarked that ‘ if his father can not get at old General Grant or Lady Sutherland he may not be confirmed . |
| 29 | The current formula for the opening tournament can not continue with preliminary games staged in August . |
| 30 | In Fig. 7.7 , for example , a switching angle of 30 gives a torque of about 1 Nm at low speeds , but the motor can not operate above 1 000 steps per second . |