Example sentences of "[adj] [that] [pers pn] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that Britain ( like many other countries ) is now recognisably a multi-faith society , it should be clear that we can not conduct this enquiry from within the terms of Christianity alone . |
| 2 | Try as he might it is clear that he can not make the economic figures add up , creative accounting or not , in a way which will make the parliamentary Tory Party arithmetic secure . |
| 3 | It is clear that he can not object solely on the ground of the freedom of the individual or because that particular doctor usually examines for insurance companies . |
| 4 | We are not given access to her private emotional struggles , but we are clear that she can not reject social values . |
| 5 | J said : " The cases are quite clear that you can not make a valuer an arbitrator by calling him so or vice versa " . |
| 6 | The water in which river dolphins live is so muddy that they can not see anything . |
| 7 | So high that I can not hear them speak . |
| 8 | In response to R C Sneddon 's letter today , I am afraid that I can not offer any foolproof plan for economic recovery . |
| 9 | I am afraid that I can not agree with you that all rivers should simply be recognized as public rights of way , attractive though that might appear . |
| 10 | I am afraid that I can not accept the reasoning which has led subsequent Divisional Courts to limit the ambit of that decision : Benson 's case , the Divisional Court in the present case , and Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Walsh , The Times , 18 December 1991 . |
| 11 | ‘ I am afraid that I can not venture an opinion as to the length of the weapon , until my examination , ’ he said , withdrawing the probe and wiping it on his apron . |
| 12 | I shall certainly convey the sentiments , but I am afraid that I can not promise my hon. Friend an early debate . |
| 13 | But not too old that I can not make sure that you never forget . |
| 14 | Their world views are so different that we can not treat them as participants in the same world . |
| 15 | She argues that the nature of the Tests is now so different that we can not object on the same grounds as each objection has been met . |
| 16 | In order to read the story they must find it interesting or useful , and it must not be so detailed and technical that they can not understand it . |
| 17 | And he is not yet so low that he can not bring down many a better man . |
| 18 | It is all right to tell a whopper on an answering machine ( ‘ We 're sorry that we can not answer your call right now ’ is either a lie or a statement of the obvious ) , but no one will forgive you for not ‘ getting back ’ to him later . |
| 19 | We are sorry that we can not prove a cause and effect conclusively , but suspect that the hemiparesis could be a reaction related to sumatriptan and suggest that intra-cerebral binding sites of sumatriptan should perhaps be studied more closely . |
| 20 | ‘ Should you come to town , I am sorry that I can not offer you a home pro tempore — pro trumpery indeed it would be , if I did not make any such offer — for unless you occupied the grate as a seat — I see no probability of your finding any rest consonant with the safety of my parrots — seeing , that of the six chairs I possess — 5 are at present occupied with lithographic prints : — the whole of my exalted & delightful upper tenement in fact overflows with them , and for the last 12 months I have so moved — thought — looked at , — & existed among parrots — that should any transmigration take place at my decease I am sure my soul would be very uncomfortable in anything but one of the psittacidae . ’ |
| 21 | I can imagine him so very clearly , from his photographs , his words , but I do not remember him myself — I should have , I was two years old — it 's strange that I can not remember seeing him bending over my cot , as they say he did , glass of brandy-and-soda in hand . |
| 22 | ‘ She may be articulate but feel upset that she can not do justice to herself . |
| 23 | Are we so insular that we can not learn from others ? |
| 24 | He therefore sees no point in trying to enforce statutory instructions that are so unclear that any reliance on them would be speculative , so vague that they can not aid coordination in any case . |
| 25 | Lieutenant John Tenwolde , who is leading the investigation in the US , said : ‘ The allegations surrounding the Spiros are so serious that we can not discount them . |
| 26 | When we are young , the thought of death , whether our own or someone else 's , is so appalling that we can not face it . |
| 27 | Since the construction of these tests is on scientific principles , then everyone will accept , as some law of nature , that large numbers of children and adults are failed and excluded , and thus convinced that they can not learn anything valued by the education system . |
| 28 | Bear in mind that any speed limit is a maximum , it does not mean that it is safe to drive at that speed , always take into account all the conditions at the time , never drive so fast that you can not stop well within the distance you can see to be clear . |
| 29 | Eritrean educators are frustrated that they can not meet the demand for basic education . |
| 30 | It is surely obvious that we can not go on as we are as we pollute the world and as poverty increases , along with violence , vandalism and random destruction , more of it at Gateshead last night apparently . |