Example sentences of "[pers pn] can not [verb] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told you when I rote that it was impossible for me to pay anything , as he was allowed by the parish when he was at Muggerhanger , and I told you I had my daughter on my hands for over seven years , and I have been doctering her all the time so I think you will consider the matter over and no that I can not help in any way , and in any case 4s. is a lot of money to pay a week . |
| 2 | I must be absolutely free to work as I like and I can not compose in public . |
| 3 | Will the doubtful gains for the child 's personality development of an undiscriminating total ban outweigh the fairly certain chagrin , embarrassment and isolation that will be experienced when he or she can not join in some of the most popular entertainments and games of middle childhood ? |
| 4 | You can not fail in any of these games ; there is no standard to achieve . |
| 5 | You can not conceive of experiences which are not yours ( generalising now from the simple example of pain ) and you can not achieve in any other way a conception of a subject of those experiences who is not you . |
| 6 | Failure of radio aids — Tell ATC Without a certain level of equipment you can not fly in controlled airspace . |
| 7 | Without this we can not engage in any worthwhile legal work or provide access to items . |
| 8 | ‘ We can not say in each case exactly what the defendant did . |
| 9 | We 've got so much to do that requires investment which is why er I have said er that we can not have in general , across the board tax cuts , er income tax cuts , because we need the money for that crucial social investment . |
| 10 | Just as we can make assumptions about a letter we can not read in handwritten script by its position within a word that looks familiar , so WordScan Plus uses a dictionary to enhance its suggestions as to what a given shape might be . |
| 11 | However , because they can not compete in two competitions , the winner or runner-up in tomorrow 's final will secure a spot in next season 's European Cup Winners ' Cup . |
| 12 | They can not live in permanent assembly , to provide the drive for history , but must delegate to specialist office-holders . |
| 13 | Advisers are therefore more often finding themselves in the position of having to tell the client that they can not help in any material way . |
| 14 | It is characteristic of faith that it can not remain in two minds ; it can not leave things in the air . |
| 15 | In the bond market , the Bank does not actively try to sell at a time when prices are falling ; indeed its spokesmen have often asserted that it can not sell in such conditions , that the views of investors in the short-term are predominantly extrapolative and that few will wish to buy stock when the price is falling . |
| 16 | Larwood had a good arm , and was a useful lateorder hitter , but he can not go in any higher than No. 9 in this side . |
| 17 | But apart from the general implausibility of this suggestion , there is surely one sceptical argument which he can not reject in this way . |