Example sentences of "[noun pl] can [not/n't] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Schools can not achieve a major change on this and the ‘ basics ’ unaided by the rest of us . |
| 2 | Schools can not have a real effect on children 's basic values because these have been instilled earlier by the process of primary socialization in the home and in the wider social community . |
| 3 | New staff recruited locally who are not trained in the company 's methods can not make a full and effective contribution to the running of the business straight away . |
| 4 | Waves can not exceed a seventh of their length in height without breaking ; but they can stretch to as much as a thousand feet . |
| 5 | In a similar way many economic models can not show a positive return to soil conservation measures except on very productive land with high susceptibility to erosion ( Harmon , Knutson & Rosenberg 1979 : Ervin & Washbourn 1981 , for examples in the USA ) . |
| 6 | As the Commission has pointed out , it is settled law that the mere fact that the competent authority is empowered to grant exemptions or derogations can not justify a national measure which is contrary to the E.E.C . |
| 7 | THE LICENCE for Britain 's fifth television channel may never be awarded if applicants can not provide a convincing plan for retuning the three million video recorders likely to suffer interference , the Independent Television Commission said yesterday . |
| 8 | This is almost to concede , if it does not in fact do so , that a board deriving its authority from two opposed sources can not constitute a corporate body such as decision-taking requires . |
| 9 | Furthermore , the conditions can not impose a positive obligation , a financial payment or relate to land outside the application or the control of the applicant . |
| 10 | It must be pointed out in this connection that , as the court has consistently held , the mere fact that the competent authority is empowered to grant exemptions or dispensations can not justify a national measure which is contrary to the E.E.C . |
| 11 | But the series of cardinals can not have a last member . |
| 12 | Although it is almost certainly the case that most firms are not able to appropriate all the returns to innovation via licensing , this does not imply that many firms can not generate a satisfactory stream of returns in this manner ( particularly if they are not well placed to exploit the new knowledge themselves ) . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , these two last studies can not exclude a real benefit for the heater probe . |
| 14 | The scientific research into the history of plating technology relies almost entirely on microscopy and element analysis , but these techniques can not provide a complete picture of many of the non-metallic inlays used by the ancient metalworkers . |
| 15 | Many spinners can not deliver a slower ball without it being obvious , yet he can get quality batsmen charging up and down the pitch trying to pick the pace and flight . |
| 16 | Sometimes , however , even the most tangled arrangements can not contain a Chinese family quarrel . |
| 17 | Remote spaces can not have a physical relationship . |
| 18 | It may , and does , tolerate considerable neglect of those symbols and stated beliefs , but those people who find the Free Presbyterian/DUP element petty in their refusal to help restore a Church of Ireland church or attend Remembrance Day services can not promote a coherent ideology which would justify their criticisms . |
| 19 | The courts can not declare a legislative measure or an executive action contrary to the provisions of the Constitution . |
| 20 | There is no need to specify , and as long as , it is quite feasible to permit an infinite upper level for the share price while restricting the lower limit to zero ( shares can not have a negative value as they have limited liability ) . |
| 21 | The technique has a host of medical and industrial applications , because bacteria can not colonise a protein-free surface . |