Example sentences of "[coord] can [adv] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The form includes a declaration to be completed according to whether a survivor of the buyers can or can not give a valid receipt for purchase monies . |
| 2 | Postwar economic growth , especially in the past decade of celebration of free enterprise and markets , has generated a more or less universal acquisitiveness , and it is far from evident that in circumstances in which the desires which have been aroused can not be gratified , or their pursuit breeds disillusionment , socialism , historically grounded in the labour movement , does or can now provide a new direction . |
| 3 | The works in a collection like New Hall 's while they engage with some of these issues about women 's lack and absence from history , at the same time abrogate the very claim that women have not and can not command a semantic field which expresses their own meanings and tells their own stories . |
| 4 | ‘ King he is not and can not be , for King Richard was well alive when this man took the crown , and an abdication under duress is no valid abdication and can not confer a valid right . |
| 5 | Because here you have an opportunity to go launch yourself onto a self employed erm platform and can not provide a better platform for that and I would say that would n't I he 's thinking . |
| 6 | Beejay suspects that I have spotted an alternative to misbehave over and can not resist a sideways look . |
| 7 | But these statistics grossly misrepresent the reality : the poor terrain of the hills is already fully utilized and can not support a larger population . |
| 8 | The Created God can supply the human need to have an agreed authority to supply the justification for the way in which people are allowed by their fellows to behave , and can thereby become a rationalised replacement for the ‘ Oracles ’ of old . |
| 9 | It tells us what happens at the edge of a capacitor and can also give a numerical estimate of the scattered capacitance ( by which the capacitance of a real capacitor differs from that worked out on the basis of the infinite-plate model ) . |
| 10 | One set of code — ‘ a lot easier to use than the native toolkits ’ says Personal Workstations — can be used for MS-Windows , Presentation Manager , Open Look , OSF/Motif and Macintosh GUI software , and can also produce a windowing interface for character-based screens . |
| 11 | In the unique structure of the rainforest , creepers interweave between branches and can either tear a neighbouring tree down or rip out branches , leaving it vulnerable to disease . |
| 12 | The researchers believe that supramolecular structures such as micelles will prove particularly useful for the study of autopoietic phenomena because they allow extensive variation in structural organisation and can thus have a higher degree of functional complexity , for example being able to act as hosts to guest molecules , such as enzymes . |
| 13 | Nearly four in five of these people are landless and can hardly scratch a bare living . |
| 14 | The material erupted during episodes of volcanic activity can be dated by radiometric techniques and can therefore provide a minimum age for the landsurface over which it lies . |
| 15 | Simon Wright has almost lost his memory , and can only walk a short distance . |
| 16 | They are small and can only carry a small amount of human DNA ( which substitutes for some of the viral genome , providing additional safety as well as more space ) , and only infect dividing cells . |
| 17 | Craigievar Castle too has special problems in that it is a tower house and can only take a limited number of visitors at any time . |
| 18 | Scanning programs , such as Norton Disk Doctor , are incapable of diagnosing this precise disk fault , and can only describe a general fault . |
| 19 | Provision of dedicated centres for HIV antibody testing undermines this service and can only potentiate a hypocritical morality regarding sexual behaviour . |
| 20 | Labour lost , and can only win a general election , in the community . |
| 21 | A. If you find a house or flat you could buy but ca n't get a large enough building society or bank mortgage , the local authority may be able to help in the following ways : |
| 22 | And finally , a pensioner with a passion for rock music is trying to retire but ca n't find a budding impressario to take her place . |
| 23 | It is very useful for a few enquiries but can not handle a large number , as a series of storage device movements is involved in each search . |
| 24 | Maximal stimulation overcomes these criticisms but can not show a stimulatory effect and may well swamp any inhibitory effect of smoking . |
| 25 | For example : Priority date 1st August 1988 Infringement commenced 1st July 1989 Infringement ceased 1st January 1991 Patent formally granted 1st February 1992 The patent owner will be entitled to damages based on the period of infringement ( 1st July 1989 to 1st January 1991 ) but can not bring a legal action for damages against the infringer until after 1st February 1986 . |
| 26 | but can not sustain a courtly approach with the articulacy of Wilekin : line 23 , quoted here , could easily come from a prayer to the Virgin Mary , and the clerk soon concludes by a sacrilegious plea in Marian terms : ( " For the love of the mother of heaven , change your mind and hear my plea ! " ) |
| 27 | Rich shades are perfectly in tune with opulent surroundings , but can also enhance a pastel decor . |
| 28 | He may make an excellent shoemaker , but can never make a good poet . |