Example sentences of "[coord] can [not/n't] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fiona Chambers , head of the parent/school partnership , said : ‘ We 're not a rich school and ca n't afford the continuous cost of vandalism and theft . |
| 2 | I do not have a handicap because I am not a member of a club , will never be able to afford to join one and ca n't afford the high green fees around London to play regularly enough to improve my game . |
| 3 | Many of these anxieties arise because women do not understand and can not control the physical changes which they experience at this time . |
| 4 | The socialist , the feminist , or the worker who picks up a cheap print of the Memorial Sheet to Karl Liebknecht ( 1919 ) , is not prioritising the formal elements which attracted Max Lehrs as writing , ‘ It would be very regrettable if ( Kollowitz ‘ etchings ) found approval from the public merely because of their social content … = Art should not and can not serve the changing goals of parties . ’ |
| 5 | At a meeting of the Party 's Central Committee yesterday , a Politburo member , Leszek Miller , said that a nationwide plebiscite also showed that more than half of the Party 's two million members agreed that ‘ the present form of the party is outdated and can not face the new conditions ’ . |
| 6 | The view is also heard that the suburban bureau staffed by middle-class middle-aged women wearing twin-sets and pearls can provide no more than a signposting agency and can not provide the in-depth advice , casework and tribunal representation that full-time paid staff can . |
| 7 | They moved mostly in the early morning or the evening , for they dry out easily and can not withstand the full tropical sun . |
| 8 | The holder is locked into the old , lower rate of return and can not enjoy the superior returns now available . |
| 9 | If you own a Star printer , but ca n't find the correct driver in Windows 3.10 , read on . |
| 10 | Nor will he necessarily be able to prevent his share of the equity from being diluted even if he is offered pre-emptive rights ; he may not be able to afford to buy more shares but can not prevent the new issue being made unless he has voting control . |
| 11 | The Leicestershire data establish a valuable baseline but can not allay the remaining anxiety over the quality of care once the private sector provides most institutional care ( the government 's decree ) . |