Example sentences of "which ca not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the minus side was ‘ the uncertainty of everyday life : we have been hit with mortgages increases and we have a government which ca n't decide which party is in power . |
| 2 | The rest of the car is regular SE too , apart from the four-speed plus overdrive gearbox , borrowed from the 2.3-litre car , in place of the standard SE 's five-speed item , which ca n't cope with the turbo 's muscle . |
| 3 | ‘ People come on to the show with IQs which ca n't reach room temperature . |
| 4 | The old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words is small consolation to an audience which ca n't hear any of them . |
| 5 | The cynical exploitation of the latest political discovery , the environment — because there are real problems out there in Banbury , Bangladesh and Basutoland which ca n't wait , and they do n't really care about our deliberating the issues and producing yet more paper , probably from their trees . |
| 6 | But beneath that neat and attractive exterior lies a steel door which ca n't rot , twist , split or warp . |
| 7 | As I told my faithful readers last week , this particular old gent was transported by an extremely uncomfortable magic carpet ( B.A. steerage , Apex ticket , with all the delights of plastic food and stewardesses trained by the Obergrüppenführer at Heathrow ) to Chiantishire , that old-established suburb of Wimbledon , which ca n't have changed much since Britannia ruled the waves and wogs stopped at Calais . |
| 8 | Perhaps Monica Seles wakened them with her grunting : did you know she fakes her first service ? = = At eight on the Saturday morning , I piled two disco-bleared daughters , a pick shovel and lump hammer into the car and drove through the drizzle to Lou 's home base of Barkway — a village which ca n't help being close to Royston , the place where caffs shut in the lunch hour . |
| 9 | This causes onlookers to despair , and TV schedules to go up in smoke , which ca n't please Philip Morris , the sponsor . |