Example sentences of "it can [not/n't] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all its frequent invocation as the ‘ concrete ’ , history must by definition entail a problematic represencing of an absence ; Derrida therefore argues that , even in its ‘ materialist ’ conceptualization , it can not avoid a certain metaphysics . |
| 2 | The complex , changing , and often unconscious nature of discourses , the analysis 's own discursive positioning , and the differences within it , mean that it can not reach a complete understanding of psychology 's discursive subjects . |
| 3 | Whatever view the court may take it can not compel a local authority to apply for an order . |
| 4 | It can not remain a secret much longer , in any case . ’ |
| 5 | If a local authority decides that a residence order in favour of a relative may be appropriate after initiating care proceedings it can not make a formal application for a residence order but it can recommend that the court follow this course . |
| 6 | Oxfordshire health authority has decided that a threatened £500,000 overspend means it can not open a new cardiology unit which would have freed beds for other uses . |
| 7 | For an isolation experiment can not eliminate all possible environmental influences , all sources of experience ; it can not prove a universal negative , if only because universal negatives can not be proved . |