Example sentences of "it can not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously , however much informal work experience young people may have acquired , it can not compete with that of older workers . |
| 2 | It can not refer to individual cases . |
| 3 | No matter how good the firm 's organisation it can not compensate for low-grade staff ; the selection and training of personnel is therefore an essential part of the surveyor 's management function . |
| 4 | It can not continue like this . |
| 5 | It is characteristic of faith that it can not remain in two minds ; it can not leave things in the air . |
| 6 | If a young animal is one of a litter or a clutch , it can not rely on such solicitude from its parents . |
| 7 | Thus if a business manages to establish that its terms are incorporated into its contracts by signature , it may still find that it can not rely on any of the terms which are subject to the reasonableness test under the Act if , for instance , the business knows the signer did not read the terms before signing . |
| 8 | It can not respond to unfamiliar challenges or develop new opportunities . |
| 9 | The reason is that in a school the predator is confused by the multiplicity of moving prey items : it can not concentrate on one without being distracted by another . |
| 10 | For example , the surface sheet can develop a variety of surface structures depending on the underlying inducer but it can not develop into any of the embryo 's internal structures , like muscle or cartilage . |
| 11 | It can not work like that . |
| 12 | Third , subsidiarity applies only to those areas which ‘ do not fall within the Community 's exclusive competence ’ , so it can not apply to vast areas of law , such as all internal-market measures and probably most of the existing social provisions which apply to the work-place . |
| 13 | Although this ‘ voluntary ’ aspect of indirect taxes may apply to a particular individual and a particular tax , it can not apply to all individuals and all taxes . |
| 14 | This may be so for some cultures where the taboos of the kind mentioned by Freud exist , but it can not account for all the taboos and rites surrounding the dead in cultures where the dead are seen as more friendly . |
| 15 | Also , it can not account for all the regions of the universe . |
| 16 | However , the tendency has been to assume that if behaviourist notions can not account for all aspects of language learning it can not account for any . |
| 17 | It can not occur through any systematic movement or it would have been predicted . |
| 18 | In the bond market , the Bank does not actively try to sell at a time when prices are falling ; indeed its spokesmen have often asserted that it can not sell in such conditions , that the views of investors in the short-term are predominantly extrapolative and that few will wish to buy stock when the price is falling . |