Example sentences of "he can not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the present economic climate , he can not cope with that situation . |
| 2 | He may be frightened by crossing a road , by fast cars , by crowds or sudden noises , so that his spasticity increases ; he may panic and freeze in these situations , so that he can not move at all . |
| 3 | But he can not go to ten . |
| 4 | Larwood had a good arm , and was a useful lateorder hitter , but he can not go in any higher than No. 9 in this side . |
| 5 | Every evening he listens to one of the masters — Schubert , Schumann , Beethoven , Brahms — a habit which he can not miss without physical anguish . |
| 6 | Basically these problems attend many surgical operations , and the question resolves itself into whether the transsexual should be allowed to consent ; whether , in other words , the state has an interest in striking out such consent , and thereby rendering the surgeon who goes ahead liable in tort , on the ground that he can not rely on such consent . |
| 7 | Without it he can not attain to full powers either of learning or of teaching in any . |
| 8 | Before the Prime Minister answers , let me repeat that a Member must ask questions about matters for which the Prime Minister is responsible ; he can not answer for Labour party policies . |
| 9 | Apart from two schoolmates whose fathers had a business , he can not think of any with a job . |
| 10 | Dr Delvin regrets he can not enter into private correspondence or consultation with readers . |
| 11 | Consequently he can not approve of any building that wants to draw attention to itself . |
| 12 | He can not listen to those who , however well-intentioned , say we should operate an open-door policy . |
| 13 | But apart from the general implausibility of this suggestion , there is surely one sceptical argument which he can not reject in this way . |
| 14 | He admits that he can not appeal to some absolute conception of ‘ objectivity ’ in claiming that some languages ‘ allow their users to approximate to neutral , objective description ’ . |
| 15 | As Sir John Fortescue was to write in the second half of the fifteenth century , ‘ a King 's war is a legal trial by battle [ when ] he seeks the right he can not obtain by peaceful means ’ . |
| 16 | In the light of that recognition , he can not dismiss as mere fantasy the sense we all have that it would be an unnatural organization of our nature if some slight personal desire was given its head against benevolent concern with some major aspect of the welfare of others . |
| 17 | First , in the two-party situation there is normally a remedy already available to B , while in the three-party situation , if C can not sue for intimidation , he can not sue at all . |