Example sentences of "they can [not/n't] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if they can not show a high prevalence of HIV , they will not get the money they need to concentrate on the important job of prevention . |
| 2 | All three do their best under Penny Ciniewicz 's rather heavy-handed direction , but they can not beat a first play that has just got too much to say . |
| 3 | For example , they can not impose a custodial sentence that is longer than six months in respect of a single offence . |
| 4 | Governments have already decided that they can not accept a free currency market . |
| 5 | tired that they can not have a decent conversation , dinner or social night out . |
| 6 | Although barbel are so stupid when they are feeding ravenously , they are not so stupid they can not learn a few tricks of their own to enable them to feed in the face of apparent danger . |
| 7 | Both Atticus and Judge Taylor realise that the case is lost before that trial even begins because they realise that because the jury is all white , they can not convict a black man against a white man 's word . |
| 8 | Individuals may have to defend their decisions in court , and if they can not demonstrate a systematic approach , they are liable to find this difficult to do . |
| 9 | Canada Balsam and Lakeside 70C have long been used as slide mountants , but they can not produce a reliable bond for machine finishing , particularly with polished first faces . |
| 10 | This ensures that anyone touching any wiring on the output side of the mains transformer will not be in contact with the mains wiring , and that ( providing the secondary is a low voltage winding ) they can not receive a severe electric shock . |