Example sentences of "can [adv] [adv] [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dance music changes fast , so you ca n't just stay the same , but the dance music audience has little patience with those who ca n't find a new trick that is just as magical as the old one . |
| 2 | I ca n't always wear the same outfit ! |
| 3 | Perhaps it 's a way of admitting that things ca n't ever bear the same certainty again . |
| 4 | Ordinary shareholders can not normally expect the same kind of safe , steady return on their investment as a preference holder might . |
| 5 | Jacket in the first clause clearly must have a type reading — one can not repeatedly sell the same individual jacket . |
| 6 | Whatever publishers ' position on the question of ‘ partner or competitor ’ , Richard Heath , of Heath Educational Book Supplies , stressed that ‘ booksellers are not asking for favouritism , we simple need a level playing field ’ , and , he warned , ‘ Publishers like Heinemann Educational , who attempt to gain market share for key national curriculum titles by offering schools 20 , 25 , 33 or even 50% discount for buying direct , can not then expect the same support from booksellers as we will give to publishers who show commitment to booksellers . ’ |
| 7 | In short , the only technical thing that is different between the two platforms is the fact that they can not actually run the same programs off the same disk . |
| 8 | Therefore the woman , not having had the same training as a man can not possibly demand the same wage ; also not being physically as strong , she can not compete with him where heavy lifting is required . |
| 9 | It has long been known that skilled smallholders , owning their own plots of land , can produce very much more from an acre than large-scale farmers with labourers who can not possibly have the same dedication . |