Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they ca n't rely on goal difference , which saved them from Third Division football in 1938 . |
| 2 | And they ca n't rely on goal difference , which saved them from Third Division football in 1938 . |
| 3 | ‘ We ca n't rely on phone calls and second-hard contact , ’ Somerset resourcefully agreed . |
| 4 | We ca n't rely on television pictures of baby seals being clubbed to death , we 've got to be there on the streets where the things are sold . ’ |
| 5 | Defensive kingpins Redmond and Pointon ca n't arrive at Boundary Park a moment too soon after last night 's embarrassing 4–2 friendly defeat at Stockport . |
| 6 | Well it it also allows me to once again break in here because er one of the things that you ca n't do in home improvement areas is talk to people about the final price on the phone . |
| 7 | When someone ca n't cope with panic attacks , agoraphobia is often the consequence and treating this condition requires specialist help . |
| 8 | ‘ They ca n't pay for music lessons . |
| 9 | you ca n't pay by credit card or cheque . |
| 10 | David Mason ca n't complain about lady luck . |
| 11 | At 18 , she decides after her affair with the French teacher that outwardly she is a girl , she looks like a girl , and she ca n't go through life thinking she 's a boy . |
| 12 | You ca n't go to drama college , can you ? |
| 13 | It seems that if you 've done an arts degree , apart from social science , then really you 're in line for jobs that science students go for as well , whereas arts students ca n't go for science degree jobs so you 've got more scope to apply for . |
| 14 | And when opening a table you still ca n't browse through directory trees to find the required file ; you can specify a default directory , but for any other directory you have to spell out the name , . |
| 15 | But if the two ca n't agree over planning permission , the peace of wildlife here is unlikely to be disturbed by development work in the near future . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't see beyond Midsummer Day . |
| 17 | We now have a a piece of land which we ca n't use for fox hunting , so let's use it for the purpose it was bought for , use it for the fire station . |
| 18 | But it seems even the way of the Lord ca n't cut through council planning laws . |
| 19 | Without a skilled work force , we can not compete in world markets . |
| 20 | If all the goods and services which the business supplies are exempt , then the business can not register for VAT purposes . |
| 21 | A system that can not generalise between task domains can not be intelligent . |
| 22 | How many health authorities , such as Tunbridge Wells , can not pay for routine operations and how many district health authorities , such as South Birmingham , can not pay any more bills until April ? |
| 23 | The flat rate addition is not a rate of VAT , it merely compensates farmers for the VAT they can not reclaim on business purchases , as they are not VAT-registered . |
| 24 | We can not nibble at quantum theory . |
| 25 | What is the Attorney-General 's authority for saying that he can not rely on Crown privilege in relation to cross undertakings for damages ? |
| 26 | The ruling means an employee working fewer than eight hours a week still can not qualify for redundancy pay or unfair dismissal , regardless of the number of weeks worked . |
| 27 | The court or parents for their part can refuse to consent to treatment A or B or both , but can not insist on treatment C. The inevitable and desirable result is that choice of treatment is in some measure a joint decision of the doctors and the court or parents . ’ |
| 28 | The court or parents for their part can refuse to consent to treatment A or B or both , but can not insist upon treatment C. The inevitable and desirable result is that choice of treatment is in some measure a joint decision of the doctors and the court or parents . |
| 29 | The same fate will await any terms which restrict the ex-employee 's future employment prospects to any great extent ; for example , a term which states that a computer programmer can not work for computer software companies in the United Kingdom for five years following the termination of his employment . |
| 30 | Rather this view asserts that law can not deal with family disputes and behaviour , and that law 's instrumental functions of conflict-resolution and behaviour-guidance are not applicable to personal and family life . |