Example sentences of "can not [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I can not speak for the other 33 countries who are not here , but as for me , I would say if this happened in 1990 it would be good , ’ he added .
2 The answer is one of two things — a Labour government which he can not influence for the good , or a Labour government which he turns out in a few months , provoking another election .
3 The development of professional competence however paramountly desirable can not substitute for the academic element in language courses .
4 Like the golfer who hits his one decent shot on the eighteenth hole and can not wait for the following weekend 's game , I felt light of heart with the warm promise of another evening in the company of the delightful Sally Drayton .
5 He can not wait for the proposed exchange of animals .
6 Yet this alone can not account for the negative results , for the weight of evidence is such that the general conclusion can hardly be challenged .
7 Some of Althusser 's critics have pointed out that this monolithic conception of the role of ideology can not account for the vast variety of ‘ ideological universes ’ found in modern capitalist states , some conformist and others overtly subversive .
8 Environmental health experts say that increased reporting can not account for the total increase .
9 Moreover , his proposal can not account for the close relationship between pairs of sentences such as :
10 It seems , therefore , that sample pore-space or matrix properties can not account for the different trends in electrical conductivity .
11 On the other hand there are those who would argue that even if the academic course has to have a vocational purpose — and most students themselves would agree with this — the variety of vocational destinations requires a degree of generality to achieve commonality of interests and this can not provide for the specific needs of future language teachers .
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