Example sentences of "they can not [adv] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday the Labour coordinating committee met for its annual get together , now this is the body that has set itself the task of modernizing the Labour Party , a difficult task at the best of times , made more difficult now because there is a growing shortage of volunteers for the cause , they ca n't even raise enough members to fill their own executive . |
| 2 | He says they ca n't yet say all the jobs are safe but they want to build a growing company . |
| 3 | But it 's n I still ca n't reconcile why it was kept secret cos surely this is a fundamental point cos it is because they ca n't openly declare that how that they are moving away from the United Front , but if they 're trying to show that they 're moving in line with the peasants ' demands surely they want to show that to the peasants an so there , there 's it 's more that how th the Party cadres have been acting out of step rather than them making it clear to the peasants . |
| 4 | ‘ E gives people a heightened sense of well-being , ’ she says , ‘ but when people go to nightclubs they ca n't actually dance all night , so they take amphetamines to overcome tiredness . ’ |
| 5 | they ca n't actually do this , if they 're going to do it and we 're certainly not encouraging them to do it , but if they 're going to do it then there 's no reason why they could n't do it with adults . |
| 6 | I 'd actually go a bit further and say yes we 'd like to do this , can we also look after road maintenance as well , because the road maintenance is sent out to contractors , contractors are so busy , they ca n't actually do half this work , they 've got a list as long as your arm , so pit pitfalls in in the pavements as well as as some of the motorways are n't being done because the contract 's been placed , but they 've placed it with the wrong people . |
| 7 | Well , I think they must get out , I mean they ca n't live like that . |
| 8 | They ca n't live like that , neither can we live like that . |
| 9 | Aeroflot 's transatlantic flights still need to land at Shannon airport in Ireland to refuel because they can not not carry enough fuel to complete the journey between New York and London . |
| 10 | These substances emit gamma rays , which pass through the food and kill most things , including yeasts , moulds and most forms of bacteria — although they can not always kill all bacteria , such as those which cause botulism . |
| 11 | Now they can not possibly do these things without becoming painfully aware , as I am sure they are already , of the problems arising through lack of financial er er financial sufficiency or poverty among the old people . |
| 12 | Yet so many people seem to have a mental block on this point , rushing for those little bottles when common sense should tell them that they can not possibly have some dreadful plague as they have n't introduced any new fish for over a year ! |
| 13 | They can not then use that small amount for the few personal items that they may want to buy when they are in residential homes . |