Example sentences of "they can not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps they have had an experience of déjà vu which they can not explain by any other means . |
| 2 | They can not feed on ploughed land for there 's nothing there . |
| 3 | Not only are these characteristics in stark contrast with the possibilities for ordinary adjectives , they can not hold for these inherently restrictive adjectives unchaperoned by an article : ( 28 ) second had roses on it Max owns best that has been discovered so far |
| 4 | If you put yourself in each prisoner 's place , assuming both to be motivated by rational self-interest and remembering that they can not talk to one another to make a pact , you will see that neither has any choice but to betray the other , thereby condemning both to heavy sentences . |
| 5 | Children misbehave when they are discouraged and believe they can not succeed by useful means . |
| 6 | Because I do n't think that , I mean , given last year 's year seven they can not cope with that ! |
| 7 | However , because they can not compete in two competitions , the winner or runner-up in tomorrow 's final will secure a spot in next season 's European Cup Winners ' Cup . |
| 8 | general propositions … [ are ] certainly true … yet we can come to no knowledge of them merely by our senses ; because they can not reach to all the particulars included in the subjects of them . |
| 9 | These changes in metabolic rate affect our rate of physiological time , although they can not account for all the changes in time perception we experience as we age . |
| 10 | Although the numbers of such changes associated with moves are not large , and they can not account for more than a very small part of the differential in unemployment rates between the two groups , the sale of a large proportion of public housing to sitting tenants who are more likely to be employed than the general local authority sector population will have contributed to the increase in the unemployment rate differential referred to earlier . |
| 11 | They can not deal with this situation by cutting quality : in a university , quality is the object of the exercise , and a university which sets out to lower quality is no more likely to survive than an army which sets out to lose its battles . |
| 12 | It may be that learners have internalized aspects of the system which for one reason or another they can not access on particular occasions , that circumstances of different kinds prevent them from acting on this knowledge . |
| 13 | People respond to gut genuineness in a way that they can not respond to phoney image . |
| 14 | They spread between people by coughing , sneezing and kissing but they can not live for more than a few seconds outside the body . |
| 15 | They can not live in permanent assembly , to provide the drive for history , but must delegate to specialist office-holders . |
| 16 | As I hope to demonstrate , while a familiarity with research findings may provide important new insights they can not substitute for sound professional judgement nor can they solve some of the inherent tensions and ethical dilemmas inherent in this area of work . |
| 17 | Advisers are therefore more often finding themselves in the position of having to tell the client that they can not help in any material way . |
| 18 | Mere are many ways in which governments and their supporters can prevent these methods from being effective , but they can not work at all if the opposition has no real procedural opportunity to apply real scrutiny , nor if its efforts do not arouse the media of information and public opinion . |
| 19 | Golfers often state that they can not concentrate on all their swing ideas at the same time . |
| 20 | Sometimes , if elderly relatives are living at a distance , it is not possible to be certain , in spite of advice from us , and help from neighbours with the shopping , that they are eating properly , but if they can only be persuaded to drink a pint of milk every day and eat some fresh citrus fruit , wholemeal bread , cheese or eggs , margarine or butter and a bowl of bran cereal , we shall know that they can not come to any serious harm from a dietary point of view , even though a much more varied diet would be more suitable . |
| 21 | When the weather is very cold they can not fly at all , but can warm themselves by deflecting their wings at right angles to the Sun ( as do , for example , locusts ) . |