Example sentences of "we can [not/n't] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm do you believe if , if we erm oh I think we 've already covered that bit right so if I put erm come up with a erm a recommendation that would provide erm an income for your wife in the event of your death erm is there any reason why we ca n't look at this ? |
| 2 | ‘ We can not tell at all how the pol[itica]l situation will develop , ’ wrote Trevelyan to Morel in July 1915 , adding : ‘ There is no hurry . ’ |
| 3 | In considering such arrangements , we can not stick at simple legal considerations ; we must move from questions of ‘ freedom from ’ to questions of ‘ ability to ’ . |
| 4 | That is one of the principal arguments of those on the Government Benches who say that we should not sign up , that we can not say at this stage whether we are capable , as an economy , of participating without damage in a single currency . |
| 5 | As we have noted earlier , the lack of any data on transfers within the family means that we can not look at some of the interesting questions concerning the distribution between individuals ( e.g. , between men and women ) . |