Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can not nibble at quantum theory . |
| 2 | What is the Attorney-General 's authority for saying that he can not rely on Crown privilege in relation to cross undertakings for damages ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | That can not be bypassed , because one can not have in Community membership countries that do not follow the concepts of democracy and human rights . |
| 6 | My stomach did for a while , as it did not like the vapours given out by the hops in the borough market after the sea air it had been used to in Hastings , but one can not live on sea air . |
| 7 | Many claim they can not survive without government help . |