Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can not sleep at the new night time , we feel tired during the daytime ( at a time corresponding to night in the time zone we have just left ) , and our appetite is upset . |
| 2 | Bill Walker , Conservative MP for Tayside North , says : ‘ We can not continue at the current level of borrowing , so some new source of income has to be found . |
| 3 | And even an enthusiast like her admits that the growth in converts to her cause can not continue at the present rate . |
| 4 | FORMER Liberal leader Sir David Steel yesterday urged Labour to stand down for the Liberal-Democrats in seats they can not win at the next Election . |
| 5 | Such local compensation , however , can not occur at the small scale because the lithosphere has a finite strength and so changes in load result in regional isostatic adjustments over a greater area than that actually affected by the change in load ( Fig. 4.7(B) ) . |
| 6 | If British Rail is under pressure to increase the frequency of its service , there is a case for a coordinated transport system operating bus and rail services , If there is a need for transport when it is not convenient to run rail services , or if only a certain number of trains can run on a line because goods trains and passenger services can not operate at the same time — although perhaps British Rail should be more innovative in its mix of passenger and freight services perhaps it is a good idea for British Rail and the bus services — as they are today , not as they will be affected by the Bill — to get together . |
| 7 | As Einstein expressed it : ‘ The world that we have made at the level of thinking we have done so far , creates problems we can not solve at the same level of thinking ’ . |