Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [adv] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The worst of it is that one can not yet express a proper anger about the state of things , since it is just about possible that the Frauleins Krabbe , Breuer and Moller are innocent of any serious wrongdoing ( if that 's the right term ) in the affair of the Uniform Urine . |
| 2 | If a wife who formerly worked is over 60 and retired but can not yet get a basic pension on either her own or her husband 's contributions , she may be able to qualify for an additional or graduated pension based on her own contributions . |
| 3 | At this point , the family probably can not yet afford a high quality modern house , but for reasons of status it still decides to move into a sub-standard , ill-constructed house built with modern materials , a house that turns into an oven during the summer and generates demand for electrically-powered cooling devices . |
| 4 | We are surrounded by animals which keep track of their fellows by scent yet we can not even smell a human trail , let alone follow it . |
| 5 | Radiocarbon results can not therefore give a true measure of age and we need some method by which to convert them to calendar dates : this is the process of calibration ( seep.124 ) . |
| 6 | The sweep rate must be very low and an ordinary scope can not then give a steady display . |
| 7 | I can not now become a full dervish ; or at least not until my nieces are educated and married . |
| 8 | Exposing oneself to the night can not only have a powerful personal effect , but , in modern cities , be very dangerous for a woman . |
| 9 | If it is , this will make it much easier for the creative people : if they can not actually find a typical individual customer , they can at least get a reasonably good idea of whom they are trying to reach . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , the inherent limitations of such evidence mean that we can not absolutely exclude a small risk . ’ |
| 11 | We can not fully implement a new corporate image until funds are available , and we suggest that there are other projects for the development of our information services which are more pressing , and which have more income-generating or cost-reducing potential in the short term . |
| 12 | Services organized across large District Health Authorities covering 200–300,000 people can not possibly provide a local , friendly , easily accessible service . |
| 13 | We can not directly infer a causal effect from a statistical effect . |