Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [adv] [verb] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since we can not simply assume that the results from one bilingual setting must apply to all others too , we shall study two widely differing groups of bilingual children in the UK . |
| 2 | I can not properly order that the children be returned to the care and control of the petitioner when the respondent has equal rights to the child . |
| 3 | ‘ I can not honestly see that a system which would require us to compromise the morning after the election is really so morally inferior to a system which has already obliged us to compromise our policies two years before polling day . ’ |
| 4 | They are also well aware of the limited ability of detectives simply to go out and detect crime and know but can not easily articulate that the symbolic import of the detection rate is a manipulation ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 5 | For it is implied that we can not meaningfully claim that a given object might be different in certain respects without becoming a different individual . |
| 6 | I do n't think I have been fooled by artefacts , or overinterpreted my findings , though it is obvious even to me , let alone a critical outsider , that in fitting the data within a temporal cascade I have not formally proved all the necessary biochemical links ; some of my arguments have run dangerously close to the classical trap of assuming that post hoc implies propter hoc ; just because the phosphorylation step precedes the glycoprotein synthesis I can not automatically assume that the latter depends upon the former . |
| 7 | The consequence is that we can not just suppose that the text has been wrenched from its interdictal context and left unchanged , except for the addition of per omnia . |
| 8 | But one can not just say that the tau neutrino is heavy and leave it at that . |
| 9 | One can not really believe that the whole of the world is going to go on maximizing production of agricultural produce , when — I much is already destined to end up as mountains of grain , or butter , or meat — or lakes of wine or olive oil . |
| 10 | However , there are examples which show that we can not always assume that a property word will have a referential locus . |
| 11 | However , once you hand over your work to the framer , you can not always guarantee that the design will not have moved slightly , so on the whole it is probably best to use a cold-seal film at home , unless the item is extremely important and you want to achieve as professional a finish as possible . |
| 12 | One can not necessarily assume that the operation of market principles per se will automatically lead to efficiency . |
| 13 | The right hon. Gentleman can not seriously expect that the people of this country will buy the pig-in-a-poke policies that he produces . |
| 14 | But I can not then say that the real source of electricity is the socket upon the wall . |
| 15 | Thus , if the creditor knew that the debtor hoped to pay his debt to that creditor from a contract which the debtor was about to enter into , the creditor can not subsequently claim that the prospect of being paid from that source is not a reasonable prospect . |