Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [vb infin] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In response to the intervention by the hon. Member for Bristol , East ( Mr. Sayeed ) , a more democratic Europe can not continue to accommodate a non-democratic Commission . |
| 2 | ‘ We can not continue to run a serious party like this . ’ |
| 3 | Clearly one can not hope to give a comprehensive survey of the history of metals and metalworking in a single chapter . |
| 4 | Nobody should want an Iraqi bomb , but Israel can not hope to keep a nuclear monopoly for ever . |
| 5 | Narasimha Rao , is a former foreign minister whose ill-health means he can not hope to become a permanent head of the party . |
| 6 | While this necessarily brief look at the IDB support for export development will give an overview of the services we offer , it can not hope to provide a detailed catalogue of the full range of support schemes which are available . |
| 7 | I think this book and these exhibitions can not fail to give a new direction to Modigliani studies . |
| 8 | An inspection of the Models and the Testimonials of the most eminent of the Medical Profession of the country can not fail to produce a decided conviction in their superiority . |
| 9 | Figures of this kind can not avoid concealing a great deal . |
| 10 | CAN NOT help feeling a certain degree of admiration for the Evangelical Christians who are , invariably , to be found lurking behind every accusation of satanic child abuse . |
| 11 | In the light of these considerations their Lordships can not help viewing a statutory provision which criminalises statements likely to undermine public confidence in the conduct of public affairs with the utmost suspicion . |
| 12 | If one reads even more attentively , one can not help noting a curious stylistic feature not entirely dissociated from Treebeard . |
| 13 | Throughout this discussion I will be emphasising the idea that the study of sex differences can not help having a political dimension , because the male/female difference is so important for the organisation of the societies in which studies of difference are done . |
| 14 | I can not recall reading a recent work in English on music history better written and more carefully seen through the press than this one . |
| 15 | Our society can not afford to lose a single one of its young people . ’ |
| 16 | And , although BR has not closed a railway line since 1976 , it can not afford to repair a major structure . |
| 17 | People can not afford to bear a heavier burden , and we shall not put a heavier burden on them . |
| 18 | Germany can not afford to build a new airliner on its own , any more than Britain or France can . |