Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [vb infin] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every evening he listens to one of the masters — Schubert , Schumann , Beethoven , Brahms — a habit which he can not miss without physical anguish . |
| 2 | Before the Prime Minister answers , let me repeat that a Member must ask questions about matters for which the Prime Minister is responsible ; he can not answer for Labour party policies . |
| 3 | By the use of what will be called ‘ diagnostic frames ’ , semantic properties we wish to diagnose , but can not leave to naked intuition , are converted into properties concerning which straightforward intuitive judgements are relatively reliable . |
| 4 | But you can not legislate for bad luck like that . |
| 5 | Major can not distinguish between sound advice and sycophancy . |
| 6 | This can not lead to successful implementation of computer systems : managers need to participate in the change and this will motivate their subordinates . |
| 7 | A currency union can not exist without perfect capital mobility across the union and a fully integrated financial sector . |
| 8 | Do n't skimp on it , because the experience of great Christians has been that without it we can not grow into Christian maturity . |
| 9 | Even ‘ The Tip ’ which , I must admit , can not compare with Sporting Hydra Chemicals ' spanking new ground , Polypropylene Park , has enough history to make a visit an absorbing day out . |
| 10 | They can not feed on ploughed land for there 's nothing there . |
| 11 | The experiments that were set the ‘ preconceptual ’ children would offer no problems to the children at this stage , but they still can not engage in abstract thinking . |
| 12 | Likewise , the presidents of at least some of the successor republics can not rely on firm support from their assemblies on all issues . |
| 13 | Failure of radio aids — Tell ATC Without a certain level of equipment you can not fly in controlled airspace . |
| 14 | In Experiment 2.4 several materials , dark to the eye , were examined , and again the eye can not judge with sufficient accuracy . |
| 15 | New weapons programmes can not proceed without Congressional authorization . |
| 16 | This competition can not come through direct market mechanisms . |
| 17 | Can not insist on full service . |
| 18 | The most familiar case is the use of linking ; the phoneme can not occur in syllable-final position in RP , but when a word 's spelling suggests a final , and a word beginning with a vowel follows , the usual pronunciation for RP speakers is to pronounce with . |
| 19 | Just as we can make assumptions about a letter we can not read in handwritten script by its position within a word that looks familiar , so WordScan Plus uses a dictionary to enhance its suggestions as to what a given shape might be . |
| 20 | Boys and girls can not consent to indecent assault , no matter how willing they are : McCormack [ 1969 ] 2 QB 442 . |
| 21 | In the light of that recognition , he can not dismiss as mere fantasy the sense we all have that it would be an unnatural organization of our nature if some slight personal desire was given its head against benevolent concern with some major aspect of the welfare of others . |
| 22 | People respond to gut genuineness in a way that they can not respond to phoney image . |
| 23 | If the receiver of the gift can not respond in due time with a ‘ counter-gift ’ ( counter gifts can not be given too soon after gifts , because this would imply a logic of calculation which would deplete the symbolic force of the exchange ) then the giver is in a position of creditor and the receiver in one of debtor . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , Practically Speaking can not enter into personal correspondence on any topic — all correspondence must be conducted via Practically Speaking . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , Practically Speaking can not enter into personal correspondence on any topic — all correspondence must be conducted via Practically Speaking . |
| 26 | Dr Delvin regrets he can not enter into private correspondence or consultation with readers . |
| 27 | As early as 1958 Iris Murdoch had perceptively observed that ‘ there is nothing in between ’ the technicalities of socialism and its highly simplistic morality : argumentatively speaking , that is , you can not get from central planning to such ideals as equality of opportunity or of condition . |
| 28 | Perhaps radio is now fitted inside the crash helmets , I never understood why this could not have been done in the first place , along the lines of the radios issued to policemen or the earphones that , thank God , are popular with those who can not live without constant noise . |
| 29 | They can not live in permanent assembly , to provide the drive for history , but must delegate to specialist office-holders . |
| 30 | I can not say with absolute certainty that Clare Mallender did not possess a photograph of me , but I can say that there was no reason why she should have done . ’ |