Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the patient can not speak well enough to explain all this , he can carry a card explaining his problem , and what kind of help he needs . |
| 2 | It seems that parthenogenesis may establish itself because of its twofold immediate advantage , but that parthenogenetic populations are ultimately eliminated , probably because they can not evolve rapidly enough to meet changing circumstances . |
| 3 | They claim to support democracy in other parts of the world , but in Wales local communities can not choose how best to regenerate their local economies . |
| 4 | The optical fibre cable recently laid to Number 10 Downing Street joined a network which the group can not spread fast enough to meet demand . |
| 5 | At frequencies above ο max the dipoles can not move fast enough to follow the alternating field so both ε′ and ε′′ are low . |
| 6 | I am afraid I can not bear just yet to go back to Baldersdale . |
| 7 | Hyperactive and overactive young children often can not concentrate long enough to sit at the table and so teaching this is a very important part of learning to control them generally . |
| 8 | I also have an envelope tray for my LaserJet but can not find out how to get Word for Windows to send the right control code to the LaserJet III to set the envelope size . |
| 9 | On the other hand there are many decisions that are never made because the decider can not figure out how to implement the decision at the very first stage . |
| 10 | If you can not wait any longer to buy , the next step is to work out what you can afford to borrow , and from there the likely price range of your new house . |
| 11 | We can not afford any longer to waste the abilities of 80 per cent of all the children in the maintained system by relegating them to a ‘ worse ’ form of education . |
| 12 | In a class buzzing with activity a child with severely defective vision can get left behind or left out because he can not see clearly how to perform the tasks involved . |
| 13 | The bureau can not operate quickly enough to give us anything approaching a real-time set of accounts . |