Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can not do any better than this since this is the iso-vote line which is tangential to the relevant Phillips curve . |
| 2 | ‘ The talks can not go on indefinitely if the IRA go on killing and bombing and Mr Adams does n't come out to signal any opposition to them . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I am to be questioned and interfered with and hounded , not to be left , doing a job of work the way I choose , a necessary job , a job our sister has made tediously inevitable , a job the result of which may save us from potential disgrace , even if we can not go so far as to expect it to improve our situation out of all recognition . |
| 4 | We can not go so far as that ; and I lay it down as fact that there never has been a real complete sceptic . |
| 5 | On the one hand towards a more realist approach which is essential but can not go too far because if pursued at other than a meso-scale level is in danger of leading towards natural and biological sciences . |
| 6 | This does not mean that big companies can not fail as frequently as small companies . |
| 7 | A high skin means oil can not flow as easily as it could from an undamaged well . |
| 8 | But undulating side-wings are not such powerful propellants as a thrashing tail , so the manta can not swim as fast as its shark cousins or rival them as hunters . |
| 9 | In temperate forests , fungi and detritus eating insects can not work as quickly as in the tropics , and leaf litter builds up . |
| 10 | I can not get around now as I was once able to for my newspapers — but I stick to my policy now , as then , of wanting to see and size up would-be advertisers beforehand , so beg the pardon of the newcomers not included in my list . |
| 11 | The National Security Council , they insist , hums with meetings on just this , but the meetings can not get very far until more is known about how the post-war world looks . |
| 12 | The existence of economies of scale in family life ( bulk buying , spreading fixed costs , etc. ) means that , although two can not live as cheaply as one ( it seems to us at least ) , cohabitation means that a given per capita standard can be maintained for two at less than double the expenditure for one . |
| 13 | Tall men can not drive as easily as smaller men . |