Example sentences of "can not [verb] [prep] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can not conceive of experiences which are not yours ( generalising now from the simple example of pain ) and you can not achieve in any other way a conception of a subject of those experiences who is not you . |
| 2 | In most fields , however , you can not speak of separate British and American histories as they share so much in materials and design and craftsmanship . |
| 3 | This claim , while strengthening the hand of non-payment groups who say the system can not cope with mass civil disobedience , will alarm the big Labour councils . |
| 4 | Perhaps they have had an experience of déjà vu which they can not explain by any other means . |
| 5 | In the UK , market researcher Andy Ryman says : ‘ The name of any new development obviously can not clash with any other competitor developments in the area . |
| 6 | You can not break into existing well-loved programmes to deliver up-to-the-minute news . |
| 7 | If the patient is very heavy , or the carer can not manage for some other reason , the patient 's moves during the day have to be carefully planned in advance , to ensure that two people can always be present . |
| 8 | I honestly can not think of one good thing which Labour proposes to do . |
| 9 | In fact , I can not think of any great golfers afflicted with legs divergent from the normal . |
| 10 | Now I could write a book on Workers I have known and they are worth a mention here , because I can not think of any other branch of agriculture , but organics , where people will almost pay to work for you . |
| 11 | Either supposition leads to a contradiction , and the conclusion must be that such a class can not exist in any conceivable universe . |
| 12 | Barrister and writer Nemone Lethbridge , not a fan herself , wrote in TV Times , ‘ I can not laugh at this massive dose of humiliation and embarrassment . |
| 13 | ‘ It is outrageous that a British citizen can not go to another European country without provoking such a move . ’ |
| 14 | Similarly , one can not talk about contemporary Chinese , Russian or Balkan weaving groups , because there is usually little or no difference in the character and appearance of rugs made in the various centres throughout each country . |
| 15 | Without this we can not engage in any worthwhile legal work or provide access to items . |
| 16 | Sometimes , if elderly relatives are living at a distance , it is not possible to be certain , in spite of advice from us , and help from neighbours with the shopping , that they are eating properly , but if they can only be persuaded to drink a pint of milk every day and eat some fresh citrus fruit , wholemeal bread , cheese or eggs , margarine or butter and a bowl of bran cereal , we shall know that they can not come to any serious harm from a dietary point of view , even though a much more varied diet would be more suitable . |
| 17 | As I hope to demonstrate , while a familiarity with research findings may provide important new insights they can not substitute for sound professional judgement nor can they solve some of the inherent tensions and ethical dilemmas inherent in this area of work . |
| 18 | It can not occur through any systematic movement or it would have been predicted . |
| 19 | These also can not occur in postnominal attributive position ; we have cited the unacceptability of postnominal sheer in ( 34 ) , and of course ( 39 ) is equally unsatisfactory : ( 39 ) a team-manager former was brought out of retirement We can also observe that , for the same reason , qualifying nouns , which do not instantiate a property of the head noun , are excluded as a class from postnominal position except , again , for phrases borrowed from French , such as Tournedos Rossini . |
| 20 | My officers just can not deal with these late proofs in days . |
| 21 | We can not enter into this philosophical debate here , but what we should note — and what will be obvious to anyone soaked in the traditions of religion — is that all the world 's religious faiths use endless analogies for God with promiscuous abandon . |
| 22 | Lesley regrets that she can not enter into any direct correspondence with readers . |
| 23 | The statutes specifically state that a Lithuanian party member can not belong to any other party . |
| 24 | In considering such arrangements , we can not stick at simple legal considerations ; we must move from questions of ‘ freedom from ’ to questions of ‘ ability to ’ . |
| 25 | Derived from the Greek words phyllon ( leaf ) and xeros ( dry ) , the phylloxera lives only on the vine and can not survive on any other host . |
| 26 | Please note that meetings will not be held on all of the dates given on the form , but I can not say at this early stage how many will actually need to take place . |
| 27 | A properly drafted lease will ensure that the lessor can not object to such formal assignment and will expressly provide that the named lessees hold the term for the partnership . |
| 28 | People 's needs are virtually ignored and conditions of work are so arranged that people can not interfere to any significant extent . |
| 29 | Often , however , one can not point to any specific word signalling the speaker 's point of view . |
| 30 | The theological justification behind such an approach ( not that I had necessarily thought this out at the time when I was a member of the church ) must surely be that God 's will must be held to be one with what is good , and therefore what Christianity proclaims can not differ from human ethical goods . |