Example sentences of "can not [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The internal organs would become more complicated : they can not simply increase in size because surface area will not increase proportionately , so more intestinal loops and skin tufts may have arisen and , as with the Dimetrodon , bony neck frills may become heat-dissipating devices . |
| 2 | Also , we can often see that children can use concepts that they can not yet express in English . |
| 3 | Animals this heavy can not safely leap from tree to tree as smaller animals can . |
| 4 | You can not really communicate in art without a common language . |
| 5 | The persuasive approach of the alternative initiatives may take longer ( and time is a luxury one can not always afford in politics ) but it should be more influential . |
| 6 | This group are not currently paying rent or rates to a private landlord or the Council , so can not currently apply for help . |
| 7 | The SAS method of practising speechreading helps to prevent speech articulation becoming slovenly , especially when hearing-aids can not fully compensate for hearing loss . |
| 8 | Just as a particle and an antiparticle will totally annihilate each other if placed in contact , there is no reason why pairs of particles and antiparticles can not abruptly spring into existence — the accent being on the word ‘ pairs ’ . |
| 9 | A celibate can not possibly imagine without sin ( in which there is no parvitas materiae ) what sexual intercourse is like , and is therefore hardly well placed to judge the psychological effects of artificial contraception . |
| 10 | ‘ Practical consciousness ’ refers to the knowledge of the social world incorporated into actors , but a knowledge which they can not directly express through speech . |