Example sentences of "can not [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can not separate politics from community action , no matter what we try to do about it , no matter how idealistic we may be . |
| 2 | We can not separate power from sex . |
| 3 | TCGA 1992 , s69(1) deems the trust to be a person who is not resident in the United Kingdom ; 3. the trust is therefore outside the UK capital gains tax regime and the Revenue can not collect tax on capital payments under TCGA 1992 , s87(4) . |
| 4 | Obviously you can not wage war without taxing . |
| 5 | We have just seen that the general rule is that since X is not the owner he can not confer ownership on Y , who similarly can not confer ownership on Z. If Z refuses to return the goods to O , O has a claim against Z for conversion of the goods . |
| 6 | We have just seen that the general rule is that since X is not the owner he can not confer ownership on Y , who similarly can not confer ownership on Z. If Z refuses to return the goods to O , O has a claim against Z for conversion of the goods . |
| 7 | ‘ You can not make peace with dictators , you have to destroy them , ’ Nelson asserts at one point for the benefit of inattentive members of the audience . |
| 8 | I just can not stand lack of consideration for others : shown by people who park their cars so close that you have to slide in sideways — cleaning both cars with your clothes as you squeeze through the 2in space left for opening the door . |
| 9 | We have forgotten how to read the winds or easily find directions from the stars ; we do not know any more how to read the landscape , and you , Creggan , can not recognize friend from enemy among our own kind . |
| 10 | Conventional double-glazing cuts heat loss by conduction , but can not prevent loss by radiation . |
| 11 | Literary analysis can not extrapolate content from form , and form is determined not by content but by other forms . |
| 12 | The Act also stipulates that a manufacturer 's guarantee can not exclude liability for damage caused or loss suffered as a result of the manufacturer 's negligence . |
| 13 | To summarise the exposition so far , a fiduciary can not exclude liability for fraud , deliberate breach of duty and possibly gross negligence . |
| 14 | The occupier can not exclude liability for death or personal injuries caused by negligence ( s. 2(1) ) . |
| 15 | It must be stressed that although a natural condition can not give rise to liability under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher it may still constitute a nuisance for which an occupier may be liable if he has knowledge or means of knowledge of its existence and if it is reasonable to require him to take the necessary steps to abate it . |
| 16 | A general term can not give rise to zeugma in this way : |
| 17 | The examiner can not give credit for irrelevancy , because that would be unfair to others who have answered only the question that they were asked . |
| 18 | Notwithstanding , the firm has backed all the way , and has continued to work for Bell Lawrie , even if he can not give advice to clients . |
| 19 | It is based on the assumption that the sacred is better than the secular , that the Church is essentially European and only universal by implication , that celibacy is better than marriage , that belief can not go hand in hand with doubt , that the clerical state is more sublime than the lay , and hence that women are excluded from belonging at the level at which this belonging is most valued . |
| 20 | If a patient can not change position at will , the nurse becomes responsible for doing it for him . |
| 21 | Defending the use of out-of-date prices , he said : ‘ You can not levy tax from April 1 , 1993 and make your valuations on March 31 . ’ |
| 22 | The moral of these cases is that journalists can not avoid liability for defamation merely by avoiding the naming of names . |
| 23 | I refer to your letter dated 6 July 1993 and would advise that after consideration , I have decided that I can not grant permission for day release . |
| 24 | What , then , of the arguments of the sceptics that we can not claim knowledge about reality ? |
| 25 | One can be attributed incomer status in any local community because one does not have close kin in the area , because one was not born there or , simply , because one has not become known in them one can not claim membership in terms of any of these attributes . |
| 26 | ALL THE INFORMATION IN EATING AND DRINKING IN EDINBURGH IS AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE BUT THE PUBLISHERS CAN NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR CHANGES WHICH MAY TAKE PLACE AFTER GOING TO PRESS . |
| 27 | For instance , the manual states that ‘ BR can not accept responsibility for inaccuracies or errors contained in the program . ’ |
| 28 | As the School can not accept responsibility for loss , parents are advised to have the appropriate insurance . |
| 29 | ‘ However , the game is not yet over and , if you 'll accept my apologies , we still can not discern friend from foe . ’ |
| 30 | They can not teach sport in schools . |