Example sentences of "can not [verb] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It seems more likely that , in the absence of active hepatitis B virus replication and intracellular nucleopcapid protein ( HBcAg ) , sureplus pre-S peptides can not migrate to the plasma membrane as part of new assembling particles and thus will accumulate in the cytoplasm .
2 Now , we can not speak to the government , but we can speak to you . ’
3 l9 Moreover , the kairos approach can not speak to the fact of an all-male priesthood ( which God is supposed to have given to His church and to have been adequate in past ages ) precisely having been one of the factors making for the secondary position of women in society .
4 In order to be a Christian and to continue the Great Battle against the Evil One , I can not return to the life and times of the New Testament church as if there had been no history in between .
5 If their cap is stolen , they can not return to the sea and may wander the shores in the form of hornless cattle .
6 Therefore we can not return to the politics of 1975 to 1978 , ’ said the Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan , in Paris .
7 Where A demands money from B in retum for not disclosing B 's wrongdoing , A will usually be guilty of blackmail contrary to section 21 of the Theft Act 1968 and , if ‘ the offer ’ constitutes a crime , it dearly can not lead to a contract ; but what if B , without any demand , express or implied by A , offers A money not to disclose B's wrongdoing , and A accepts ?
8 But what they can do in this case is the manufacturer 's at C , but the manufacturer can not deliver to the shop until maybe two weeks time they can phone us , the carrier , we will then arrange for someone to go to manufacturer at C , pick it up , bring it to us and then we 'll take to the shop .
9 My dream is achievable because all we have to do is stop doing some of the things we are already doing : stop using the productive forces we have developed to create disabilities through warfare , environmental pollution and industrial accidents ; stop creating disabilities through poverty by using our vast wealth not in pursuit of capital accumulation and profit , but in ensuring that we all have the necessities to sustain material life ; and stop judging and treating people on the basis of the contribution they can or can not make to the development and operation of these productive forces .
10 Thus he can not contribute to a reallocation of resources or products that will overcome inefficiencies and lack of coordination generated by market ignorance , since no such ignorance and lack of coordination exist in equilibrium . [ … ]
11 One can not refer to a behaviour pattern as inherited ( or instinctive ) or learned ; the terms can only properly be used to refer to the causes of differences between individuals .
12 The meaning is uncertain , but it can not refer to an offering to a demon , as some suggest , for this was strictly forbidden ( see , e.g. , 17:7 ) .
13 If the maritime portion does not take place in the first leg of the journey , the transport document can not attest to a loading on board the vessel when , in fact , the goods are only on board a truck or railroad car .
14 I still can not go to a service , nor say the Creed .
15 Secondly , it will go , in accordance with the voter 's intention , to his next-preference candidate , or to put it more accurately — since it can not go to a candidate already elected or eliminated — to his next available preference .
16 I do not have five roubles , therefore I can not go to the loo .
17 ‘ I can not go to the syndics .
18 On the other hand , a travel agent , which is also defined as a shop for this purpose , can not change to an estate agent or building society 's premises because the two latter are both included in the definition of offices .
19 Soil mixtures provide the means for some types of adhesion : an inorganic soil may form a matrix with another or it may form a discreet layer to which another soil might adhere if it can not adhere to the base substrate .
20 Indeed , callers to his home in the Hampshire village of Whiteparish were greeted with a sarcastic telephone message , which said : ‘ I am sorry Robin can not come to the phone — he has gone to have his foot amputated . ’
21 One disputed point is whether words alone can constitute an assault : the preponderance of authority is probably that mere words , unaccompanied by any threatening conduct , can not amount to an assault , but if the point of the offence is to penalize the creation of fear of imminent attack , it is difficult to see why utterances such as ‘ Get out the knives ’ or ‘ Let's hit them ’ should be regarded more indulgently than a raised hand .
22 An objection to liability in this case , advanced by Williams , is that the doctor who fails to treat has not done something ; he has merely failed to act , and an omission can not amount to an abetment .
23 My Lords , if I may revert to the proposition that a person can not consent to the theft of property from himself , it is absurd to suppose that a company consents to the theft of its own property , merely because the thief is for most purposes of the company its directing mind .
24 The new pill has already been used to regulate the daily rhythms of blind people who can not respond to the light and dark cues of day and night .
25 They can not respond to the totality of the experience and achievement of the individual .
26 You can not belong to the Prince of Wales 's set , and not accept its moral values . ’
27 If you can not get to a manicurist , the following hints will help you achieve a salon finish for yourself at home .
28 ‘ Some Allen 's West passengers who have hitherto caught the 16.29 from Middlesbrough tell me that they can not get to the station in time for its rescheduled departure at 16.21 .
29 ‘ When he serves like that you can not get to the ball , ’ said the Swede .
30 The midfield can not get to the by-line to cross the ball .
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