Example sentences of "[pron] it can [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I have already made clear before , every such particular has certain " essential " properties which it can not shed without ceasing to be what it is ; but although its having such properties is necessary to its identity , it is not quite sufficient to explain its existential uniqueness . |
| 2 | If , faute-de-mieux , it has to be accepted , notice should immediately be given to the company , making it clear that this is a notice which it can not disregard in relation to any lien it may claim , and an attempt should be made to obtain information about the amount , if any , then owed to the company . |
| 3 | Under other constitutional systems , one can detect a vague principle that a parliament can not do indirectly that which it can not do directly , but there is little authority for such a doctrine here . |
| 4 | In order to guarantee the Council 's legal responsibilities ; to preserve the public 's access to information ; and to preserve the clear channels of communication and a smooth exchange of information without which it can not do its business , local authorities need to give very close attention to who is responsible for the electronic information bases of the departments that are going through the process of white-collar CCT . |
| 5 | Sometimes the stream will develop to a position in which it can not move anywhere without violating one of the two rules ( no flow reversal and no joining itself ) . |
| 6 | There are some types of case which it can not sustain , and some which do not need it in order to remain at home ; but there is a group — those with relatively severe dementia , probably living alone , and unable to receive the care they need from elsewhere ( usually because they do not have able and willing involved relatives ) who appear unlikely to have remained at home had it not been for the involvement of the Home Support Project . |
| 7 | In essence the business of this unit is to provide what it sensibly can and to purchase that which it can not provide . |
| 8 | It sometimes happens that the Pump Wagon 's move means it has to traverse terrain which it can not cross . |
| 9 | NERC is in a situation in which it can not please every department , and it can only achieve a limited degree of acceptability by adopting the negative posture of being seen not to be unfair to particular departments ( hence spreading small numbers of grants as widely as possible ) . |
| 10 | A corporation has an artificial persona and consequently there are certain allegations in respect of which it can not sue . |
| 11 | If the weaker goat gets itself into a position from which it can not escape , it may be gored , and indeed may be killed . |
| 12 | The Labour party is utterly impaled on the horns of a dilemma from which it can not escape . |
| 13 | Doubting can help to rule out possible faiths that will not do , but by itself it can not establish the faith that will . |
| 14 | Then the hunter does not waste its time on something it can not eat , and the hunted saves its secretions . |
| 15 | A semblance of opposition helps Kenya 's case with the foreign donors without whom it can not prosper . |
| 16 | Following the question by the right hon. Member for Tweeddale , Ettrick and Lauderdale ( Sir D. Steel ) , is there not essentially a double standard when one delegation can bring whomsoever it likes to the talks , whether those people were born in the Soviet Union or the United States , and another delegation is told whom it can and whom it can not bring ? |
| 17 | Manpower , which operates a system of layoffs for staff to whom it can not offer an assignment , estimated that between five and ten per cent of its workforce might be laid off at any one time . |
| 18 | That is to say , what it can not handle is … mere confusion , chaos . |
| 19 | ‘ Can it rule what it can not control ? ’ |
| 20 | In brief , topic neutrality was invoked to explain why , within the materialist scheme , consciousness of our mental states is not sufficient for knowledge of them as brain states : what it can not do is explain why knowledge of brain states is not sufficient for knowledge of their nature as conscious states . |
| 21 | One of the important jobs of a Leader of the House is to report to the Cabinet and tell it what it can not do . |
| 22 | Art must select to make its patterns , and must ignore what it can not use ; and it can use a great deal . |