Example sentences of "[adj] can not [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this can not fully explain the slowdown . |
| 2 | Because the French can not always buy what |
| 3 | Outside the light cone are events at space-like separations from P 1 , and these can not ever communicate with P 1 . |
| 4 | Many estate agents have no expertise in property surveying and many can not even sell houses , yet they will carry out the banding which will place properties into distinct bands . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Animals this heavy can not safely leap from tree to tree as smaller animals can . |
| 7 | Some , like this , are provincial , but there is a beautiful head from Athens ( where there is also a parallel in vase-painting , below p. 79 ) , and one can not really apply the word to the masterpiece in this manner , the ‘ Ludovisi Throne ’ ( fig. 83 ) , though one can fairly say that it is outside the main stream . |
| 8 | Despite the safeguards in the Police and Crime Evidence Act 1984 in England , one can not complacently assume that all is well or at least that the service given by police surgeons could not be improved . |
| 9 | But even that can not properly equip the PLA for its modern role . |