Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roger From the Practice could n't tell emphysema from the common cold . |
| 2 | You could n't distinguish German from ice . |
| 3 | She could n't accept help from him . |
| 4 | She could n't see Miguelito from here , but she had seen enough . |
| 5 | ‘ Richardson would n't know cocaine from soap powder . ’ |
| 6 | You ca n't isolate stress from the general management context . ’ |
| 7 | It ca n't draw power from the serial port , however . |
| 8 | Xircom does n't do any kind of battery pack and the adaptors ca n't draw power from the port itself — so you 're stuffed . |
| 9 | I ca n't separate sex from old-fashioned feelings like love and affection . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Because if she ca n't make money from the senator 's charter , ’ he went on , ‘ I was thinking of offering her a job or two on my own behalf . |
| 11 | And you ca n't stop science from helping us to make a better job of things . |
| 12 | We ca n't expect help from her . ’ |
| 13 | Artists who had been turned down ca n't expect assistance from a record company which already has a number of signed acts needing help and attention . |
| 14 | They ca n't claim compensation from the government for that . |
| 15 | Reportedly it ca n't get performance from 16-bit Windows applications running on NT , and admits there 's no real point in trying to do it . |
| 16 | If it 's impossible to placate them or reason with them , if they insist on making your life a misery , if you ca n't get help from friends or a higher authority , then you must turn the tables on them — and fast . |
| 17 | The daughter who lives round the corner that gives most of the support [ PC ] is heading for a breakdown herself , she 's under considerable stress about Mum , but ca n't get cooperation from her brother and sister as to what should happen regarding the mother 's future … |
| 18 | ‘ You ca n't find inspiration from a popstar lifestyle or by being part of the establishment . |
| 19 | They say they wo n't buy mahogany from loggers convicted of malpractice , but insisted an immediate stop on the trade would cost jobs . |