Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] can [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , it has been held that the Prison rules are merely ‘ regulatory ’ and that breach of them can not give rise to a cause of action for damages although it may found an application for judicial review . |
| 2 | We have all had these emotions but when they reach such a pitch that our suppression of them can not cope , we explode , turning against whoever or whatever is in our way in an attempt to destroy it . |
| 3 | ‘ A lot of them can not come to us , because we are near the projects . |
| 4 | The rejoinder must be : although we may generally have neither the time nor the inclination to look at literary language under the microscope in this way , the fact that it can be done is important , and the doing of it can not fail to sharpen observation , by making us aware of how larger effects are built up from smaller ones . |
| 5 | Although there is enough food there to feed 800,000 starving people for one month , most of it can not get through because of looters and bandits . |
| 6 | If the rest of us can not beat the gangsters , we may well be tempted to join them . |
| 7 | In the end you have to become part of the establishment , Gareth , but never let them remove or circumscribe your right of free speech ; you use it too well and the rest of us can not do without it . |
| 8 | And yet the truth is , we accept persons such as Mr Marshall or Mr Lane to be great , though most of us can not claim to have ever scrutinized them under such conditions . |
| 9 | Then cut it up , I do n't know you can not loo go through you can not go through those ! |
| 10 | But parents like me can not afford to ignore them , even to permit Dr Oliver to find a totally ideologically sound approach to alleviating disability . |
| 11 | It 's , really th as I say , the design is all down to the size but it it 's because of the snow fall that could go in , that can li th obviously because it 's sloped like it can nae lie on it but |
| 12 | To begin with you can not see the animal at all , but after you have first noticed it , it becomes obvious . |
| 13 | Those who can not allow themselves to experience the pain and the guilt that goes with it can not move through to acceptance and therefore some more creative response . |
| 14 | Many great rivers — the Ganges and the Indus , the Amazon and the Yangtze — are so muddy that the animals swimming in them can not see more than a few inches ahead . |
| 15 | Without an account of where we come from we can not know who we are . |
| 16 | Finally , Wittgenstein makes the point that if the language is ever to be used for communication , the terms in it can not get their meanings from objects private to one user of the language . |
| 17 | The small business man with two men and a dog working for him can not afford the call-bar facilities that are in the House . |
| 18 | First-time buyers ' purchases have halved since the last general election — which means that the existing owners who would have sold to them can not move either . |
| 19 | ‘ What you did to them can not have done much to put right what their own families had already done . ’ |
| 20 | What they belong to I can not say . |
| 21 | If he is trespassing , or seeking to detain and question a person when he has no authority to do so , or challenging another to a fight , his conduct will be outside the scope of his duty , and any assault on him can not come within the terms of section 51(1) . |
| 22 | Such as he can not comprehend that which prompts others to give their heart free rein ! |
| 23 | He would not need above four days ' leave from them and since Oreste is now or will be by then nearly three which is the age Pen first travelled at I can not see any reason why he need inconvenience the party . |
| 24 | So , even if those around you can not change the situation which is causing your grief , they can give you the warmth , love and compassion you so badly need . |