Example sentences of "[prep] it can [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |