Example sentences of "[coord] can [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That , however , is very different from arguing that the introduction of PR or the demands of Charter 88 will at the very best , provide anything but the most marginal relief to those who are unemployed , without a home or ca n't pay the poll tax . |
| 2 | The campaign works indirectly by rumour to frighten people , and whatever they can or ca n't prove the threat is carried by word of mouth and claimants run for cover . |
| 3 | — With Mr. Gould all this is very different — he has sufficient to live on , whether his subscribers pay or not , & can well afford the innumerable little expenses of printing — but for poor I — I have just nine and twenty times resolved to give up Parrots & all — & should certainly have done so — had not my good genius with vast reluctance just 9 & 20 times set me a going again . ’ |
| 4 | Those who lose or can not meet the urge become ‘ defeated ’ , become dependent , destructive , or , if not apathetic , at least dismissive . |
| 5 | Contractors are either not interested because the job is too small or can not undertake the work for weeks . |
| 6 | Under the general safety requirement , retailers are criminally liable if they knowingly expose an unsafe product for sale , whereas in civil law , under the product liability regime , retailers are liable to third party victims only if they present themselves as the producer or can not identify the person who supplied them with the product . |
| 7 | Provided that the person putting the terms forward has taken reasonable steps to bring the terms to the attention of persons in general , it is irrelevant that those steps were insufficient to bring the terms to the attention of the particular contracting partner , for instance because he/she is illiterate , blind or can not speak the language in which the terms are printed ( Thompson v London Midland and Scottish Railway Co [ 1930 ] 1 KB 41 ) . |
| 8 | The real picture is even worse , since 10% of contracted sales fall through , as buyers pull out because they are nervous or can not get the finance . |
| 9 | The intellectual stance that is taken by a friend on various issues of life should be understood because meaningful friendship is difficult between people who do not know , do not care about or can not comprehend the other 's thoughts or philosophy of life . |
| 10 | If the pregnancy has to be gone through and does continue and the mother does not want to or can not keep the child there is the option of adoption . |
| 11 | Additional home support can be provided for a further 10 clients who do not wish to or can not attend the day centre . |
| 12 | In 1703 Bishop Nicholson records a Churchwarden 's remark characteristic of the sturdy independence of Dalesmen , ‘ Except the Vicar and the Schoolmaster , we have not a Gentleman among us , nor can any remember the time we had a Beggar . ’ |
| 13 | I know well it 's not your do n't wan na open the door and ca n't open the door properly cos the bed 's there , one step and you 're on the bed . |
| 14 | ‘ I know that does n't and ca n't excuse the way I came here and attempted to pass myself off as Cara , but I 've otherwise tried to keep to the truth , as far as possible . ’ |
| 15 | you are abroad and ca n't speak the language |
| 16 | I do not have a handicap because I am not a member of a club , will never be able to afford to join one and ca n't afford the high green fees around London to play regularly enough to improve my game . |
| 17 | If you 're not the patient but are visiting someone in hospital and ca n't afford the fares , ask your Social Security office if you can get help . |
| 18 | Fiona Chambers , head of the parent/school partnership , said : ‘ We 're not a rich school and ca n't afford the continuous cost of vandalism and theft . |
| 19 | This is because quite a lot of them are English and ca n't see the difference between Knoydart and Chipping Sudbury . |
| 20 | As most of the older women wear saris , they consider fashionable clothes to be unnecessary and irrelevant , and ca n't understand the desires of someone like me , who wants to dress in a fashionable manner in the Western world . |
| 21 | If I give a hitcher a lift I expect social interaction and ca n't abide the ones that use me like a bus service , mute to the point of rudeness . |
| 22 | Many of these anxieties arise because women do not understand and can not control the physical changes which they experience at this time . |
| 23 | The socialist , the feminist , or the worker who picks up a cheap print of the Memorial Sheet to Karl Liebknecht ( 1919 ) , is not prioritising the formal elements which attracted Max Lehrs as writing , ‘ It would be very regrettable if ( Kollowitz ‘ etchings ) found approval from the public merely because of their social content … = Art should not and can not serve the changing goals of parties . ’ |
| 24 | The fact is we remain an island power and can not ignore the sea however close we may be to the Continent . |
| 25 | MISSING three of their better players , Chelmsford were over-run by Rochford and can not ignore the possibility of being relegated from the London Division Three North East . |
| 26 | Such an attitude can not be morally valuable and can not validate the consent . |
| 27 | He said , ‘ I have learned that hatred and bitterness are destroyers , and can not build the future . |
| 28 | The painting , which was classified an historic monument in 1988 and can not leave the country , had an estimate of FFr50–80 million . |
| 29 | At a meeting of the Party 's Central Committee yesterday , a Politburo member , Leszek Miller , said that a nationwide plebiscite also showed that more than half of the Party 's two million members agreed that ‘ the present form of the party is outdated and can not face the new conditions ’ . |
| 30 | The House will have noted that the right hon. Gentleman can not understand the facts and can not handle the questions . |