Example sentences of "[subord] it can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has exceptionally long barbels and , when kept in confined spaces where it can not move these appendages freely , it will often take fright and dash around the aquarium , causing considerable damage not only to the tank decor , but to itself in extreme cases the fish has been known to leap from the tank . |
| 2 | It has exceptionally long barbels and , when kept in confined spaces where it can not move these appendages freely , it will often take fright and dash around the aquarium , causing considerable damage not only to the tank decor , but to itself . |
| 3 | Surprise ( in the sense studied in Baillargeon 's experiment — passive capture of visual attention ) is not an action so it can not tell us about central system function . |
| 4 | It can not be exactly the algorithm given above because the desired outputs d from the top layer are not known , so it can not calculate y * ( 1-y ) * ( d-y ) . |
| 5 | Third , subsidiarity applies only to those areas which ‘ do not fall within the Community 's exclusive competence ’ , so it can not apply to vast areas of law , such as all internal-market measures and probably most of the existing social provisions which apply to the work-place . |
| 6 | Should the ego fail to satisfy the id it becomes prey to neurotic anxiety arising out of the strength of its instinctual drives ; if it fails the superego it is subject to moral anxiety ; and if it can not meet the demands of the outside world it is likely to experience realistic anxiety . |
| 7 | But the role of the state is limited or conditional , since the dominant class will cease using it if it can not manage their interests . |
| 8 | But officials insist that Poland 's national telephone company , PTTP , will be protected only for a few more years and will then be left to go bankrupt if it can not compete against privately owned network operators . |
| 9 | for the animal in its mud burrow , valuable time will be lost if it can not prepare itself for foraging until after the tide has left the shore . |
| 10 | The hungry or thirsty horse becomes anxious if it can not satisfy these needs , and as a consequence drives itself harder to find food or water . |
| 11 | Soil mixtures provide the means for some types of adhesion : an inorganic soil may form a matrix with another or it may form a discreet layer to which another soil might adhere if it can not adhere to the base substrate . |
| 12 | If it can not see the source of the danger , it can not turn to face it and lash out in defence — there is nothing there at which to lash out . |
| 13 | The spread of literacy and of universal education may be more crucial in precipitating fertility decline , even if it can not occur without the development of a more market oriented economy , less based upon family and subsistence production , and a perception of real income growth . |
| 14 | A dog will not be deprived if it can not use a chair . |
| 15 | The most dangerous clause in the draft is on self-provision for museums , under which any museum can be closed by the authorities if it can not finance itself . |
| 16 | Crematogaster has become utterly dependent on its host plant — it dies if it can not find a tree of the correct type — but the relationship is by no means one-sided . |
| 17 | I do not agree that Hampshire presented the case fairly , and I keep trying to obtain undertakings from Hampshire county council that , even if it can not support Government policy , it might at least present a more detached account of the case to parents when grant-maintained options are on the table . |
| 18 | I would suggest to you that this must be an extraordinarily sens environmentally sensitive county if it can not afford over fifteen years , to take an extra point one nine percent of its unconstrained land into development . |
| 19 | In this context an assignment may be considered " terminated " , because it can not affect or be affected by the other process , and is free to terminate at any time . |
| 20 | Choice is hated by the Labour party because it can not control what parents and children want if choice is offered . |
| 21 | Because it can not cope with so many messages , its only recourse is to sabotage the airwaves themselves . |
| 22 | This sections is present to identify those environments with which the process might deadlock ( i.e. stop because it can not agree any communication with the environment ) . |
| 23 | The Department of Industry ( DoI ) backs their call because it can not afford to subsidise the new cable network . |
| 24 | ONE of the biggest private users of the rail network is to go into liquidation because it can not afford British Rail 's rates . |
| 25 | In such a case the firm may have to distribute through a middleman because it can not afford to employ a field sales force . |
| 26 | This , however , is not an adequate explanation because it can not account for the kind of statement made by the apprentice of his appreciation of the grandeur of work that was quoted by Willis ( 1976 ) and repeated earlier in this paper . |
| 27 | He knows that the country now recognises that his party has been , is and always will be a party of high taxation , because it can not resist spending other people 's money . |
| 28 | One of the major problems is that the dog feels insecure in the water because it can not maintain its grip properly on the base of the bath . |
| 29 | Since then the garage has been obliged to leave some of its cars on the lines because it can not display them any other way . |
| 30 | The British Historic Buildings Trust is unable to pay architects , builders and financial backers because it can not raise money from most of the 33 houses it repaired in Hanover Square , Manningham , Bradford , West Yorks . |