Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Wages are seen as flexible upwards but ‘ sticky ’ downwards , so that rises in can not decrease the real wage rate but falls in can increase it ( illustrated in Fig. 10–5 as ) .
2 But given the copious evidence that chimps simply can not get their lips and tongues around enough sounds , their cross-modal associations pose no threat to Geschwind 's theory .
3 If I understand it correctly , the inset for Skelton is made not because of any question of Policy E Ten , but to recognize the existence of a substantial built-up area , which in the County Council 's opinion er does not can not perform a greenbelt function .
4 The interest which this kind of discovery sparks off can often lead to some finer comparison : ‘ Is it exactly the same ?
5 What comes in can easily go out .
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