Example sentences of "[Wh pn] can not [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the net is cast very wide , as to who can not sit on the |
| 2 | ‘ We are dealing daily with people who can not cope with their financial problems , ’ said Christine Snowball , a CAB debt adviser . |
| 3 | Sufferers who can not register with a local dentist will be referred to the Family Health Services Authority — which is responsible for dental treatment . |
| 4 | ‘ The fact that he ( Dr Vaughan ) considers such disclosure of information unethical without the consent of the patient is surely irrelevant when the patient is a newborn baby who can not protest for himself his desire to live . |
| 5 | The butterfly spread can be reversed ( Fig. 7.1 0(b) ) to cater for the investor who can not decide on the balance of his or her expectations . |
| 6 | ‘ Counterfeiting is a form of theft which hits customers who end up with sub-standard goods , honest traders who can not compete with rivals who market cut-price alternatives and manufacturers of the genuine articles . ’ |
| 7 | MARK PLAATJES , the London Marathon favourite , who can not compete in Barcelona this summer because he is considered stateless , says he intends to make Sunday 's race his Olympics , writes Ken Mays . |
| 8 | For those smaller plant bakery companies who can not compete in these volume stakes the choice is quite clear . |
| 9 | The transmission of religious services , in addition to being a blessing to those who can not go to church and a substitute for those who choose not to , offers considerable potential for evangelism through worship . |
| 10 | The problem is especially great with the over 16 's who do not know English and who can not go to school . |
| 11 | However insignificant in myself I am the Representative on this question of no mean body in this country who would be … disappointed and chagrined at the suspension of the question — But further — and this is a consideration far more really influential on my Conduct — I can not but feel myself the Representative of a Body who can not speak for themselves and for whom I must act without other guide than my own Conscience . |
| 12 | Scorn will heaped on the book by people who can not think of the countryside as anything other than a marketable resource , or those who think they are being environmentally perceptive because they call a gate a peripherial access point and a path a mountain access route . |
| 13 | I mean is there anybody here , who honestly ca n't think of anybody who they know , I mean , perhaps if I try and rephrase that , is there anybody here who can not think of somebody who 's suffered an illness that fits into that critical illness er , category . |
| 14 | During the 1970s the provision of rural housing for those who can not partake in the market sector has been pitiful . |
| 15 | It was used aggressively as a selling aid for Gleem toothpaste — ‘ For Those Who Can not Brush After Every Meal ’ ( who can ? ) . |
| 16 | Government 's duties are clear : to protect Britain in a dangerous world ; to look after those who can not look after themselves ; to protect law-abiding people from crime and disorder ; and to protect the value of our currency — without which all spending pledges are worthless and all savings at risk . |
| 17 | The new pill has already been used to regulate the daily rhythms of blind people who can not respond to the light and dark cues of day and night . |
| 18 | In practical terms imitation is important both in teaching movements to others , and in assessing the motor abilities of brain damaged patients who can not respond to verbal instructions , but who can imitate movements . |
| 19 | This is an inherently vague and flexible concept and its uncertainty causes difficulties for the drafter , who can not say with absolute certainty that any particular clause will be effective . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , those who respect the ballot box but who can not agree on any form of self-government could learn from the Israeli-Palestinian settlement . |
| 21 | It is not difficult to think of other examples — the man who takes up golf to be seen with the ‘ right sort of people ’ the competitor more interested in the prize than the process of winning it ; the senior common-room member who can not converse without showing off . |
| 22 | The different access that people from different social class origins have to resources in retirement is a major determinant of who can and who can not provide for themselves in old age . |
| 23 | Ron , of Gnosall , Staffs , who can not work as a gardener because of a back injury , will now get £81.88 a week . |
| 24 | The sale of council houses , as Malpass and Murie argue , ‘ reduces the housing opportunities of those who must rent — of those who can not buy on grounds of means , age and eligibility for borrowing — and who rely on becoming council tenants and on transfers and exchanges to satisfy their housing need . ’ |
| 25 | For example , as educational research has found , the child who can not read at eight is unlikely ever to learn , and that eight is the latest age at which a child can function in school as an illiterate . |
| 26 | She was not one of those who can not lie with wide-open eyes and angelic faces when needful . |
| 27 | Access is also discussed in relation to those who can not get to the library — the housebound and the institution-bound , those who have limited mobility , and those whose behaviour is ‘ unorthodox ’ in some way . |
| 28 | Carlton Palmer , who can not get into the Sheffield Wednesday side , came on , with Ince switching to right back . |
| 29 | This workload increased the strain and pressure on nursing staff , on the hospital 's budgets and resources , and on other patients who can not get into hospital because beds are full because of abuse of alcohol , Dr Little said |
| 30 | How the wind affects the ocean and modifies the heat exchanged with the atmosphere is not well understood , but is of paramount importance to weather forecasters who can not wait for ERS-1 to begin operations . |