Example sentences of "we can [not/n't] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we ca n't make the gospel of Jesus relevant to today , how can we lead other people to faith ? |
| 2 | It is more passive in the sense that we ca n't interact with a text , we ca n't affect the development of the text by our own words , since the text 's words are already given . |
| 3 | Jonathan Rickford , British Telecom 's director of government relations , said in a telephone briefing from Washington , ‘ There has to be a little give and take … there 's no reason we ca n't resolve the whole thing . ’ |
| 4 | But we ca n't start the serious business until the brandy arrives . |
| 5 | We ca n't reverse the process , but we might be able to check it . |
| 6 | If we stay there all night we ca n't miss the next train , can we ? ’ |
| 7 | But I truly think we ca n't miss the chance of getting there . ’ |
| 8 | We ca n't be credible in that great human crusade if we ca n't face the real challenge of getting rid of British nuclear weapons . ’ |
| 9 | WE CA N'T CHANGE THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD , BUT WHAT RED NOSE DAY GIVES EVERYONE AT COMIC RELIEF AND ALL ITS SUPPORTERS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE MONEY THEY NEED TO RADICALLY CHANGE THEIR LIVES . |
| 10 | Compaq area sales manager Bernard Schaffer commented ‘ We have some flexibility , but we ca n't change the world , ’ adding ‘ the government is definitely under pressure , but the rules will hurt everybody in the market and finally they will hurt Slovakia . ’ |
| 11 | we ca n't change the horses . |
| 12 | We ca n't change the past , but we can all do our best to make the future perfect . ’ |
| 13 | It 's as if we ca n't leave the babies alone . |
| 14 | ‘ But we ca n't leave the planet , because they have n't caught the dangerous thief yet . ’ |
| 15 | We ca n't leave the responsibility of saving diversity in our apples — or any other food — up to the random selections of amateur gardeners . |
| 16 | ‘ We ca n't leave the car blocking this lane , can we ? ’ |
| 17 | No we ca n't go the Friday morning |
| 18 | ‘ We ca n't ignore the fact that there has been an overproduction of titles , and this is a lesson everyone is having to take on board , ’ she said . |
| 19 | We ca n't ignore the next year ahead . |
| 20 | Too easily it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy : ‘ We ca n't expect the majority of students to do very well — so do n't blame us for the failures . ’ |
| 21 | We ca n't stop the change , I 'd rather become part of it . |
| 22 | ‘ But we ca n't stop the car . ’ |
| 23 | Sometimes we hear terrible news and instead of tears we ca n't stop the laughter . |
| 24 | ‘ If we ca n't stop the train , there will be a real accident and people will be killed . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We 've got no food and we ca n't stop the humans and we 're trapped in the quarry and I 've tried to keep everyone together and now it 's all gone wrong ! ’ |
| 26 | We ca n't stand the people that buy them . |
| 27 | The next day I went to the State Bank , and there I was told , ‘ That 's fine , only we ca n't give the money to the person here . |
| 28 | Strictly on form we ca n't beat The Fellow , But Jodami can improve on that . |
| 29 | We ca n't control the climate but we can control the air pollution . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sorry , Mr Morgan , but we ca n't move the body yet . |