Example sentences of "can not give a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er again that 's a very specific question to which I ca n't give a specific answer . |
| 2 | The Chancellor said on BBC television : ‘ I ca n't give a firm promise that this is the turning point , that they wo n't go up any higher . |
| 3 | We ca n't give a precise answer to the number of generations that would be necessary . |
| 4 | Unless the registrar is instructed to the contrary , a transfer to the wife and new husband will result in the registration of a restriction to the effect that no disposition by a sole proprietor of the land ( not being a trust corporation ) under which capital money arises is to be registered except under an order of the Registrar or of the Court ( ie the survivor of the wife and new husband can not give a good receipt for capital monies ) ( Land Registration Act 1925 , s58(3) and Land Registration Rules 1925 ( SR & O 1925 No 1093 , r213 as amended by Land Registration Rules 1989 , SI No 801 ) ) . |
| 5 | This is one subject on which we can not give a firm recommendation . |
| 6 | It is clear that one can not give a general rule . |
| 7 | If a student asks a question to which the tutor can not give a satisfactory answer on the spur of the moment , he/she should make no attempt to bluff but frankly admit ignorance , and , possibly with the help of the class , set to work to find out the answer , or else undertake to find the answer for the next class . |
| 8 | We can not give a detailed proof of this important result here since it depends so crucially on the details of the denotational semantics , which have not been described in this paper . |
| 9 | I can not give a reliable date as to when the Metropolitan police report in the case of the first matters will be available , but I have no reason to suppose that it is not being prosecuted with all celerity by the dedicated team that the Commissioner has made available . |
| 10 | The Court of Appeal have however concluded that the notice was ineffective and that the landlord can not give a valid notice until the land is required ‘ for the purposes of the widening of Walworth Road ’ in conformity with clause 6 of the agreement . |
| 11 | The form includes a declaration to be completed according to whether a survivor of the buyers can or can not give a valid receipt for purchase monies . |
| 12 | I can not give a precise date , but that is the intention . |