Example sentences of "can not [vb infin] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To borrow the economic analogy , competition is meaningless , or at any rate can not create consumer sovereignty , unless there is some product differentiation . |
| 2 | The Ombudsman can not rescind planning permission but can insist that the council gives an apology , and possibly a small amount of compensation . |
| 3 | Computer system users can not control risk management decisions , but suffer big losses when inadequate protection fails to avert catastrophe . |
| 4 | You must decide at the start whether to go to court or use arbitration ; if you use arbitration you can not start court action afterwards . |
| 5 | You must decide at the start whether to go to court or use arbitration ; if you use arbitration you can not start court action afterwards . |
| 6 | Davies makes the important point that , superior as the unified digital environments for multimedia may be , right now they simply can not deliver television quality video in a form you can easily buy . |
| 7 | Communism is harsh and oppressive but can not stop Christianity thinking . |
| 8 | The Euro Parliament can not make community law , it can only recommend . |
| 9 | And tenders and deadlines can be particularly sensitive to that , but you can not offer transit liability . |
| 10 | They have been told by the local authority that they can not grow oilseed rape because the smell might upset Disney guests . |
| 11 | Generally they are border plants of the usual herbaceous nature , which although needing plenty of moisture to grow prolifically , can not tolerate standing water . |
| 12 | The cost of any scheme would be very large and I should make clear now that the Government can not contemplate funding expenditure on this scale from public funds . |
| 13 | The Germans and the French consider it impossible to have a central bank in the EC without binding rules , sanctions and other instruments for imposing economic policy , since ‘ even an independent central bank can not ensure price stability alone , as monetary policy does not operate in a vacuum , but rather has close links with other fields ’ . |
| 14 | The Commission 's Director General Michael Dower said ‘ The countryside simply can not accommodate traffic growth of this order . |
| 15 | As Buxbaum suggests , ‘ [ s ] ince takeovers appear to have no systematic impact on weak management or suboptimal resource use … takeover threats can not affect management behaviour except in an inconsistent manner . |
| 16 | On Jan. 16 the German Economy Minister Jürgen Möllemann accused Germany 's EC partners of undermining prospects for an agreement on world trade adding that " we can not preach market economy and close our own markets at the same time " . |
| 17 | My Senor is not certain to get the trip , and Landed Gentry can not beat Elite Reg on Warwick form . |
| 18 | Er , the present situation is that there 's complex erm , arrangements for the exercise of votes , basically unanimity is required and in those circumstances we as a shareholder can not exercise material influence which is a necessary pre-condition for equity accounting . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | A dissenting member can not claim material breach of the constitutive treaty by the organisation , since the organisation is not a party to the treaty , although it can make such a claim against other member States . |
| 21 | Any county council that can not find elbow room within a £600 million-plus budget to look after its old people 's homes should stand aside and let some of my colleagues take over . |
| 22 | Freshers applying after 1st September will receive assistance in finding suitable accommodation : we regret that we can not guarantee University accommodation in such cases . |
| 23 | Other other than that you can not guarantee planning permission . |
| 24 | We simply can not allow immigration control to become optional . |
| 25 | We simply can not allow immigration control to become optional . |
| 26 | You can not receive community charge benefit if you have over £16,000 savings . |
| 27 | Indeed , some argue that young children can not have traffic sense precisely because they are children . |
| 28 | Nor will it come from exports , which are now falling because the pound is so overvalued that we can not have export success at its present level of valuation . |
| 29 | Because of its reputation , the traders can not get insurance cover and they do n't report all the crimes . ’ |
| 30 | She can not get parish relief without relinquishing her baby , so she is half-way to losing it already . |