Example sentences of "which it can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I have already made clear before , every such particular has certain " essential " properties which it can not shed without ceasing to be what it is ; but although its having such properties is necessary to its identity , it is not quite sufficient to explain its existential uniqueness . |
| 2 | If , faute-de-mieux , it has to be accepted , notice should immediately be given to the company , making it clear that this is a notice which it can not disregard in relation to any lien it may claim , and an attempt should be made to obtain information about the amount , if any , then owed to the company . |
| 3 | Under other constitutional systems , one can detect a vague principle that a parliament can not do indirectly that which it can not do directly , but there is little authority for such a doctrine here . |
| 4 | In order to guarantee the Council 's legal responsibilities ; to preserve the public 's access to information ; and to preserve the clear channels of communication and a smooth exchange of information without which it can not do its business , local authorities need to give very close attention to who is responsible for the electronic information bases of the departments that are going through the process of white-collar CCT . |
| 5 | Sometimes the stream will develop to a position in which it can not move anywhere without violating one of the two rules ( no flow reversal and no joining itself ) . |
| 6 | There are some types of case which it can not sustain , and some which do not need it in order to remain at home ; but there is a group — those with relatively severe dementia , probably living alone , and unable to receive the care they need from elsewhere ( usually because they do not have able and willing involved relatives ) who appear unlikely to have remained at home had it not been for the involvement of the Home Support Project . |
| 7 | In essence the business of this unit is to provide what it sensibly can and to purchase that which it can not provide . |
| 8 | It sometimes happens that the Pump Wagon 's move means it has to traverse terrain which it can not cross . |
| 9 | NERC is in a situation in which it can not please every department , and it can only achieve a limited degree of acceptability by adopting the negative posture of being seen not to be unfair to particular departments ( hence spreading small numbers of grants as widely as possible ) . |
| 10 | A corporation has an artificial persona and consequently there are certain allegations in respect of which it can not sue . |
| 11 | If the weaker goat gets itself into a position from which it can not escape , it may be gored , and indeed may be killed . |
| 12 | The Labour party is utterly impaled on the horns of a dilemma from which it can not escape . |
| 13 | Not far up the road here is the town of Bagnères-de-Bigorre , a spa known to the Romans and envisaged by Napoleon I as the ‘ capital ’ of a Pyrenean confederation of health resorts — for a while it was given the title , which it can never have begun to merit , of ‘ the Athens of the Pyrenees ’ . |
| 14 | If LIFESPAN RDBI can not complete within the restricted time , it will stop at a sensible position from which it can subsequently restart . |
| 15 | The S-A-S , which is based at Hereford , is the only regiment in the British Army to receive the ’ Western Iraq ’ battle honour , which it can now display on its colours . |
| 16 | By criticizing the Conservative Party mid-term the right-wing press can build up a certain degree of credibility with its readers which it can then use to maximum effect by suspending criticism of the Conservative Party and increasing its attacks on Labour as the election approaches . |