Example sentences of "it can [not/n't] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It ca n't erase the injustices in the world . |
| 2 | The Diconix produces good results with minimal fuss , but it ca n't match the quality of the DeskJet Portable . |
| 3 | But despite much grooming it ca n't dislodge the mite , which will move only when it 's ready ( generally in a day or so ) to transfer to another host . |
| 4 | It ca n't hold the knitting back ( or down ) . |
| 5 | ‘ It ca n't hurt the Oak now if I stand on it to get in , can it ? |
| 6 | It ca n't reverse the effects of processing — hair is made of dead cells and ca n't ‘ heal ’ — but conditioner can temporarily fill in cracks in the hair shaft , smooth cuticles and coat hair with a moisturising film . |
| 7 | Inspiring pyrotechnics may trick the trippies , but it ca n't hide the essentially old hat rock opera theatrics permeating every synth-splattered extravaganza . |
| 8 | Where are problems with running Windows under CGA anyway : it ca n't accommodate the size of specific dialogue boxes , such as the About dialogue box from the Help menu , and the Desktop dialogue box from the Control Panel . |
| 9 | Gossips down in Houston insist that Compaq Computer Corp will announce its withdrawal from the Advanced Computing Environment initiative within a couple of weeks because its business is making very high volume personal computers , and it ca n't see the MIPS Computer Systems Inc RISC-based machines ever reaching those kinds of volumes ; no-one was available to comment at Compaq but its strategy has been shifting over the past year — the investment in Silicon Graphics Inc has been sold , and founder and president Rod Canion was ousted from the company after differences over strategy . |
| 10 | Northern Telecom Ltd — itself a large Microsoft user — says it has a prior claim to the initials and has told Microsoft it ca n't use the term . |
| 11 | Either it ca n't find the address or they 're checking the place out . |
| 12 | And take it down : Hotel is told it ca n't fly the flag . |
| 13 | The main disadvantage of plastic as a guttering material is that it ca n't take the weight of a ladder ; but it is risky leaning a ladder even against cast iron so if you need to support the top of the ladder away from a house wall , it is much better to use a ladder stand-off . |
| 14 | Hypnotherapy can be a valuable aid to slimming , but it ca n't provide the answer . |
| 15 | West Oxfordshire district council says it ca n't house the women . |
| 16 | Fourth , it ca n't run the Windows Install or the Microsoft applets unless you already have Windows ( which already comes bundled on most machines ) . |
| 17 | Fourth , it ca n't run the Windows Install or the Microsoft applets unless you already have Windows ( which already comes bundled on most machines ) . |
| 18 | Stroud District Council says it ca n't allow the face to stay because it might tempt other people to paint their dishes . |
| 19 | Therefore , in order to maintain control it can not specify the production function and so on explicitly as a constraint . |
| 20 | It can not avoid the informing presence of existing empirical studies and existing theoretical and quasi-theoretical positions . |
| 21 | No dose of a highly potentized remedy can be too small that it can not be stronger than the natural disease , that it can not at least partially overcome it and that it can not start the process of cure . |
| 22 | It can not offer the territorial guarantees or military equipment that provide ‘ hard security ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ If a creditor has actual or constructive notice , at the time of the execution of the charge or guarantee in question , that the guarantee or charge on which it relies has been procured by the exercise of undue influence , it can not enforce the transaction ; an equity is raised against the creditor irrespective of any question of agency … |
| 24 | ‘ If a creditor has actual or constructive notice , at the time of the execution of the charge or guarantee in question , that the guarantee or charge on which it relies has been procured by the exercise of undue influence , it can not enforce the transaction ; an equity is raised against the creditor irrespective of any question of agency . |
| 25 | It can not resolve the problem one way or another because the nature of the problem is itself ill defined . |
| 26 | As no one group is self-sufficient it can not meet the needs of its members . |
| 27 | It can not meet the guarantee . |
| 28 | Should the ego fail to satisfy the id it becomes prey to neurotic anxiety arising out of the strength of its instinctual drives ; if it fails the superego it is subject to moral anxiety ; and if it can not meet the demands of the outside world it is likely to experience realistic anxiety . |
| 29 | Whilst it can plausibly introduce a hybrid reform with de-centralising features , it can not dismantle the machine it has created without repudiating itself . |
| 30 | It can not show the change for individual classes of intermediary . |