Example sentences of "they can [not/n't] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ca n't leave the business . |
| 2 | Newcastle may have their Messiah manager and their financial rescue package in place , but they could n't afford to turn on the floodlights in the fading light on Saturday and they ca n't ignore the darkness still descending at the foot of the Second Division table . |
| 3 | Chairperson at tonight 's meeting , Councillor Maureen Christian , says although they understand the needs of students , they ca n't ignore the views of local residents . |
| 4 | ‘ In my opinion they ca n't stage the 1995 World Cup . |
| 5 | He stormed : ‘ The FA should suspend him for a couple of years and if they ca n't ban the video then they should fine him every penny he makes out of it . |
| 6 | And if you if they ca n't absorb the information what 's the point in giving the signal in the first place ? |
| 7 | They ca n't manage the staircase |
| 8 | The rag I read mentioned Leeds might switch their attention to Alan Mclaren of Hearts if they ca n't lower the price being asked for 30-year-old Jobson . |
| 9 | ‘ Some are still so frightened that they ca n't answer the phone . ’ |
| 10 | What they do n't like is turning up at the House of Commons and having to do some work , because they ca n't stand the pressure . |
| 11 | Because they ca n't stand the smell of their feet . |
| 12 | I mean anyone who says they ca n't manage on what they get , er they ca n't feed the kids on what they get , probably go in the pubs five or si six nights a week , and smoke too much and but erm I mean these never go without a meal or anything like that . |
| 13 | Well if they take you on on the basis that you do n't have to work Sundays , they ca n't change the regulations when you 're working . |
| 14 | As the economic crisis has got worse , the attention the government has given to education has got less to the point where instead of opening schools they are closing some of them , because — so they say — they ca n't pay the teachers ' salaries . |
| 15 | Maybe they ca n't pay the the 'leccy bill and they 're in rent arrears and you know it 's Christmas and the kids want everything they see on the television . |
| 16 | But they ca n't match the savage surf at Waimea Bay . |
| 17 | ‘ We ca n't match them at that but they ca n't match the way we play . |
| 18 | Faldo , Mansell ; they ca n't match the winning record of this man . |
| 19 | Well , I think that the erm , the , as Frank has said , they , they have a strong college list for this year , the school business should be they ca n't repeat the maths programme success of last year although there is follow up business in other states . |
| 20 | But , if they ca n't break the star system , if it is impossible for a band of this stature to remain an ‘ ordinary existence ’ ( although it must be stated that New Order deliberately unglamourise their existence , wisely slowing down their schedules and viciously guarding their faceless media presence . |
| 21 | They ca n't do the same for ads costing £2 million . ’ |
| 22 | They say government cutbacks mean they ca n't do the job properly . |
| 23 | They ca n't meet the standards of manhood . |
| 24 | Keegan believes some players have suffered because they ca n't handle the massive crowds that have returned to St James 's Park since his arrival . |
| 25 | But they ca n't fix the rain . |
| 26 | They ca n't beat the auditors on effective replacement for regulation . |
| 27 | The police only enforce the law , they ca n't make the law work , the people who make the law work are the judiciary . |
| 28 | even though they might be part and parcel of the same organization , they are not the leaseholders so they ca n't make the arrangements , so if they want to make the arrangement they must have the lease assigned to them first , then we will come to terms with them over land and to under le under let . |
| 29 | Does , does the manufacturer , does the production and they ca n't make the part and we need part B for it . |
| 30 | Zambians in the Kafue National Park take fry from the tributaries of the Kafue River using Government-issued mosquito nets because they ca n't fish the main river for adult fish as the new Lake created by the hydro-electric dam did not have the standing trees removed before flooding . |