Example sentences of "we can not just [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we can not just announce that this is the case , e.g. with our beliefs about our sensory states . |
| 2 | Their intention is to convince readers that genetics will have a powerful influence on their lives and that scientists can not be trusted to protect them : ‘ We can not just sit by as passive worshippers or victims ’ . |
| 3 | The consequence is that we can not just suppose that the text has been wrenched from its interdictal context and left unchanged , except for the addition of per omnia . |
| 4 | We can not assume that any part of the education system works as it is supposed to ; as Macdonald ( 1980a ) has pointed out , we can not just analyse the production of cultural messages ; we also have to analyse their reception . |
| 5 | One thing is certain : we can not just amble on and it is going to cost us dearly — £40 000 million according to the National Water Council and others . |
| 6 | When we need to forgive someone else we know we can not just forget it right away , but we can certainly say it is not on file against them any more . |
| 7 | We should look seriously at such ideas , because , unless we say that everybody should be in work at the same time , we can not just forget the pool of unemployed . |
| 8 | We can not just do nothing |
| 9 | We can not just do nothing , when it takes so little of our time to make our voice heard . |
| 10 | Of course , we can not just get out of the routines and struggles and problems we are already engaged in . |