Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again Lord Sands stated in the MacFarlane case at p540 : The contention of the Appellant involves that he is liable to Income Tax in respect of income which he does not handle and can not under any arrangement handle , which is not expended under any authority conferred by him , and over the expenditure of which he has no control . |
| 2 | Sir , — I can not for one moment imagine that Ian McGeechan will ‘ feel hugely satisfied because his backs are beginning to fulfil some of the potential that they have shown for years ’ ( David Sole , 8 March ) after the disappointment of the 26-12 humiliation by England last Saturday . |
| 3 | It is no defence for the officer to say he does not know and can not with reasonable diligence find out who the driver was . |
| 4 | Therefore it can not at any stage , whether as embryo or fetus , be regarded as part of its mother 's body . |
| 5 | Surely Baldwin , whatever his desire earlier in the imbroglio , can not at this stage have wished to go back to the Cabinet on the following morning and announce that a wayward King , who had already compromised his position with most opinion both at home and in the Dominions , had suddenly changed his mind , at least temporarily , and , having attracted the maximum publicity to his preference for Mrs Simpson over the Throne , was now prepared to ditch her and try to pick up again the pieces of kingship . |
| 6 | And apologists for Labour 's refusal to organise in Northern Ireland can not in all conscience describe themselves as democrats . |
| 7 | But we can not in this case take the flow of newly issued bills , or even the net flow ( new issues minus redemptions ) as the supply and learn anything useful from it about the operation of the market . |
| 8 | Now it might be argued that the resultant sense of dog here is caused by contextual modulation of the general sense : dog can not in this context refer to females if logical consistency is to be preserved , which leaves only males as possible referents . |
| 9 | In fact , it is quite hard to think of a dream-image which can not in some way be ingeniously linked to an aspect of the dreamer 's sex-life , lack of it , or attitudes towards it . |
| 10 | As it is , the company can not in any case be accounted for as a wholly contractual phenomenon . |
| 11 | If it does not , it can not in any event lie against a visitor on that basis . |
| 12 | They are not a substitute , they can not in any sense make decisions for you , nor can they guarantee your performance . |
| 13 | Choreographers can not in any way change the ways in which their dancers move . |
| 14 | Dittmar 's remarks can not in any way be attributed to sour grapes . |
| 15 | These words can not in any way be regarded as precatory of the trustee . |
| 16 | By its very nature , faith rests and must rest in a ‘ storm-free territory ’ which mere historical consideration and reconsideration can not in any way disturb . |
| 17 | However , the astonishing consistency of Formalist theory can not in any way be attributed to the pressure of orthodoxy within the group . |
| 18 | ‘ Such action can not in any way help the fishermen 's cause . ’ |
| 19 | she can not after that date , and because of her pregnancy , continue to do that work without contravening a statute . |
| 20 | A counter-notice which must be served within 21 days after service of the Notice , should only be given where it is required that the party whose statement it is sought to admit , should be called as a witness , but there are witnesses who can not , or should not be called , that is if dead , beyond the seas , or unfit to attend , or who can not after reasonable diligence be identified , or can not reasonably be expected to have any recollection ; consequently in respect of all those persons , the opposing party is not entitled to serve a counter-notice requiring such person to be called unless he can contend that the person can , or should be called . |
| 21 | In insisting on these limits , we are not concerned with the philosophical problem of whether there is free will at all , but with the evidence of common experience that although you can choose to think about a problem , be considerate to your wife , distribute pamphlets for a cause or pray for forgiveness for a crime , you can not by mere exertion of will hit on a new thought , love your wife , have faith in the cause , or repent the crime . |