Example sentences of "can not [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can not walk on a cloud ! " |
| 2 | Platey particles such as mica flakes may readily pass diagonally through meshes which more nearly spherical grains of identical intermediate diameters can not pass as a result of the length of their short diameters . |
| 3 | The ideal of beauty and normality can not perish in a healthy society ; and for this reason you ought to let art go its own way ad be confident that it will not go astray … |
| 4 | They can not compete with a handful of rice and 8d per day . |
| 5 | For this reason , although Iveco runs a fully integrated European operation , the group can not trade as a single company with a single board of directors . |
| 6 | As we have just seen , sometimes horses can not cope with a situation that causes them great anxiety , and an attack of colic is the result . |
| 7 | ‘ The result is that when these children grow up they can not cope with a relationship which demands that they show emotion or feeling . |
| 8 | Similarly , the families of the mentally ill need help in sudden emergencies when they can not cope with a very disturbed relative , general help in understanding and accepting the nature of the disorder and support if they have to make difficult decisions such as agreeing to the compulsory admission of a severely disturbed relative to hospital . |
| 9 | Thus , an infinite collection of stars can not remain in a motionless state . |
| 10 | Some countries have tried to slow down the exodus by insisting that players can not leave before a certain age , usually 28 , or until they have completed their national service . |
| 11 | Cavalry can not break into a solid phalanx of pikes until a way has been cut for them , but once in they can do fearful slaughter . |
| 12 | ‘ But you can not legislate for a change of heart . |
| 13 | This means that there is only one feasible solution satisfying and , therefore , adding further objectives can not lead to a new solution . |
| 14 | Where A demands money from B in retum for not disclosing B 's wrongdoing , A will usually be guilty of blackmail contrary to section 21 of the Theft Act 1968 and , if ‘ the offer ’ constitutes a crime , it dearly can not lead to a contract ; but what if B , without any demand , express or implied by A , offers A money not to disclose B's wrongdoing , and A accepts ? |
| 15 | G-7 leaders agreed that " it was for the people of Yugoslavia to decide on their future " and noted that " military force and bloodshed can not lead to a lasting settlement " . |
| 16 | But there is no question so difficult that Mr Kinnock can not think of a more difficult answer . |
| 17 | ‘ I am anxious that you should stay here until I return and I can not think of a better way of making sure you do than by putting you in charge of my property , ’ he explained . |
| 18 | Any team which can not think of a new rhyme , or repeats one that has been chosen earlier , drops out until only one team is left . |
| 19 | Those who make a mistake , or can not think of a word beginning with their letter , drop out . |
| 20 | Among grasses , I can not think of a single one that is not lovely . |
| 21 | As a nurse I can not think of a healthier diet to follow and can see no disadvantages in it . |
| 22 | I note in passing , however , that , when it comes to squandering the nation 's money , I can not think of a better example than the enormous amounts squandered by the Government in setting up the machinery for the administration of the poll tax , which is now to be totally unwound . |
| 23 | I can not think of a more patsy , unquestioning system better designed to produce the cosy relationship about which the hon. Gentleman so frequently speaks . |
| 24 | I can not think of a recipe for diminution of standards that is more likely to succeed . |
| 25 | Now I can not think of a single occasion over the years , my adulthood when I have been going to theatre arts events of any kind when I 've actually gone out and bought anything as a result of sponsorship of a programme I 've been looking at . |
| 26 | We are starting with the press that the need for a National Airport 's policy I can not think of a number , a major or even a concentrate all these airfields and resources in one region . |
| 27 | Thus , at all pressures below this point carbon dioxide can not exist as a liquid . |
| 28 | Equally , concepts , the stuff of rules , can not exist in a vacuum as mere semantic toys . |
| 29 | Moreover , it needs to be recognized that a rational , ‘ value-free ’ analysis can not exist in a pluralistic society or that it would please no one if attempted ( Clapham , 1984 ) , unless an action could be shown to benefit all stakeholders . |
| 30 | Fluctuating fields can not exist inside a fixed equipotential surface ( that of the braid here ) on account of fluctuating external charge . |