Example sentences of "can n't the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , why ca n't the public have access . |
| 2 | Why ca n't the public be more like us ? |
| 3 | CHILDREN are allowed to divorce their parents , so why ca n't the public divorce bad politicians ? |
| 4 | Ca n't the council find a pitch for them so we can have a clear walking area ? |
| 5 | The younger actor wanted to rehearse one particular gruelling scene over and over which the ailing Olivier endured until , too ill to go on , he had to give up , complaining , ‘ Why ca n't the boy just act ? |
| 6 | While it may not succeed where it thinks it can , if it thinks it ca n't the probability is that it wo n't . |
| 7 | Ca n't the Watch Committee … rid the police of the hooligan element … gangs of young and hefty idlers squat on the pavement or lurk in subways to annoy passers-by , to play tricks on defenceless shop assistants , or to gamble in the face of the public . |
| 8 | Mrs Langley said faintly , ‘ Hens — ’ and Rose , startled out of the remnants of her confusion said , ‘ Why ca n't — ; ca n't the gardener do that ? ’ |
| 9 | Why ca n't the work be done by Scottish Nuclear staff ? |
| 10 | Why you ca n't the day after then you mean ? |
| 11 | ‘ Ca n't the Thing send a message to the Concorde drivers ? ’ said Gurder . |
| 12 | But why ca n't the engineer at M S one level be project engineer |
| 13 | You ca n't the cooker man |
| 14 | Through headphones but you ca n't the tape 's not full yet . |
| 15 | Why ca n't the woman be assessed as an individual , and benefit paid in so far as her resources are insufficient to meet her requirements ? |
| 16 | You do n't need to have taken in the fact , planted early on , that Joe keeps a gun , or have noticed the required sign in the foyer warning that shots will be fired ( ca n't the nanny state keep its paws off anything ? ) to know that retribution is coming , and on elephant feet . |