Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | A DC9 or BAC 111 can not hold so many passengers and would tend to be loaded later . |
| 2 | But we can not estimate so reliably how many of these will seek university places in 17 or 18 years ' time since this will be affected so much by changeable social and economic factors . |
| 3 | Age Concern wishes to see safeguards against abuse , exploitation and neglect of duty for those who can take decisions plus procedures for those who can not do so . |
| 4 | The authorities plainly establish that he need not and can not do so . |
| 5 | But I can not do so . |
| 6 | Some animals can manufacture taurine from other sources , but the cat can not do so . |
| 7 | If she is very apprehensive about how she is going to manage her role in society as a woman on her own , you could remind her of something she has probably completely forgotten : that she coped with life quite adequately as a single woman , before she met her husband , so there is no reason to suppose that she can not do so again , and possibly even better now because of the love they shared and her greater maturity . |
| 8 | Now when you go to sleep it is only the conscious mind which shuts down ; the subconscious can not do so . |
| 9 | It is a sad reflection on the present state of constitutional monarchy in this country that one so driven to do his best for the good of mankind , as he sees it , should think , indeed know , that he can not do so as king . |
| 10 | ‘ When clients have gone to a firm and believe that they have been treated badly , they tend to complain against the firm , not the engagement partner , and are surprised when the Institute tells them that they can not do so , ’ said Elwyn Eilledge , head of the working party . |
| 11 | The actual work of looking after those who temporarily or permanently can not do so for themselves . |
| 12 | Similarly , a child who creates dangerous mayhem in the kitchen can not do so if he or she is taught and learns never to enter the kitchen . |
| 13 | The Minister warned : ‘ He may be able to carry on in the job but he can not do so effectively . |
| 14 | These presentations are referred to as pseudoisochromatic or confusion plates and set a task in which the normal eye can discriminate figures composed of coloured dots , whilst the eye with abnormal colour vision can not do so . |
| 15 | It has been suggested that in species where reproductive success varies more widely among males than females and is influenced by parental investment , parents who can afford to invest heavily in their offspring should produce sons while those that can not do so should tend to produce daughters ( Trivers & Willard , 1973 ) . |
| 16 | Of course , in Switzerland they can not do so because Switzerland is organised in cantons , and the canton of Ticino , where Lugano is , can not afford to indemnify the whole collection . |
| 17 | While States may by treaty opt out of a rule of customary international law inter se , they can not do so with respect to a third party which is entitled to have its customary rights observed . |
| 18 | But although I can not do so systematically at this juncture some limited anticipatory comments may be in order . |
| 19 | One premise of the deduction is his hypothesis , which made quite explicit reads , ‘ Bats are able to fly avoiding obstacles by using their eyes , and can not do so without the use of their eyes ’ . |
| 20 | The simple answer is that it can not do so , and the appeal is accordingly allowed and the direction in the order is deleted . |
| 21 | ‘ Ordinarily I would have commented in some detail about our business , but can not do so at this time as we are in a closed period prior to the announcement of our 1992 results on 24 March ’ . |
| 22 | Qualified academically to serve their people , they can not do so because of racial barriers bristling in their way . |
| 23 | As with problem solving , the difficulty with asking the right — questions is that we can not do so unless we already know the answer . |
| 24 | As Lord Dacre , you certainly can not do so . ’ |
| 25 | Someone who has only agreed to buy ( i.e. to whom property has not yet passed ) can not do so , Shaw v. Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis ( 1987 C.A. ) . |
| 26 | In view of the growing international concern about the use of children and young people in various conflicts , especially in third-world countries , how on earth can the Minister possibly justify a situation in this country whereby a young lad can join the Army at the age of 16 , or in some cases at the age of 15 , but if he changes his mind and wants to leave after serving more than six months he can not do so and is forced to continue in the armed services until the age of 21 ? |
| 27 | It is no earthly use appointing a particular officer if the childen do not know how to complain to him or her and can not do so . |
| 28 | If he can not do so , perhaps he will drop me a line . |
| 29 | All this adds up to the likelihood that the Government can not sort out the economy in the very short term and certainly can not do so this side of the general election ; they can not generate the feeling of happiness and cheerfulness about the economy which parties traditionally rely upon to win general elections . |
| 30 | If we had such a network , we would be able to withdraw the support which we currently give to private practitioners , but the Minister knows that we can not do so at this stage because there is no body of effective legal advice and opinion to benefit people . |