Example sentences of "can not [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When connected directly to the telephone the device , known as Claudius II , allows people who can not speak to communicate with others . |
| 2 | The lesson of Mr Krenz is that those who can not cope get crushed by the engine .. |
| 3 | Coun Dixon said : ‘ The council finds many young people who move into council houses can not cope living by themselves . |
| 4 | With even Marxist Cuba now hungry for foreign investment , say optimists , rigid state control of energy industries in other parts of Latin America can not last long . |
| 5 | Similarly , the sentence-grammarian can not remain immured from the discourse he encounters in his daily life . |
| 6 | There is no faith which can not choose to cast doubt on some other faith . |
| 7 | It may be that what we are protecting children from is not so much the awful consequences of their ignorant decisions but of the burden of responsibility for those decisions which children are not yet ready to bear and which , for entirely non-political reasons , we can not choose to impose upon them . |
| 8 | Clearly statements about the service ( e.g. that English meals are provided or that special dishes for children can be obtained ) can not relate to present facts , for the simple reason that the hotel is closed in December when the brochure is sent out . |
| 9 | Please note that I can not undertake to reply to individual queries from readers however I will do my best to answer questions from readers through the medium of this column . |
| 10 | Please note that I can not undertake to reply to individual queries from readers however I will do my best to answer all questions from readers through the medium of this column . |
| 11 | If you can not manage to clean your house or flat every day you should not keep six cats , either , because the place will smell appalling very quickly . |
| 12 | Even if the employee is successful in the job , if the spouse can not adapt to live in the English culture and speak the language , the assignment may well fail . |
| 13 | I can not start to live again as I used to . ’ |
| 14 | What sort of twisted thoughts went through my father 's brain at the time to make him choose such a name for the child I can not start to imagine , but that was the name Angus chose for his new son . |
| 15 | For example , being kept awake by a sufferer who can not sleep having to be continually watchful of someone who may do dangerous things , and having to cope with continual questioning or aggression may become unbearable . |
| 16 | The need to plan for the staffing as well as the financing of the social services does not apply only to the professionals : we can not decide to double our output of houses in order to deal with housing shortages and obsolescence without regard to the manpower resources of the building industry as well as to the availability of suitable architects . |
| 17 | We can not decide to alter our psyches in the way we might decide not to wear high heels , just because they damage us and make us vulnerable . |
| 18 | If you can not comment say why not . |
| 19 | ‘ There is no effect in nature which the Author of nature can not bring to pass by more ways than one . ’ |
| 20 | That sufferers from alcoholism can not stop drinking for a day , a week , a month , a year or more . |
| 21 | The famous sequence where the heroine can not stop thinking about the blood-stained knife , and keeps overhearing the word ‘ knife ’ in her father 's newsagent 's shop , is also an unparalleled use of sound technique . |
| 22 | Barry Glenn said he can not stop thinking about his ordeal , has problems sleeping and is scared to return home where his nightmare began . |
| 23 | Even if well fed , they can not stop searching and exploring , as this has become an end in itself in their behaviour repertoire . |
| 24 | I am considering a helpline for those who simply can not stop going into outdoor shops and buying aluminium water bottles . |
| 25 | While some people become tongue-tied others can not stop talking . |
| 26 | Nonetheless , workaholism does exist when the sufferer simply can not stop doing his or her work in order to suppress uncomfortable emotions or change a disordered mood and despite severe negative consequences to his or her family and to the rest of a balanced life . |
| 27 | Others are workaholics who can not stop working . |
| 28 | ‘ I can not stop working on this just because it is dangerous . |
| 29 | What is the smallest amount she can not make using these coins ? |
| 30 | ‘ But you simply can not make tackling errors at crucial times and expect to win . ’ |