Example sentences of "can not [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , the medical profession will argue that an individual without medical expertise can not pass judgement on their performance . |
| 2 | I can not pass water without a forgotten claimant reaching for what is his . |
| 3 | With our present-day highly developed technologies , we can re-create many of the complex molecules found in nature , but we can not create life — another argument in favour of the existence of the life force or life energy , whatever it may be . |
| 4 | Chancellors can not create confidence . |
| 5 | To borrow the economic analogy , competition is meaningless , or at any rate can not create consumer sovereignty , unless there is some product differentiation . |
| 6 | The Ombudsman can not rescind planning permission but can insist that the council gives an apology , and possibly a small amount of compensation . |
| 7 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option , however you can not send mail to yourself . |
| 8 | An anti-state force such as the provisionals , who do not recognize the statehood of the twenty-six county state , can not achieve support in the South for this essential policy . |
| 9 | Thus , in the ammonia example above , if ammonia , NH3 , is allowed to escape from the reaction system , the reaction can not achieve equilibrium . |
| 10 | Essential oils , expensive patent ‘ cures ’ , anti-cellulite creams and tough massage alone can not shift cellulite — especially that which has been in the hips and thighs for many years . |
| 11 | The machines in the spring department gave off choking fumes and a grey pall seemed to hang over the department … about 90 per cent of the work force are coloured , many of whom can not speak English . |
| 12 | League tables of exam results will soon be published ; given that a class may contain 20 children who can not speak English , its position in any league table is bound to be low . |
| 13 | I discovered that Ivy can not speak French . |
| 14 | ( Offline can not enforce Split-type working if you have only one media type and/or only one available unit ! ) |
| 15 | We can not separate politics from community action , no matter what we try to do about it , no matter how idealistic we may be . |
| 16 | But one can not separate farming into tidy compartments : the demands of the market , livestock numbers , weather conditions , and many other variables force one to compromise . |
| 17 | We can not separate power from sex . |
| 18 | TCGA 1992 , s69(1) deems the trust to be a person who is not resident in the United Kingdom ; 3. the trust is therefore outside the UK capital gains tax regime and the Revenue can not collect tax on capital payments under TCGA 1992 , s87(4) . |
| 19 | In contrast , the moral universe within which the Piaroa can not inflict violence is very wide , encompassing all of Piaroaland . |
| 20 | Computer system users can not control risk management decisions , but suffer big losses when inadequate protection fails to avert catastrophe . |
| 21 | While Compacts can not dictate policy of this kind it is essential that they raise the issue of involving trade unionists with prospective employers . |
| 22 | The argument is that people can not construct socialism out of kitsch ( sometimes with the equally problematic implication that they can out of art ) . |
| 23 | Naturally one can not leave business premises unattended . |
| 24 | Flying through the air to find food , they can not leave scent trails behind them for other members of the colony as earth-bound termites do . |
| 25 | Sometimes it can be difficult to decide whether a statement relates only to the future and therefore can not infringe section 14 or whether on the other hand it relates partly or entirely to some past or present fact . |
| 26 | We can not explain the presence of God among us , we can not explain love . |
| 27 | We can not EXPLAIN love . |
| 28 | I think that without these basic reactions art could not exist , but one can not explain art wholly in terms of these reactions ; one must also take account of our self-denials . |
| 29 | Why does the restructuring school argue that location factors alone can not explain decentralization ? |
| 30 | Although they are an unreliable indicator of the conditions of these markets , the results can not inspire confidence for the more important sales taking place later this month and at the beginning of December . |