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can·not [ˈkænɒt, Am -nɑ:t] VB aux

See also can , can , can

can3 VB

II . can2 [kæn] VB trans

2. can esp Am inf (stop):

can it!

3. can Am inf (fire):

can1 <can't [or cannot], could, couldn't [or could not], been able to> [kæn, kən] VB aux

5. can (offering assistance):

9. can (demanding):

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Service providers cannot be allowed to cherry-pick without adverse consequences for peripheral regions and economies.
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The common defence policy cannot advance by relying heavily on majorities that he could nevertheless have sought and obtained.
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We cannot make it Community law within the next couple of weeks.
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However, one cannot accept the imposition of a crash diet that would only serve to further sicken and weaken.
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This transgenic plant can survive in the presence of 1.7% sodium chloride (half seawater salinity concentration), while the non transgenic line and wild type plants cannot.
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The proposal for a conference to discuss a common defence policy and a common defence position cannot be accepted.
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You cannot erect some new curtain, some cordon sanitaire, to protect west from east and east from west.
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We cannot allow national or administrative borders to prevent the crime-fighting authorities from carrying out their work efficiently.
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The institutional consequences of the changeover to the euro cannot be analysed solely in the context of enlargement.
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However, this community of interest cannot just be arbitrary.
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