Technocrats can tell producers what they can charge, but they cannot prevent the inevitable.
Pumps run all day long, but they cannot keep up with the demand for water.
But they cannot offer a competitive Internet product because it would upset their armies of stockbrokers.
These may play a role, but they cannot explain why some reform attempts succeed.
But they cannot pretend that by staying they are not full partners in the government's policies.
There is pressure for more cuts in interest rates but they cannot go much lower.
But they cannot expect to continue their bad old ways and win public support in recessionary America.
But they cannot support their currencies as well without risking problems in the bond and equity markets.
The stacks are an engineering landmark, but they cannot be designated because they are not open to the public.
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But they cannot re-establish order unaided, the prime minister, Yvon Neptune, has admitted.
But they cannot do these things because they have yielded control of things they need in order to do them.
Reporters can highlight trends or point out continuing patterns within a news story, but they cannot state things with absolute certainty.
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The rest of the industry is put off by his lecturing, but they cannot dismiss him, not when he takes away their assets.
Regulators did not bother to disguise their irritation with Mr Schumer's intervention, but they cannot ignore the broader message: a lack of liquidity kills.
But they cannot enjoy their freedoms if elementary ones, such as freedom from fear, are being taken away by other people, such as criminals.
They can leave questions of law to the decision of a tribunal, but they cannot make it the final arbiter on a question of law.
But they cannot use laser-disc players to watch movies on SD.
But they cannot do the same when the Supreme Court issues what are called Francovich damage orders, in other words, fines for breaking EU law.
Revolutions may change governments, but they cannot instantly transform a country.
But they cannot typically demonstrate illegal conduct (unless the leaker is dumb enough to disclose the classified information in an email or via a taped conversation).
But they cannot sell their produce in local markets, since their town is too remote, the roads too few and far between to get it there.
But they cannot surrender their peg until the country's banks are fit enough to live with a currency free to float and capital free to flee.
Tall, yes, but they cannot lift the spirit in the same way as this graceful, massive 565-year-old masterpiece--still the largest brick-and-mortar dome in the world, eclipsing St.
But they cannot be used to pay for other programs.
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But they cannot arrest the footballer, says the BBC's Duncan Kennedy in Rome, as the criminal case for tax evasion against him has lapsed under Italy's statute of limitations.
Ms Cestino and Ms Hasslauer have lived together 15 years, are raising four children together, and already benefit from a French law recognising their partnership, but they cannot marry.
Some witnesses told police they thought they saw McDermott get off the boat when it docked and walk toward the parking lot, but they cannot be sure it was him.
Britons can tolerate competition, but they cannot abide queue-jumpers.
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