That means you can give someone advice but you cannot force him to do something he does not want to do.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

A poster said: "You will be traveling through Indian country and the safety of your person cannot by vouchsafed by anyone but God."

VOA: special.2010.04.26

We cannot confirm those ideas. But we can tell you that people have been growing chilies for centuries, and there are many kinds.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

But we cannot find it. What do you advise me to do?"

VOA: special.2009.12.26

But she says you cannot find everything online.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

"I thought I'd never utter these words but I agree with Gordon. You cannot put off this decision."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

"We cannot say subsidies but we call it machinery restructuring, because as you know the machinery for the shoe is already 20-years-old."

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

It's so true it's like the wind. You cannot see it, but you can feel it."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

But he said he is ready. "I cannot tell you exactly when I will be seated, but I think it will be early next week,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.30

"And,when you get the sense of cooperation and common goals, common purposes among the people here today, you cannot help but see that this is something positive growing out of something that is such a tragedy."

VOA: standard.2009.10.19