Sentence examples for cannot occupy from inspiring English sources

The Americans and British cannot occupy Iraq.

Quantum theory aside, they cannot occupy both of those spaces simultaneously.

IT starts with one of Newton's laws of physics: two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time.

A highly inconvenient law of physics states that two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time.

However, that electron cannot occupy the 1s orbital, for it has a property known as spin, which is fundamental to its behaviour.

If a third electron and proton pair is added to make a lithium atom, the electron cannot occupy the n = 1 shell.

Nominees cannot, however, occupy their offices, make policy decisions or otherwise act as if they had been confirmed.

If Israel is to remain a democracy, it cannot indefinitely occupy the West Bank while also denying the Palestinians full political rights in a Greater Israel.

For now, Ms. Ali struggles to make the $1,400 monthly mortgage payments, to keep from losing a home she cannot even occupy while paying the monthly rent of $750 for the studio.

Since we assume, however, that it is not only a cognitive subject but also intrinsically a cognitive subject it cannot ever occupy this role — at least if we make the plausible assumption that being an object and being a subject are mutually incompatible properties.

Shortly thereafter, Obama, speaking before the United Nations General Assembly, cautioned Israel that it "cannot permanently occupy and settle Palestinian land".