Example sentences of "[adj] can [not/n't] be [verb] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can not be done from behind a desk as it requires direct observation of the operation , sometimes for an extended period , to find out what is actually done on site as well as what should be done . |
| 2 | This can not be inferred from the sectoral trends shown in Figure 3.1 . |
| 3 | This can not be divorced from the earlier points made about monitoring and evaluating the project , and it is arguable that a programme of long-term follow-up visits and meetings is necessary for this purpose . |
| 4 | However , this can not be divorced from the fact that , in the minds of the Soviet leadership , Soviet prestige had become inextricably linked to the fate of Cuba : ‘ One thought kept hammering away at my brain : what will happen if we lose Cuba ? |
| 5 | Because it is a public good , person 2 can not be excluded from consuming the output Q which person 1 has commissioned . |
| 6 | At this biological level the evidence is unequivocal ; there are drives both to preserve self and to sacrifice self for others , and the latter can not be derived from the former . |
| 7 | Objects purchased will be issued with an automatic export licence ; normally objects dating prior to 1795 can not be exported from China . |
| 8 | The last three may be combined in so-called grand unified theories , or GUTs , which are not very satisfactory because they do not include gravity and because they contain a number of quantities , like the relative masses of different particles , that can not be predicted from the theory but have to be chosen to fit observations . |
| 9 | And I would urge all intending applicants to give very serious thought to what sort of person they are , to what their real academics interests are , and to what sort of institution they want to attend , and to recognise at the outset that that can not be gleaned from any one compendium or any one adviser . |
| 10 | Perhaps the 1980s can not be explained from such a near vantage point as the present , but , in any case , the underlying forces of the time are ( perhaps fittingly ) lost in Mr Foster 's litany of acquisition . |