Example sentences of "[prep] this [noun] can not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been suggested that the rapid increase in the Muslim population during this period can not be attributed to the mass conversion of Bogomils , as the greatest increases were recorded in the areas where Bogomils were fewer in number , especially in the towns . |
| 2 | If continued , the social consequences of this trend can not be overlooked . |
| 3 | As far as The Smiths were concerned the importance of this success can not be underestimated . |
| 4 | The importance of this scheme can not be over-emphasised as it provides pupils with set targets which will motivate them to work hard and raise the standard of their play . |
| 5 | Most of the final parts of this story can not be independently verified but events appear to have run as follows . |
| 6 | The importance of this discovery can not be over-estimated , for through it I was led on to the further discovery of the Primary Control of the workings of all the mechanisms of the human organisms , and this marked the first important stage of my investigation . |
| 7 | But under existing environmental legislation , some two-thirds of this land can not be exploited . |
| 8 | Whilst there is wide agreement that investment is a necessary condition of economic growth and that within fairly wide margins higher levels of performance require higher levels of investment , the direction of this relationship can not be conclusively demonstrated ; it may well be the case that the two occur together . |
| 9 | Developments of this sort can not be carried out without planning permission granted by local planning authority . |
| 10 | Much of this material can not be found anywhere else outside the USSR , and , is according to some recent Soviet visitors , much can not be found even there . |
| 11 | Some of this information can not be presented er within the timescales that have been talked about er therefore we need , we need some more information on costs and so on . |
| 12 | A detailed treatment of this topic can not be attempted here and reference should be made to the reviews and selected papers cited on p . |
| 13 | The truth of this belief can not be tested at present . |
| 14 | The reason for the discriminatory practices described throughout this book can not be fully understood and tackled without reference to the concept of ageism . |
| 15 | It can easily be shown that " you know what I mean ! " and " you know ! " in this case can not be eliciting an agreement . |
| 16 | Some have therefore concluded that behaviour in this category can not be termed altruism at all . |
| 17 | The importance of symptom control in this context can not be ignored since few adults would be prepared to tolerate long periods of disability from hearing loss , otalgia , or otitis media . |
| 18 | The importance of the Second World War to this generation can not be overstated . |
| 19 | But heightened sensitivity on this point can not be explained entirely in terms of the need to tighten ‘ social control ’ at a time of rapid economic change . |
| 20 | That Bukharin was preparing for a struggle with Stalin at this point can not be doubted and he was attempting to drum up international support among other parties of the Comintern . |