Example sentences of "[conj] we can [not/n't] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm disappointed that we can not be represented , but sure you will appreciate position . |
| 2 | We punish ourselves for ‘ failing ’ and believe that we can not be loved , desired or respected unless we get thin ; and punishment is also linked to profit . |
| 3 | Where are we off to this morning then , so sunk in our own fantasies and imaginings that we can not be troubled to look out for vulnerable senior citizens , eh ? ’ |
| 4 | Should the unthinkable occur , a bottom three position , it should be remembered that we can not be relegated from the Third Division . |
| 5 | Just because the human ear is ‘ deaf ’ to high frequency and low frequency sounds , as every scientist knows , it does not mean they do not exist , nor that we can not be affected by them . |
| 6 | — From this it follows that we can not be dealing with the same concept of experience here . |
| 7 | If the Prime Minister is convinced that we can not be excluded from the single currency , he can not afford not to sign the treaty . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ We have very good arguments to prove that we can not be held responsible for the actions of a few people who did not know what they were doing . |
| 9 | You will appreciate that we can not be held responsible if information material to our task is withheld or concealed from us . |
| 10 | You will appreciate that we can not be held responsible if information material to our task is withheld or concealed from us . |
| 11 | You will appreciate that we can not be held responsible if information material to our task is withheld or concealed from us . |
| 12 | You will appreciate that we can not be held responsible if information material to our task is withheld from us ] . |
| 13 | Is the Minister aware that last week in Brussels Madame Scrivener , the relevant Commissioner , assured me that there was no question of our being forced by the European Community to extend the coverage of VAT , and that we can not be forced so to do ? |
| 14 | The company has informed your two banks , where you have substantial overdrafts , I understand , that your employment with us has ceased , and we can not be regarded as guarantors . |
| 15 | ‘ Here we are very safe , ’ said Minch , ‘ and we can not be hurt . |
| 16 | He shows no love in his dictatorial and threatening speech in book five and we can not be expected to suppose , in our first reactions to the text , that what he is doing is altogether just . |
| 17 | If we do not actually receive the money within this period , our computer will automatically cancel your reservation and we can not be held responsible if that holiday is subsequently not available . |
| 18 | Life is truly meaningless if we can not be moved by the stories of cruelty from Bosnia , of famine in Somalia and by a simple tale like that told by Father McCullagh . |
| 19 | We who teach should not expect to be valued as ‘ professionals ’ if we can not be trusted . |
| 20 | The differences between chimpanzees and us can not be accounted for by differences in these proteins . |
| 21 | In the modern world , we are reduced to an idealized figment of the communist imagination or we fall into secular despair , but we can not be exalted as a personal being , uniquely loved for our own sake . |
| 22 | But we can not be forced to subject our foreign policy to the will of other member states . |
| 23 | There should be angels in the streets at checkpoints and at traffic crossings for we can not be trusted … |