Example sentences of "[conj] can [not/n't] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Consequently , more time can be spent by the clearinghouse personnel on the sophisticated and time-consuming enquiries which require information and material that has not been or can not be conveniently added to the database , an those which are of an advisory nature . |
| 2 | By far the most effective arrangements presently available are those which : ( 1 ) provide for the continuing partners to have the option to acquire the share in the firm of an outgoing partner ( which overcomes the tax problems noted in Chapter 10 and offers some desirable freedom of manoeuvre to the continuing partners without ordinarily causing any disadvantage to the outgoing partner ) ; ( 2 ) finance the purchase of the share of a partner who dies before retirement by way of insurance effected on the lives of each of the partners the proceeds of which are declared to be held on trust for the partners for the time being ; ( 3 ) finance by endowment insurance the purchase of the shares of partners whose retirement can be predicted ; ( 4 ) ensure that in any case which is not or can not be sufficiently covered by available insurance ( eg payments to a partner who is expelled or who otherwise leaves the firm before normal retirement date ) payment of any capital sum is spread over a period so to reduce the burden on the continuing partners without imposing any great hardship on the outgoing partner or his estate ; and ( 5 ) impose on each partner an obligation ( Clause 14.02 ) to take out adequate ( as discussed with all the partners from time to time ) retirement provision for the benefit of himself and his familyso as not to impose any burden in that respect on the firm , which in former times would have accepted responsibility . |
| 3 | So at low enough temperatures , with the gate voltage , Vg , chosen to put EF in a mobility gap , all the current is in effect carried by electrons that can not be dissipatively scattered , and the resistance falls to zero . |
| 4 | The current then comprises mobile electrons that can not be dissipatively scattered , and which of course have exactly balanced transverse forces to give longitudinal motion without sideways deflection . |
| 5 | We therefore have to face the fact that there are structural differences between rat and monkey cortex that can not be simply attributed to differences in size . |
| 6 | They are therefore viewed as costs that can not be justifiably carried forward to future periods because they do not represent future benefits or the future benefits are so uncertain as to defy measurement . |
| 7 | As with anything that can not be easily quantified , it is difficult to determine the point where the benefits of additional information exceed the costs . |
| 8 | The public choice school once more offers explanations for economic phenomena that can not be easily explained by traditional public finance theory . |
| 9 | It can be argued that the interests of the various groups affected by company decision making — employees , local communities , consumers , and all of us , through our interest in the environment , for example — are invested with a moral significance that can not be adequately captured within the relatively finite external legal controls that are currently relied on to regulate the terms on which wealth is created . |
| 10 | There are many baffling viral diseases that can not be readily explained as the result of an acute infection or the integration of viral genes into chromosomes . |
| 11 | The second group consists of ‘ public goods ’ that can not be directly allocated to particular individuals ( e.g. , defence ) . |
| 12 | One issue that can not be fully resolved in the present paper concerns the continued existence of the higher order dynamic wealth terms in ( 2.3 ) . |
| 13 | When new information arrives that can not be satisfactorily accepted by the existing algorithm or model , then it must be adjusted or a search for a more comprehensive algorithm commences . |
| 14 | This could provide an open opportunity for women to exploit couples who are desperate for a child by persuading them to hand over a substantial sum of money in lieu of a service that can not be legally enforced . |
| 15 | ( Both executives have also received considerable stock options that can not be accurately valued until exercised ) . |
| 16 | No , even that fell short of truth ; there are degrees that can not be accurately plotted . |
| 17 | For example , we can prevent factories that are obviously discharging their waste into rivers , from doing so ; and there is virtually no kind of effluent nowadays that can not be safely treated and disposed of , if we are prepared to spend the money . |
| 18 | There is nothing in the present that can not be better understood in the light of its historical context and origins ; ii ) to arouse interest in the past . |
| 19 | Nationalism is linked to deep-rooted human instincts and can not be easily ascribed to clever politicians . |
| 20 | As we discussed earlier and argue later , this ‘ ideology ’ has deep biological and emotional reverberations and can not be easily dismissed as generated by propaganda or clever oratory . |
| 21 | Hypertext systems are generally self-contained and can not be easily integrated with other programs and data . |
| 22 | Here , the percentage of the population involved is much larger and can not be easily overlooked . |
| 23 | The problem is even more acute than it appears , for singular existential propositions too resist a reductivist treatment and can not be simply brushed off as " ungrammatical " . |
| 24 | Yet the popular traditions from which such stories presumably came were not always totally fictitious , and can not be simply ignored . |
| 25 | The new principle was a good one , because it forced the government to live in a world where inflation matters and can not be conveniently assumed away . |
| 26 | There is no clear definition of precisely what is , and what is not , a shrub rose — indeed , some catalogues , from quite reputable houses too , describe the shrub type merely as one that differs from the bush , the climber , the rambler , the miniature and others , and can not be conveniently classified with them . |
| 27 | We live in a fallen culture and can not be completely exempted from it . |
| 28 | Of course , the argument is highly teleological and incapable of scientific proof , but it has been rigorously defended by brilliant minds and can not be lightly dismissed . |
| 29 | The last two of these eight traps are commonly dealt with in basic statistical texts and can not be sensibly covered here . |
| 30 | The rights and obligations in the Red Cross Conventions are reciprocal between the State party and the other party to the conflict , and can not be sensibly separated . |