Example sentences of "[not/n't] be readily [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The main good grains on which we depend for an essential part of our daily diet come from plants belonging to the family of grasses and can not be readily digested until the tough outer shells are broken up and , sometimes , removed . |
| 3 | In our project this meant that measures of network strength that we used in the inner city could not be readily operationalized for these speakers . |
| 4 | Taking the first function , while it is true that the education ( and hence , also , [ … ] socialization — since the two can not be readily separated ) of children and young adults has increasingly been taken over by agencies outside the home such as schools , play-groups and youth organizations , the basic primary socialization of the child is still very much a responsibility of a nuclear family . |
| 5 | If these forms were not internalized as habitual mental patterns independent of thought , they could not be readily accessed and language could not function effectively as a means of thinking and communicating . |
| 6 | Such reading not only consolidates what learners already know , but helps them develop that general ‘ feel for language ’ which can not be readily taught . |
| 7 | The ground-level deposition of radionuclides is not known accurately and the existence of local hot spots of radiation , where heavy rainfall scavenged the radionuclides from the atmosphere , may not be readily incorporated into some models ( although recent improvements have been made as , for example , in ApSimon et al. , 1988 ) . |
| 8 | The idea that consumers should determine the fate of media by their exercise of economic choices would not be readily accepted by the ‘ left ’ . |
| 9 | As Astington herself acknowledges , intentions can not be readily depicted . |
| 10 | Crop scientists at Oregon State University , led by Majid Seddigh , report that another poppy , Papaver bracteatum , produces an alkaloid that can be chemically converted into codeine , but can not be readily changed into illicit drugs ( Economic Botany . |
| 11 | It is a truism to say that that which can not be readily classified will tend to be overlooked . |
| 12 | The Dickens study reported that 55 per cent of applicants and 67 per cent of respondents were represented , though in the remaining cases the companies ' representatives ' status could not be readily identified ( Dickens et al. , 1985 ) . |
| 13 | If these can not be readily appreciated by children — as is often the case with young children who are typically limited to understanding tasks which make immediate sense — then children will produce inappropriate responses and apparently lack the mental capacity in question . |
| 14 | Ancient sedimentary deposits which can not be readily disaggregated present major difficulties to the potential size-analyst . |