Example sentences of "[that] this can not [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 That this can not be assumed of language , which appears to serve just such a purpose , has been illustrated very clearly by the linguist Lehrer in an analysis of the language used in the description of wines .
2 The fact that Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and other senior judges are invited to advise the visitor show that this can not be assumed .
3 The main point which emerges from considering the historical evidence is that there certainly has been change in the amount and type of support offered , but that this can not be seen simply as a decline from a high to a low point .
4 ‘ Those who scoff that this can not be done should look to the United States .
5 In accounting for the curious distortion of the doctrine that has taken place in England , it is clear that this can not be explained by the mere presence of constitutional arrangements based on a separation of powers or it would be much more prevalent than it is .
6 However , planetary chemistry is sufficiently complicated that this can not be regarded as a firm conclusion .
7 Liberal Democrats know that this can not be achieved without fundamental reform .
8 Underlying this argument there may well be a different one , namely , that there is a need for a more progressive tax structure , and that this can not be achieved without a greater emphasis on direct taxation .
9 The observation that CF patients could contaminate environmental surfaces with P cepacia in their sputum suggested that this can not be excluded as an indirect mode of spread of the epidemic strain within the Edinburgh fitness class .
10 You will find that this can not be pulled out in error ( who has not picked a bit of wool out only to find that it was the marker ! ) and it can either be pulled up tight later as a permanent marker or pulled out and used again .
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