Example sentences of "[noun sg] be that we can not " in BNC.
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| 1 | My reply is that we can not afford not to do so . |
| 2 | A problem in social research is that we can not easily isolate factors . |
| 3 | ‘ The problem with recycling is that we can not determine the colour of waste material in advance . |
| 4 | The implication of our question is that we can not explain the decline of the Liberal party unless we mention the other factors . |
| 5 | The consequence is that we can not just suppose that the text has been wrenched from its interdictal context and left unchanged , except for the addition of per omnia . |
| 6 | I do n't expect the heartbeat award scheme to suffer , I will be in touch with Matthew fairly closely to ensure that , but I think the position of the labour group is that we can not support these recommendations as they are but we offer you a compromise solution . |
| 7 | But the plain truth is that we can not say what was really done for the children or what the results were . |
| 8 | We can distinguish sceptical arguments which , although they attempt to deprive us of knowledge ( or even of justified belief ) still allow that we understand the propositions whose truth we are no longer allowed to know , from those which claim that the reason why we do n't know their truth is that we can not understand them . |
| 9 | The point is that we can not circumnavigate or dispose of these problems by resorting to the familiar logical ploy of treating questions about experiences as if they were simply questions about the logical properties of sentences in which we ordinarily talk about experiences . |
| 10 | The short answer is that we can not , and that structures of this kind do not in fact evolve . |
| 11 | The plain answer is that we can not be certain about it . |
| 12 | The answer is that we can not , except in the vaguest of terms . |
| 13 | The answer is that we can not know or , rather , that there is no simple solution to this problem . |
| 14 | The main trouble with the scheme is that we can not be sure that an apparent X effect is not due to a differential influence of some extraneous factor(s) on the S 1 and S 2 groups . |
| 15 | The current problem is that we can not predict which of today 's options will become tomorrow 's mainstream . |
| 16 | The problem is that we can not be sure that there is no hidden cyclic variation in the list sequence that could cause bias . |
| 17 | As the right hon. and learned Member for Surrey , East ( Sir G. Howe ) advised everyone in the Financial Times last week , ’ There is nothing to prevent a group of countries pressing on with a separate Treaty The fact is that we can not , even if we wished , stop the others going ahead . ’ |