Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] can not [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One characteristic difference between phonological and syntactic systems has far-reaching implications for the study of variation : although phonological systems change through time and so can not be absolutely closed and finite , they are more closed and finite in character than syntactic systems . |
| 2 | This is clearly inhumane and really can not be suitably justified . |
| 3 | ‘ You sit there and tell me that you can see men or ghosts or apparitions that no one else can see ; you deny all evidence that the man or ghost or apparition is actually elsewhere and therefore can not be here ; and I am prejudiced ? |
| 4 | If a speaker tries to talk while riding fast on a horse , the speaker 's pitch will make a lot of sudden rises and falls as a result of the irregular movement ; this is something which is outside the speaker 's control and therefore can not be linguistically significant . |
| 5 | The number of modules which are offline records the number of modules which are offline and therefore can not be hard copied . |