Example sentences of "[coord] the [noun sg] can not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although local regions of positive can occur , they can not occupy the majority of the flow or the turbulence can not be maintained . |
| 2 | He can not be reached at this moment , and the question can not be shelved . |
| 3 | It is difficult to feed hay from a rick so covered because the shape is constantly changing and the top can not be kept convex . |
| 4 | The self and the society can not be separated . |
| 5 | In particular , the conflict of interest between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat can not be resolved within the framework of a capitalist economy . |
| 6 | The coincidence between the ordinary predicative and clausal positions is all the more striking in that the inherently restrictive adjectives can not be so used in predicate qualifying position ( where restriction for identification is not appropriate ) ; this is why there is a further contrast between ( 57 ) and ( 59 ) , even though the adjective is one of this inherently restrictive group in both cases , and despite the fact that the property THIRD is certainly compatible in itself with the noun ox : ( 57 ) she considers the Admiral ( to be ) the worst ( e.g. of the village 's gardeners ) ( 58 ) she declared the squire ( to be ) the lazy ( 59 ) the revellers had eaten the ox the third ( 60 ) they ate their steaks well done Example ( 60 ) shows that eat can support predicate qualifiers , so that incompatibility between the verb and the construction can not be given as a reason for the ungrammaticality of ( 59 ) . |
| 7 | Inflexible or rough-edged blemishes caused by chicken pox or acne and superficial wrinkles around the eyes are not helped by collagen implants and the technique can not be used to enlarge breasts . |
| 8 | Also , cooling can produce spectral shifts in emission wavelength , so although it may have potential uses for geological applications where CL emission at room temperature is meagre , the full effects of cooling are at present poorly known and the technique can not be recommended as a regular practice for petrographic purposes . |
| 9 | This is essential if high levels are used , and the excess can not be ducted out of the room . |
| 10 | If there is no other system of air-conditioning , and the window can not be open all the time because of draughts or security , it should at least be opened once or twice a day for a spell . |
| 11 | The underprovision of clinical and medical oncologists remote from the south east of England is real , and the disparity can not be passed off as being due to university and research commitments . |
| 12 | It is intended that the system of Special Discounts should continue in subsequent years , although the percentage discount and the rules by which policies will qualify may vary from year to year and the possibility can not be ruled out that circumstances may arise which would make it inappropriate to grant any Special Discount at all . |
| 13 | And the Crown can not be compelled to proceed under Case 4 or 5 if it prefers to proceed under Case 1 . |
| 14 | It is difficult to say whether or not a transfer of a house by the husband to the wife in , for instance , a " clean break " is " less in money or money 's worth than the value in money or money 's worth of the consideration provided " ( s339(3) ( c ) ) so there is always a risk that a conveyance or transfer following the court order or agreement may be attacked by a husband 's trustee in bankruptcy and the wife can not be absolutely safe until the five year period has expired . |
| 15 | The association 's concerns have been backed by the National Rivers Authority who said in a letter : ‘ The site and building is on the flood plane of the River Eden and the flooding of the area and the building can not be discounted . ’ |
| 16 | Such a payment is in law like a gift , and the transaction can not be reopened . |
| 17 | And the consumer can not be expected to do it all on his own . |
| 18 | Rulers seldom had any exact notion of their financial situation and the historian can not be confident of establishing one . |
| 19 | The occurrence of /aI/ in one dialect and /eI/ in the other is a result of the agreement within each community on a consensus norm of usage within that community , and the difference can not be explained without some reference to this fact . |
| 20 | ts As stated above , ss 6(1) and 7(3A) of the UCTA provide that liability for breach of the obligations as to title and quiet possession implied by the SGA and the SGSA can not be excluded or restricted by reference to any contract term . |
| 21 | It is , of course , important to improve the trial process as much as possible but the trial can not be expected to offer an alternative to testing by way of re-investigation for reasons similar to those that led us to reject prosecutorial review as an alternative . |
| 22 | The origin and symbolic meaning of some individual motifs and designs are well documented , but the majority can not be traced to any undisputed source , and a number of conflicting mythologies have grown up around them . |
| 23 | But the problem can not be cured . |
| 24 | Whether the new charge of conspiracy to poison the people will be proved , is still unclear , but the evidence can not be ignored , and unless decisive steps are taken it could be too late . |
| 25 | But the left can not be equally self-serving by hanging on to absolutes . |
| 26 | But the difference can not be more than seven days , since although the next financial year begins from the end of the last , it has to end within seven days of the next accounting reference period . |