Example sentences of "[det] can [not/n't] be [vb pp] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can not be asserted as a metaphysical proposition ; as something , that is , which is true of the world of existents irrespective of the manner in which existents are given in our experience . |
| 2 | ‘ Surely this can not be justified as an effective use of civil servants ' time or public money . ’ |
| 3 | With regard to " temporality " ( in the sense in which this concept was used above ) , this can not be regarded as a sufficient condition of particularity so long as it is not shown that temporality alone ( in the indicated sense ) ensures numerical identity of particulars ; and if we are to be able to justifiably claim that it is a necessary condition of particularity , we must first show that there can be no extra-temporal particulars . " |
| 4 | This can not be regarded as good practice . |
| 5 | However , planetary chemistry is sufficiently complicated that this can not be regarded as a firm conclusion . |
| 6 | However this can not be used as a guide to future performance as investments can go down as well as up . |
| 7 | However , this can not be used as a guide to future fund performance , as unit prices can fall as well as rise . |
| 8 | However , this can not be used as a pretext to justify inertia . |
| 9 | This was Britain 's worst air tragedy , and whilst this can not be classified as an accident in the usual sense of the word , there were calls for greater airport security , and considerable concern over whether a warning that an attack would be made on an American airliner had not been passed onto the public because a drop in seat sales would occur . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This can not be construed as a criticism of the surveillance protocol itself . |
| 12 | Some are intended to escape discovery ; some can not be recognized as pollution ; and some are events which are impossible to predict . |
| 13 | Whatever properties are delineated as especially appropriate to material artefacts in general , these can not be regarded as necessary attributes of an individual artefact when considered in any particular social context . |
| 14 | Common sense tells us that this requires some form of trading activity , and although this will cover such things as the purchase of raw materials , capital equipment , etc. , it should be noted that if such actions were merely preparatory to the later formation of a company then these can not be considered as the actions of a partnership ‘ carrying on a business ’ . |
| 15 | That can not be described as a poor performance . |