Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] can [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , complexes formed by oligonucleotide I can not be competed with oligonucleotide III and vice versa oligonucleotide III complexes can not be competed with oligonucleotide I ( Fig. 3 , lanes 1–4 ) . |
| 2 | The contrast between the 1930s and the last 10 years can not be emphasized too strongly . |
| 3 | But Wordsworth 's achievement in these eight years can not be written off , even though the poet himself tried , as the years went by , to minimize it . |
| 4 | The three experiences can not be divorced . |
| 5 | 17.7 Children can not be expected to learn everything at once . |
| 6 | Two victories in eight matches can not be construed as a success , even by the wildest stretch of the imagination , but there was some good news as well . |
| 7 | Clearly a high turnover in the course of fifteen years can not be ruled out , but nonetheless subletting looks probable unless tenurial conditions discouraged long occupancies : the lease of the manor farm was dated 1534 . |
| 8 | ( Mothers over age 30 risk some hazards in electing to have another child , if an interval of three to five years can not be effected before age 34 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ 1991s figures can not be viewed as satisfactory ’ said Sir Denys , ‘ but it was a solid performance … ’ . |
| 10 | The different sizes of slate used on each main roof-slope is of little consequence because the two surfaces can not be seen together . |
| 11 | The differences between the two groups can not be couched in such grandiose terms . |
| 12 | Although the masses m of the two objects can not be determined uniquely , some information can be obtained from the mass function , calculated from only two observables , the projected pulsar semi-major axis a p sin i , and the orbital period , where subscripts p and c refer to the pulsar and companion respectively and i is the unknown inclination angle of the orbit to the plane of the sky . |
| 13 | The two elements can not be divorced : the soul can not be saved separately from the body . |
| 14 | The two studies can not be compared , however , because Orchard and Bickerstaff did not define the type of gastritis because the patients in their study had ulcerative disease that affected the stomach and not the duodenum . |
| 15 | The transformation from three to two dimensions can not be achieved without sacrificing one or more of the following properties : area , shape , scale and bearing . |
| 16 | Except by sleight of logic and distortion of historical fact , the two positions can not be harmonised . |
| 17 | Spoken language interpreting , because it takes place only in one medium ( i.e. sound ) , ensures that two languages can not be mixed directly , and the use of an interlanguage is discouraged from the earliest stages of language learning . |
| 18 | Patterns can be set to either remain fixed while shapes rotate over them or they can rotate with the shape , the two modes can not be mixed within an illustration . |
| 19 | These two probabilities can not be identified separately because of how they are specified . |