Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] really [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ca n't really be avoided but can be reduced by letting in as much ventilation as possible . |
| 2 | And you ca n't really be surprised . |
| 3 | ‘ Some people said they were fund managers but we ca n't really be sure , ’ says a BP spokesman , darkly . |
| 4 | ‘ She ca n't really be dead , ’ someone said solemnly . |
| 5 | The only factor that ca n't really be accounted for is time . |
| 6 | Although I can see the whole thing unrolling in my mind 's eye like a silent film , I ca n't really be precise about where everyone was and that sort of thing . ’ |
| 7 | Sinead O'Connor 's use of a picture of a murdered Guatemalan street child ca n't really be compared to Benetton 's shock-ads-for-profit . |
| 8 | With that , the situation transcends the initial paradigmatic form or structure of coercion ; for if people do n't mind doing what you want them to do , you ca n't really be making them do it . |
| 9 | ‘ I know it was awfully cheap : it 'll probably fall to bits , it ca n't really be cashmere . |
| 10 | ‘ You ca n't really be scared of someone whose teeth might fall out , ’ he told Carrie . |
| 11 | But one of the most persistent and pernicious myths we 've inherited from Descartes is that mentality is essentially conscious , so that anything we ca n't introspect ca n't really be going on in our mind . |
| 12 | After a time he began to whisper in a voice that tried now to be soft and gentle , in complete contrast to his alarm calls : ‘ Come on , Minch , you ca n't really be so ill that you ca n't show me your face just for a moment , or let me hear the ruffle of one of your wings . |
| 13 | ‘ They ca n't really be friends , ’ said Bernice as she worked on repairs to the faulty connection . |
| 14 | ‘ I mean , that old duvet 's bound to cover most of the important parts of my body , and the chances of the pilot on the fire blowing out again and gassing me in my sleep ca n't really be that high , ’ I said . |
| 15 | BZW 's Davis says : ‘ One does n't want four pints of White Label , so it ca n't really be a substitute for draught beer in a pub , whereas a canned product stands a much greater chance . ’ |
| 16 | Erm it 's a community isolation because is like mountains around which makes barriers against physical mobility that ca n't really be moved round that easily . |
| 17 | It ca n't really be alive , she thought desperately . |
| 18 | It ca n't really be a matter of changing one 's altitude . |
| 19 | If they are not reasonably constant , then not only is the model er a poor one , right , within sample but it ca n't really be used for out of sample predictions , because although on average er our coefficient that we estimate it might be nought point five , then the out of sample could well be minus six or something like that . |
| 20 | He says that scientists have certain tests they need to carry out , they ca n't really be sure how she died until shis has been done . |
| 21 | Ca n't really be forced |
| 22 | Yeah you ca n't really be listening to what I 'm saying cos you cos I have n't finished yet . |
| 23 | We ca n't really be out of er eye shot of the car is it ? |
| 24 | He ca n't really be in touch with the twenty years olds . |
| 25 | Now this is very common you do n't know what you 're working with so you ca n't really be expected even if you get the answer if |
| 26 | has been considerable , Chairman my one concern which has in fact shared by Mrs as Mr referred in , in his letter is erm how long is this experiment should run for erm how long five point seven the first of three months , although the wording is n't , it is in fact half the recommendation , I would want to er agree with Mrs suggest that this be six months , erm because three months particularly in the winter months ca n't , ca n't really be considered a very thorough experimental period . |