Example sentences of "and it can not be [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 On the credit side , however , and it can not be denied , in terms of health , physical fitness , and wealth ( pocket-money ) the modern youngster has the best scores .
2 Professor James Torrance , I know , sees this as a weakness in Calvinism , and it can not be denied that , despite the Reformation , a great deal of this legalism passed over into Protestantism .
3 ‘ Health care is not extraneous , it 's a matter of life and death and it can not be cut , ’ Democratic Senator Harris Wofford of Pennsylvania told a rally outside the meeting in Philadelphia ; several suits against Unisys have been brought over the issue .
4 The structure of the wheel remains alongside the north-west elevation of the mill , although the wooden paddles have entirely rotted away and it can not be made to turn ( Plate 43 ) .
5 ( 3 ) A requirement under this section to provide a specimen of blood or urine can only be made at a police station or at a hospital ; and it can not be made at a police station unless — ( a ) the constable making the requirement has reasonable cause to believe that for medical reasons a specimen of breath can not be provided or should not be required , or ( b ) at the time the requirement is made a device or a reliable device of the type mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) ( a ) above is not available at the police station or it is then for any other reason not practicable to use such a device there , or ( c ) the suspected offence is one under section 4 of this Act and the constable making the requirement has been advised by a medical practitioner that the condition of the person required to provide the specimen might be due to some drug ; but may then be made notwithstanding that the person required to provide the specimen has already provided or been required to provide two specimens of breath .
6 And it can not be ruled out that even higher interest rates - whatever the political consequences — would be used in the last resort .
7 And it can not be said that that is the union 's business as of generally recognised right to decide , or to share in deciding , that application .
8 It is not a disease to be caught , and it can not be taught ...
9 Fraud appears to have increased rather than decreased , and it can not be argued that this is merely a matter of greater success in detection , as many of the frauds only come to light when investors find that they are unable to obtain their funds ( or the directors of the institution are found to be in sunny climes abroad , with little intention of returning to the UK ) .
10 ‘ … the extent of the establishment is but barely sufficient for the exigencies of the County , and it can not be contended that it is on too large or extravagant a scale ; the number of patients constantly on the books of the Infirmary ; the high reputation which it has justly acquired under the excellent management of the medical and other officers belonging to it ; the strict economy which to the general satisfaction of the Governors has been observed in the ordinary expenditure of the House … call forcibly upon the County at large to hold out a protecting hand to save it from ruin which appears inevitably to have waited , if not averted by our timely interference . ’
11 It is the most costly spectacle on earth and it can not be repeated again this century .
12 That has to be paid for some time , and it can not be justified .
13 A package can not be issued as a finished product if this is not done , and it can not be converted into a product at a later stage .
14 A package can not be issued as a finished product if this is not done , and it can not be converted into a product at a later stage .
15 This kind of ability is both envied and disparaged by many Continental musicians , and it can not be doubted that professional English singers often perform music which they have not had time to ‘ learn ’ in any sense of the term that a European singer would accept .
16 If funding is not available , and it can not be found within the present budget , the Secretary of State will be guilty of the loss of that work ?
17 The special report from the Select Committee on Health is now therefore in the hands of the Privileges Committee , and it can not be discussed .
18 The party in the country knows it and it can not be cowed by pleas for loyalty . ’
19 Rather it is bound up with all life 's activities whether they be social , political or economic , and it can not be divorced from morality .
20 Desire is psychological and it can not be amputated .
21 We read that the meaning of the embellishment on metalwork ‘ can not be recaptured from the archaeological material ’ and it can not be interpreted from the ‘ surviving literature , which was written down long after the inception of the style ’ ( Wilson 1976a , p. 3 ) .
22 The impracticality of the ‘ inferred recognition ’ theory as a legal concept for forensic use is obvious and it can not be thought that that was the intention of Her Majesty 's Government in giving the Parliamentary answers .
23 There are physical and psychological aspects to comfort and it can not be considered in isolation from anxiety , pain ( Chapter 3 ) , position , rest and sleep ( Chapter 8 ) .
24 Finally , if the manager were to get into financial difficulties , and his or her creditors required payment , it should be clear that no money in this account belongs to the manager , and it can not be used to settle the manager 's personal debts .
25 This is an addition to the original language specification and it can not be guaranteed to remain unchanged in future releases .
26 This is an addition to the original language specification and it can not be guaranteed to remain unchanged in future releases .
27 But I 've come to accept that it 's far more sensitive and vulnerable than my other possessions and it can not be hauled back to the manufacturers at the first sign of malfunction .
28 Mr Lamont said the problem could not simply be blamed on recession ‘ and it can not be reduced simply by stimulating demand ’ .
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