Example sentences of "their [noun pl] can [not/n't] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And fifth , are there enough non-executive directors that their views can not be ignored ? |
| 2 | The actors in this moment of high drama at German headquarters in Luxembourg are all long since dead and much of their discussions can not be verified . |
| 3 | If they find that their plans can not be carried out , this teaches them that their anticipations concerning the decisions of others were overly optimistic . |
| 4 | For Pateman , participatory democracy hinges on the premise that individuals and their institutions can not be placed apart . |
| 5 | The position and ideology of Ulster unionists is such that their goals can not be divided . |
| 6 | Some head teachers — a minority , I am glad to say — ask why their schools can not be inspected by inspectors they know . |
| 7 | Their effects can not be isolated from the HLCA system ; in essence it has been the availability of substantial levels of grant plus the guarantee of HLCAs on the increased numbers of animals which can be kept on the agriculturally improved grassland , which together have constituted a substantial incentive for such capital improvements . |
| 8 | It is well known that Homoeopathic remedies are very dilute in their preparation though their effects can not be explained so simply . |
| 9 | This rule is the bane of fiction writers , who must take special care to ensure that the more villainous characters in their plots can not be mistaken for living persons . |
| 10 | How can they develop a coherent strategy for residential care in general if the needs of dementing elderly people and their carers can not be met by more positive and appropriate patterns of care ? |
| 11 | In other words , we are seeking to defend the rights of those who work within the Scottish Transport Group and to say that they and their rights can not be sold off like so many cans of beans . |
| 12 | The fact that drivers — unlike , say , factory workers — have to work independently to some extent , so that their schedules can not be fixed in advance , is one reason why employment law is particularly hard to grapple with in the haulage industry . |
| 13 | But to contend , as does Mr. Wall , that the consideration of their interests can not be taken into account at all unless the criterion to be found in paragraph ( b ) of article 13 is satisfied is , in my judgment , unwarranted by anything in the language of the Convention and unwarranted in principle . |
| 14 | Unless all respondents share a single interpretation of a question their answers can not be compared . |
| 15 | Such men are invisible to social workers and statisticians and their numbers can not be estimated . |
| 16 | The nursing skills the camp followers brought with them , must have reduced the number of fatalities and the contribution made by those who donned male attire , and fought along side their men can not be counted . |