Example sentences of "they [adv] can not be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am often asked what makes a good day for bolting rabbits , bearing in mind that on some occasions they will readily leave the ground regardless of surface conditions , whereas at other times — often under what appear to be favourable conditions — they just can not be budged . |
| 2 | They thus can not be occupied . |
| 3 | The strands are so fine that they usually can not be detected by cetacean sonar , unlike the older type of multifilament cotton nets . |
| 4 | They also can not be compressed even under quite high pressures . |
| 5 | Whatever is claimed of these traditional philosophical mysteries , including the claim that they enter into mental events , they surely can not be regarded as parts of them . |
| 6 | They certainly can not be turned into the stated goal of an academic programme . |