Example sentences of "can [not/n't] be [vb pp] in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The differences between the two groups can not be couched in such grandiose terms . |
| 2 | The modified theory can not be tested in any way that was not also a test of the original theory . |
| 3 | HIV can not be transmitted in this way . |
| 4 | HIV can not be transmitted in this way . |
| 5 | Other features of the phenomena which can not be treated in this way are ignored or denied any narrative or causal significance . |
| 6 | The nosodes are invaluable for clearing up inherited predispositions and acquired disease toxins which often can not be treated in any other way . |
| 7 | In practice , however , from about 5 o'clock in the morning onwards changes occur that can not be explained in this way . |
| 8 | Although individualists allow that certain types of individual property may be explained by appealing to the properties of groups , they are committed to the view that other individual properties can not be explained in this fashion . |
| 9 | In a similar case of a montane forest , between 56 tree species in several families , this time in Jamaica , there was , again , only slight interspecific temporal separation in the use of animal pollinators and dispersal agents , thus ‘ niche ’ separation in this sense is slight and the coexistence of the 56 species can not be explained in this way . |
| 10 | The presuppositions of a modifier can not be pinpointed in this way , because a head which exactly duplicates them does not yield pleonasm . |
| 11 | The UK maintains a strong doctrine of extraterritoriality which means that UK competition policy can not be applied in such cases , any more than US antitrust policy would be permitted to pursue a cartel of UK firms exporting to the US . |
| 12 | Without this integration the results of existing technical research can not be applied in less than the present high risk of failure . |
| 13 | Judicial realisation that the full implications of the adjudicative model can not be applied in this area is of course beneficial . |
| 14 | In America 26 of the 50 states have published ‘ shield ’ laws allowing journalists to protect their sources , with certain exceptions which generally apply only if the information is relevant , can not be obtained in any other way , and public interest is better served by disclosure than by keeping the source confidential . |
| 15 | A genuine need for the results which can not be obtained in any other , equally credible way . |
| 16 | Multiple record buckets can not be handled in this way , as groups of records that randomize to the same bucket do not generally have anything else in common , so that the whole bucket has to be searched to see if the desired record is in it . |
| 17 | The western experience simply can not be replicated in those places where it is now being recommended . |
| 18 | Of course , pairs of probes that have been hybridised to mutually disjoint libraries can not can not be compared in this way . |
| 19 | It can not be recalled in any coherent form . |
| 20 | Since this sequence can not be represented in any other way ( see below ) , you can not cancel a suspended CLI command file from within a program . |
| 21 | The historical record suggests , however , that at every interface the relationship between levels can not be seen in this way ; rather the potential for each level to exercise autonomy has to be recognised . |
| 22 | finally , condition ( 5 ) can not be fulfilled in all occupations . |
| 23 | But there is a fourth major avenue of current research which , for reasons of its technical complexity , can not be covered in this book . |
| 24 | This derives from the long established principle that the risk to which a guarantor is exposed can not be altered in any material way without his prior consent . |
| 25 | The null hypothesis of no heterogeneity can not be rejected in any of the variants of the model . |
| 26 | This point can not be overstated in any attempt to understand the subjective mood of the interwar French left-wing writer . |
| 27 | To refuse to pay that would be tantamount to accusing him of lying , and such an accusation can not be countenanced in these circumstances . |
| 28 | Undefended flowers can not be farmed in this manner , because another bird could come and drink from the flower during the interval before it has restored its nectar to the higher level . |
| 29 | Marx 's work can not be understood in any terms other than the ones he himself developed ; but these are not spelled out , and are only indirectly expressed in his work . |
| 30 | If the matter can not be resolved in that way then another person , usually the senior partner within the firm , must be identified by name as the person to whom complaint can be made . |