Example sentences of "can [not/n't] be [vb pp] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 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 . |
| 2 | The implicit recognition of this in their work is obscured by the distinction they make between ‘ direct experience ’ and more ‘ abstract ’ ‘ underlying ’ causes which can not be grasped at the level of immediate experience . |
| 3 | Supercomputing — High-performance computers costing millions of pounds can not be sited at every university that needs their computational power ; Yet the vast amounts of data they produce require advanced data visualisation techniques for their human understanding . |
| 4 | It can not be assumed at the outset that all elements are the product of similar processes of objectification . |
| 5 | Since this is one aspect of the " ongoing negotiation " and preferences of " newcomers " to the interaction can not be assumed at the outset , the circumstances which will most favour a speedy agreement to use Creole are those where there are few participants — ideally the minimum , two — and these individuals are already well known to each other , and known to favour Creole . |
| 6 | The wasteful and destructive life-styles of the rich can not be maintained at the cost of the lives and livelihood of the poor , and of nature . |
| 7 | Suggesting that the long-term viability of BC and its privatisation potential could be put at risk by curbs on open-cast operations , Mr Chance added : ‘ Mining communities can not be saved at the expense of the open-cast industry . |
| 8 | It can not be said at the outset that it is impossible for the contract to be carried out . |
| 9 | A behaviour that can not be done at the same time as the problem behaviour . |
| 10 | Schemes will no longer be considered for registration where the fixed percentage of profit or the specified amount of the notional pool to be distributed as PRP depend on a formula that can not be determined at the time of writing the scheme ( p 103 ) . |
| 11 | Under a new Statement of Practice ( SP 7/92 ) , schemes will no longer be considered for registration where the fixed percentage or the specified amount of the notional pool depend on a formula which can not be determined at the time of writing the scheme . |
| 12 | For the pound-dollar , the mark-dollar and the lira-dollar the hypothesis that α = 0 and β = 1 can not be rejected at the 5 per cent level . |
| 13 | The major points of difference between the proposed Statement of Auditing Standards and the existing standard are that : auditors ' reports would contain brief descriptions of the respective responsibilities of directors and auditors , and would indicate the basis of the opinion expressed and include a description of the key features of the audit process ; auditors would no longer issue qualified reports solely as a result of uncertainties which can not be resolved at the date the financial statements are approved ( ‘ inherent uncertainties ’ ) . |
| 14 | Thank you sir , er Mr has mentioned the disagreement er the potential disagreement between Norfolk and Suffolk County Councils , what happens may I ask , if that er disagreement can not be resolved at the local lev level , is the Minister called in ? |
| 15 | If the matter really can not be resolved at an informal level , then it should be formally communicated in writing to the person in charge of the activity . |
| 16 | Plainly this confusion can not be laid at the door of the petitioner . |
| 17 | Blame can not be laid at the doorstep of any single photographer , designer , journalist or editor — this is not intended as a smug pop at our predecessors , nor a dig at individuals . |
| 18 | Most importantly the hotel gains a security system whose cards can not be copied at the local locksmith . |
| 19 | Think of a desired alternative action — one that can not be performed at the same time as the ‘ problem ’ behaviour ( see page 55 ) . |
| 20 | These can not be known at the time the decision is to be made and a means of stating what is known and what is assessed of the influence of future events on the commercial performance of the product , permitting comparisons between options , is needed . |
| 21 | These can not be known at the time the decision is to be made and a means of stating what is known and what is assessed of the influence of future events on the commercial performance of the product , permitting comparisons between options , is needed . |
| 22 | A rent will be unascertainable if it is fixed by reference to facts which can not be known at the date of the lease , eg the market rental value at a future date . |
| 23 | A secret postal ballot of parents then determines the fate of the school , and once a decision to opt out of local authority control has been taken it can not be reversed at a later date , although there is , of course , nothing to stop a new government introducing a legislation to repeal this provision . |
| 24 | Public health medicine takes responsibility on behalf of the medical profession for many of the medical functions that can not be discharged at the bedside or in the consulting room . |
| 25 | those which employ a method or means of combat which can not be directed at a specific military objective ; or |
| 26 | The accusation can not be levelled at the performance as a whole . |
| 27 | The Crown is amenable to declarations but a declaration can not be awarded at the interim stage of proceedings ; so the effect of the rule is that interim relief is not available in actions against the Crown in which the remedy sought is mandamus or a declaration . |
| 28 | Fear can not be experienced at the same time as love — whether we are talking of love of an individual , of mankind , of the world or of yourself . |