Example sentences of "can [not/n't] be [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We pointed out earlier that such a proposal can not be accepted for the prenominal case because the prenominal and the clause structures are far from equivalent ; they admit different ranges of adjective , and the relation of the adjective to the head noun is different in the two cases . |
| 2 | But this is a case where the stratigraphical wood can not be seen for the nomenclatural trees . |
| 3 | ‘ But the same can not be said for the rest . |
| 4 | Her natural expression removes some of the horror of death and , with her floral tribute , looks more like Little Red Riding Hood asleep under the tree ; the same can not be said for the Hoskins child . |
| 5 | Unfortunately the same can not be said for the George IV Bridge Building . |
| 6 | The hon. Gentleman spoke for himself , which can not be said for the hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth ( Mr. Pawsey ) , who is not in his place , the Back-Bench chairman of the Conservative party education committee . |
| 7 | The same can not be said for the Labour party which fought the previous two elections on a programme that the hon. Member for Walsall , South ( Mr. George ) said was disastrous and should have been consigned to the rubbish heap . |
| 8 | As Marslen-Wilson ( 1986 ) has pointed out , the concept of a recognition point , i.e. the point at which a word becomes discriminable within the language system , can not be determined for a word in isolation . |
| 9 | The Law society is seeking a ten year term for the contract , with some crucial provisions entrenched so that they can not be altered for the duration of the contract , except with the Society 's agreement . |
| 10 | The report points out that the importance of developing good relationships with the small business customer can not be overstated for the banks . |
| 11 | But such individuals can not be recommended for a home with children . |
| 12 | The trustee can not be sued for a dividend , but if he refused to pay a dividend , the court may order him to pay it together with , out of his own funds , interest at judgment rate and costs ( s 325(2) ) . |
| 13 | You can not be disconnected for a Hire Purchase debt , a Credit Sale Agreement , or a debt for anything other than supply of gas and or electricity . |
| 14 | That , in my own mind , though they can not be opened for the day to the public to see are gardens by comparison with which the most beautiful garden of this island is tawdry and unkempt . |
| 15 | but on the occasions that we are concerned with none of The Society 's locos had been in steam so therefore can not be blamed for the incident . |
| 16 | However Constantine Giannaris is quick to point out that lack of funding alone can not be blamed for the paucity of cinematic output . |
| 17 | Earnings from work of manual and non-manual workers have become slightly less unequal though the same can not be claimed for the value of such fringe benefits as sick pay , retirement pensions , subsidies for cars , private schooling , house purchase , etc . |
| 18 | We should not , however , expect a question for the initial verb alone since this is only possible in English for verbs which describe something as being , in some as yet ill-defined sense , " done " to their objects : ( 69 ) what did Rafferty do to the cistern ? and this can not be claimed for the verbs preceding clausal adjectives any more than for a verb which precedes an explicit subordinate clause . |
| 19 | It is safest to assume , therefore , that whereas the Lion and Stag mosaic might be predominantly the work of a craftsmen who was also present at North Leigh , the same proximity of relationship can not be postulated for the Oceanus mosaic . |
| 20 | The same method can not be used for a polymer and one must resort to comparative techniques . |
| 21 | The unique Client name is already known to LIFESPAN and therefore can not be used for a new Client name . |
| 22 | This is all the more requisite as there are certain uses in which the to infinitive can not be substituted for the bare form ( e.g. ( 13 ) ) and , vice versa , where the bare infinitive can not replace its counterpart with to , as in ( 14 ) . |