Example sentences of "can [not/n't] be [verb] [subord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is no reason why the doctrine of justice actually reflected by the constitutional arrangements of a state may not be reached as a result of people realizing that their different ideals of the good , each leading to a different doctrine of justice , can not be implemented because of the widespread disagreement in society concerning their value . |
| 2 | Obviously there may be circumstances in which the normal procedure of application and issue can not be followed because of the urgency of the matter and a procedure exists for obtaining an emergency representation certificate in such cases . |
| 3 | The flaw of monism is that it tends to view a text as an undifferentiated whole , so that examination of linguistic choices can not be made except on some ad hoc principle . |
| 4 | The communication of such a word implies the communication of the technique of grafting and can not be explained except as a Massaliote loan-word . |
| 5 | TELEPHONE BOOKINGS can not be accepted except for CREDIT CARD bookings ( booking fee 50p per transaction ) . |
| 6 | The present position is one in which the Treaty of Maastricht can not be ratified because of the Danish veto . |
| 7 | establish the principle that when your office door is open you are willing to accept ‘ drop in callers ’ but when it is shut you can not be disturbed except for a real emergency |
| 8 | A 16-year-old and a youth aged 17 , also from Ely , are juveniles and can not be named because of an order by magistrates . |
| 9 | The need for these controls can not be over-emphasised as without them every facet of the cleaning may suffer . |
| 10 | The whole environment can not be served except through its parts , and that has always meant that the ecological talk was unreal because one needed to say where should we start and you have to start somewhere . |
| 11 | An answer to these questions , if a satisfactory answer is to be possible at all , can not be given except as part of a theory of reality , and my purpose in the following pages will be to sketch out the fundamentals of just such a theory . |
| 12 | Once he 's harvested the wheat crop , there 's still the beans , which can not be cut because of the rain . |
| 13 | In consequence , pre-capitalist modes of production can not be defined except via their political , legal and ideological superstructures … |
| 14 | Most girls born 70 and more years ago can not be traced because of change of name at marriage . |
| 15 | A petition can not be heard until at least fourteen days have elapsed since the petition was served on the debtor and the supervisor of a voluntary arrangement ( r 6.18(1) ) unless it appears that the debtor has absconded or the court thinks it a proper case for an expedited hearing , or the debtor consents ( r 6.18(2) ) . |
| 16 | The Origin of the Family , Private Property and the State , 1884 Formen is the most detailed discussion of pre-capitalist society in Marx 's mature work and it really can not be understood except as a part of the background for the more fully completed works Marx was either planning or did wrote , especially Capital . |
| 17 | The poetic work too should be viewed as a ‘ functional structure ’ ( p.46 ) , the different elements of which can not be understood except in their connections with the whole . |
| 18 | Despite the intelligent coupling , this set can not be recommended except to those who respond more positively than I do to Giulini 's rather limp direction ( ) |
| 19 | But other research studies may necessitate some collecting of original data by means of observation , simply because the answers to the questions being asked can not be got except by the researcher going out and finding out . |
| 20 | The American constitution can not be changed except through a very cumbersome and difficult constitutional procedure which requires the vote of two thirds of the members of both houses of congress and a resolution from three quarters of the leg state legislatures , so it 's not a simple majority , you ca n't just simply say oh let's add something to the constitution , very difficult indeed erm er and there has n't been a significant recent amendment to the constitution . |
| 21 | There is a plausible consistency about a well-developed derivational argument ( for examples see pp. 96–9 ) that can not be gainsaid except by a more inclusive one , for most such theses are not open to a direct test . |
| 22 | Provision is also made for payment when the bonus can not be earned because of circumstances outside the workers ' control . |
| 23 | Thus , the main research methods of natural science , the laboratory experiment and the controlled trial , can not be used except in very special circumstances and even then serious ethical issues may arise . |
| 24 | This is somewhat ironic when it is realized that local government has substantial resources that can not be used because of centrally-imposed prescriptions . |
| 25 | The group 's present offices were intended as a temporary base before staff moved into better premises which can not be used because of fire damage . |
| 26 | The scope of the legal doctrine , and its implications for constitutional change , can not be settled except by analysis of the political morality which gives it its authority . |
| 27 | Neil Davidson , counsel for the Deans , said they denied allegations levelled at them by the shareholders , many of which can not be reported because of restrictions imposed by Lord Cullen . |
| 28 | This means that she falls asleep in the car on the way to the airport and can not be woken except by a party of electricians returning from Corfu , who put her in a baggage trolley and push her the length of the terminal building at speeds of up to fifteen miles per hour . |