Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [adv] be [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the innumerable African models , men , women and children are forever on the move , making and remaking , in a single lifetime , domestic forms which can not logically be called households … marriage … in Africa is an extremely fragile bond . |
| 2 | The recognition that children can not simply be written off in the rationality stakes and can not therefore be denied autonomy on this account has led some writers to conclude that they can not , therefore , be denied it on any account . |
| 3 | It can not really be called page makeup but it 's probably more useful for the businessman than any page makeup program . |
| 4 | It 's about time that you grew up and realised that I can not possibly be dancing attendance on you every five minutes . ’ |
| 5 | ’ Mebbe it 's unfair tae ask ye this kinna favour , but , man , we can nae always be hingin' oan tae oor pride . ’ |