Example sentences of "can not have been the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet often it can not have been the case that a recalcitrant trustee remained in possession of the property entrusted to him . |
| 2 | We have known for some time that this can not have been the case . |
| 3 | Pericles ' position is ( almost everywhere : see p. 126 on finance ) described by Thucydides as if his authority depended solely on charismatic qualities of leadership , but this can not have been the whole of it . |
| 4 | In debate with Trypho , Justin exploited this principle : because the almighty Father is transcendent , the God who appeared to Moses at the burning bush can not have been the Father but his Word and Reason ( Logos ) who is therefore ‘ other than the Father in number though not in will ’ . |
| 5 | Mr. Jeffreys contended that on a fair reading of the subsection it can not have been the intention that every one of an owner 's rights had to be assumed by the alleged thief before an appropriation was proved and that essential ingredient of the offence of theft established . |
| 6 | This can not have been the intention of Parliament when it prevented drivers from contracting out of their liability to a passenger . |