Example sentences of "can not be [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have discharged my duty , she thought , I can not be troubled by my conscience in that respect . |
| 2 | The law , however , has never allowed a corporation to sue in respect of injury to its feelings on the basis that the injury might be suffered by its agents : as Lord Reid said in Lewis v. Daily Telegraph Ltd. [ 1964 ] A.C. 234 , 262 : ‘ A company can not be injured in its feelings , ’ and he added , ‘ it can only be injured in its pocket ’ but pecuniary damage to a corporation 's reputation was not in issue in that case . |
| 3 | It being of no use for the master to say that the merchandise belongs to the owner of the ship because he can not be believed upon his word ; and he is not believed on his word when he declares that the ship belongs to the bourgeois and that there is no point to the charter party for the above stated reasons . |
| 4 | I agree that the Crown Prosecution Service can not be bound against their wishes . |
| 5 | Without internal means of communication the group can not be united in its performance , and without the common objective the group lacks the rationality and purposive control that would unite the actions of the elite in its efforts to establish , maintain and strengthen its own power . |
| 6 | They can not be manufactured by our bodies . |
| 7 | In a recent paper , Stroud argues that Quine can be forced to acknowledge questions which can not be answered by his naturalized epistemology ( Stroud 1981 ) . |
| 8 | Fumaroli makes the standard conservative argument that an art that can not be sustained by its audience does not deserve to survive . |
| 9 | The problem is an epistemological one ; the different forms of consciousness can not be evaluated for their ‘ truth ’ value on the grounds of the topic of consciousness or its location in the mode of production . |
| 10 | The qualification concerns the fact that holism can not be studied on its own . |
| 11 | The effectiveness of teaching can not be equated with its rational accountability . |
| 12 | It has already been stressed that social policy can not be analysed on its own , without reference to other activities of the state . |
| 13 | The flowers of these can not be fertilised with their own pollen and are known as self-incompatible or self-sterile , whereas self-fertile ( self-compatible ) varieties set fruit without needing pollen from another tree . |
| 14 | The phase current can not be maintained at its rated value and therefore the torque produced by the motor is reduced . |
| 15 | In particular , by stressing that law must itself contain an element of substantive justice , and that its validity can not be purely formal , such theories clearly show that law can not be isolated from its context . |
| 16 | If the husband is prepared to remain liable under the mortgage he should remain a trustee of the legal estate ( which could stand in the names of the husband , the wife and new husband ) so that he will know the state of the mortgage account and so that a further advance or a second charge can not be created without his consent . |
| 17 | The Buddha warned men not to rely on mantras , incantations , sacrifices , rites and ceremonies ; he insisted that they can not be saved without their own co-operation . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , while his powers of mental control are impressive , this can not be said of his ability to control his physical body . |
| 19 | However , he makes the point that the faithfulness of a church can not be determined on its actual growth , because that is determined by a range of contextual factors outside of the control of the congregation . |
| 20 | What I am arguing here is that the meaning of a linguistic feature can not be determined outside its context . |
| 21 | When a record can not be placed in its home position , it must be stored at an address that can be located quickly . |
| 22 | Remember that the B vitamins and vitamin C can not be stored in your body . |
| 23 | Members are traditionally allowed a free vote and can not be instructed by their party to follow a line . |
| 24 | … The needlessness of imprinting such evident notions can not be argued from their present clearness ; because it is their being thus imprinted or thus connatural to our minds that makes them so . ’ |
| 25 | Here 's why : CREDENTIALS : Under-employed , and has actually read all the books the series is based upon ; SAMPLE MONOLOGUE : ‘ The history of our splendid isle can not be separated from its architecture , its noble people and its rolling moors . |
| 26 | Therefore the nostalgic gloss my grandmother cast backwards upon her own childhood and on her favourite brother , can not be separated from their histories , and our easy condemnations of slaughter miss the complicated realities . |
| 27 | Use of PLATO has the disadvantage that special PLATO terminals have to be used for the instruction ; this means that users can not be taught in their own congressional offices and carry out the training as and when required . |
| 28 | The First Division leader 's joint manager can not be ignored from his very handy mark and bookies will almost certainly make him favourite . |
| 29 | In the unlikely event that matters can not be resolved to your satisfaction in the resort , the Representative will ask you to record details of any problems on a Holiday Report Form , of which you will be given a copy , and you must then follow up your report by writing to the Customer Relations Department at our Birmingham Head Office ( quoting the numbers of your Holiday Reference and Holiday Report forms ) within 42 days of returning from resort . |
| 30 | If the matter can not be resolved to your satisfaction by the branch staff , you should ask to see the branch manager . |