Example sentences of "of [Wh det] can [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | those which employ a method or means of combat the effects of which can not be limited as required by this Protocol ; and consequently , in each such case , are of a nature to strike military objectives and civilians or civilian objects without distinction . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Jennett argues that " most patients who now reach hospitals have progressive disease , the ultimate outcome of which can not be influenced " ( Jennett 1986 : 4 ) . |
| 4 | Therefore its ‘ laws ’ of regulation and equilibrium only emerge as the result of a myriad of private actions , the results of which can not be foreseen . |
| 5 | It is one of the great drawbacks of much ‘ popular ’ social writing in newspapers and magazines that statements are made , the validity of which can not be accepted without more evidence . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A very good example of what can not be achieved by severance is found in Baker v Hedgecock ( 1888 ) 39 Ch D 520 . |
| 8 | ln that case the last clause — ‘ in that land were we born ’ — is no patriotic bugle-note , but rather a flat acknowledgement of what can not be helped . |