Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] ca [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is also an increased risk of cancer and high sensitivity to radiation means that radiotherapy ca n't be used . |
| 2 | The new law states that pregnancies ca n't be terminated after 24 weeks unless the mother 's life is at risk or there 's a substantial chance the baby will be seriously handicapped . |
| 3 | Seymour Cray is still hopeful of bringing his crippled Cray Computer Corp safely in to land , and this week told shareholders that the pay-off will come not with the Cray-3 , but with the Cray-4 the company is developing — ‘ People who predict that things ca n't be done — I guess I do n't have time for them , ’ he told shareholders sternly — ‘ That 's the challenge that I 'm willing to accept in trying to do things that ca n't be done ’ ; the Cray-3 was launched last month , a decade after Cray started work on it , but the Cray-4 is expected to offer twice the performance at half the cost , and the company hopes to demonstrate it by year-end ; it says it has enough cash to fund operations into September and says it is working with two investment banking firms on fund-raising strategies . |
| 4 | It is a disappointment to him to see the way canoeing is marketed and perceived , particularly the view that people ca n't be coached after a certain level . |
| 5 | Are you saying that thing ca n't be stopped with a bullet … ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You know that wizards ca n't be killed by edged weapons ? ’ said Rincewind desperately . |
| 7 | The other big difference is that ministers ca n't be Members of Parliament . |
| 8 | ‘ The supervisor has not learned one of the fundamentals of good supervision — that employees ca n't be forced into doing a good job . |
| 9 | they 'll obviously be moving about and tutors ca n't be faffing round every two minutes if something goes wrong . |
| 10 | ‘ But we just missed out , and Crusaders ca n't be feeling too happy . |
| 11 | If Morrissey ca n't be allowed to write in the third person using a character , without people automatically assuming the views expressed are his own , then we 've got problems too . |
| 12 | Of course , caring and consideration ca n't be taught . |
| 13 | If this is how bands who openly admit to being influenced by The Clash sound today , poor old Strummer and Jones ca n't be getting much sleep at night . |
| 14 | If this is how bands who openly admit to being influenced by The Clash sound today , poor old Strummer and Jones ca n't be getting much sleep at night . |
| 15 | ‘ Its Mum and Dad ca n't be far away , ’ he said , then continued , ‘ stags are normally nervous , but they get dead vicious when they think their young are threatened . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm most grateful to the honourable gentleman er of course these buildings are all related to the orders were discussing in order that M E Ps can be elected in the first place and is it not interesting to note that if agreement ca n't be reached as indeed is the position of the moment er in u what is called the European union over where actually the parliament is going to sit . |
| 17 | Appalling Italian food , of course , but beggars ca n't be choosers , what ? ’ |
| 18 | But beggars ca n't be … |
| 19 | ‘ But managers ca n't be counsellors . |
| 20 | But electors ca n't be ordered around in the way Labour Party members can , and they have made pretty clear they did n't like the result ( neither do Labour Party members , which is why they have left in droves ) . |
| 21 | Eventually they settle in to a new home — but life ca n't be that easy , can it ? |
| 22 | A rest in Ireland , a confession before the Jockey Club , possibly a new relationship — it all should have signified a break with the past , particularly the recent , unhappy past , but history ca n't be discarded like an old coat . |
| 23 | I was just glad he took money and not possessions , because possessions ca n't be replaced . |
| 24 | One could argue that this inverted logic is acceptable because art ca n't be divorced from its conditions of production and consumption . |
| 25 | As was explained in Chapter 1 , we could never be quite sure that we had indeed found the correct theory , since theories ca n't be proved . |
| 26 | When programming ca n't be avoided , a friendly Access Basic language is provided . |
| 27 | When deadlines ca n't be met , Alpha ‘ gracefully degrades ’ by meeting as many as possible of the most important ones . |