Example sentences of "[pron] can not really [be] " in BNC.

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1 But I have often asked myself what it is that drew me to Sibelius 's music and I think it is that he is a composer who can not really be compared to anyone else .
2 People should remember that you need attention too , and not ignore you and sneak away from you , People who sneak away from you can not really be your friends in the first place .
3 If we can not really be sure about the way this Christianization of the urban population was brought about , we can , however , discern some of the anxieties that accompanied it .
4 The claim that none of our beliefs about the future are ever justified is more important and more interesting than the claim that although our belief that the sun will rise tomorrow is quite probably both true and justified , we can not really be said to know that the sun will rise tomorrow .
5 Now they can only represent the area that the observer stands in and can see around him , and erm this leaves many gaps over the surface of the earth where we can not really be sure of what the weather 's doing .
6 One can not really be Catholic and grown up . ’
7 In endeavouring to give an account of his life one can not really be satisfied that the truth is emerging : not the whole truth .
8 ‘ They are not a problem , they have no obvious needs , hence they can not really be elderly . ’
9 There is a good case for excluding these economically inactive people since they can not really be described as capable and available for full-time work .
10 It can not really be that the way things are looking to me now is pink , since I could be wrong about whether that way is pink or not .
11 It can not really be called page makeup but it 's probably more useful for the businessman than any page makeup program .
12 While he can not really be called a poet , he has strong and sensitive feelings which show themselves in poetic music in the opera .
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