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

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31 Other features of the phenomena which can not be treated in this way are ignored or denied any narrative or causal significance .
32 The finding that the smooth muscle MHC gene encodes multiple isoforms suggests that the proteins originally designated as SM1 and SM2 MHC probably represent multiple forms which can not be separated by one dimensional SDS-PAGE analysis .
33 Finally , quality control : it is a complex , sophisticated and highly responsible enterprise , demanding knowledge and skills which can not be presumed and therefore require proper training , together with a full and open debate with those whose work is under review about the criteria whereby quality is to be judged .
34 However , disputes arising out of , or in connection with , this contract which can not be amicably settled , may ( if you so wish ) be referred to arbitration under a special Scheme , which , though devised by arrangement with the Association of British Travel Agents , is administered quite independently by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators .
35 Relativism is a stance which assumes that opinions which can not be tested scientifically are just subjective and relative to the particular context giving rise to them , to cultural upbringing and different individual and group experience .
36 It has been their job to see that local councils do not spend money on activities which can not be justified by statute .
37 However , it may also be that if the clause is drawn so widely as to be capable of applying in unreasonable circumstances , or if it purports to exclude a liability which can not be excluded under the Act , the court may find it unreasonable to apply it to other circumstances ( see Walker v Boyle [ 1982 ] 1 All ER 634 ) .
38 This idea can now be refined through Bourdieu 's concept of habitus , in which the social group 's perspective upon some form is always predicated upon the historical construction of its dispositions , interaction being a conjunc-ture which can not be reduced merely to its immediate context ( Bourdieu 1977 : 81 ) .
39 In each case the land has been exploited far beyond its true potential — out of dire necessity during the Wars , and now for blind greed and short-term gain resulting in vast surpluses which can not be eaten or sold .
40 Under strict liability , the defendant is held liable , even in the absence of negligence , because the enterprise is judged to involve unusual dangers which can not be eliminated even by the utmost care .
41 Only one stitch pattern at a time can be downloaded from DesignaKnit to the knitting machine and any patterns currently in the memory of the knitting machine will be erased ( this does not of course apply to the built in Stitch World patterns which can not be erased ) .
42 It is precisely this weighting which can not be observed for art works .
43 He believes that things are as they seem to Dr Serafin ; that he is putting up proposals which are as sound as his judgement and experience can make them , that he is withdrawing them in deference to Serafin 's objections , and that he will be forced to formulate alternative proposals which can not be known to him yet because they will take their rise from views Serafin has still not expressed .
44 ‘ There are certain eternal values which can not be put to referendum , ’ he announced .
45 Although some differences appear to stem more or less directly from inequalities in wealth and power , others appear to be associated with attitudes and values which can not be related directly to such inequalities ; an example is the preference of British working-class mothers for bottle-feeding rather than breast-feeding their babies .
46 However , what appears to be competition/soliciting which can not be restrained without an express clause frequently amounts to a breach of the duty of fidelity .
47 It has a unique function which can not be commanded , it simply happens automatically once per day for the character carrying the book as soon as that character suffers any lost Wounds from a melee or missile attack .
48 This form is to be completed for any ad hoc requests which can not be requested specifically by forms NEWOED1–NEWOED6 .
49 The significance of the TDA 1968 is that it applies , in auction situations , strict liability to a false trade description which can not be excluded by a disclaimer even though , as a matter of civil law , such an exclusion clause could satisfy the reasonableness test under UCTA 1977 ( see Derbyshire County Council v Vincent ( 1990 ) The Times , 19 June ) .
50 If ideals or values are essentially statements of faith which can not be logically sustained then much of our examination will be concerned with persuasion rather than with facts in themselves .
51 Should they turn out to be insurmountable then the decision is classified as " a good decision which can not be carried through " .
52 4.3 Once again , our interpretation has consequences for grammaticality and linguistic form which match observable data : First , it implies , inter alia , that adjectives which can not be ascribed to the entity of the noun phrase — such as the associatives — will be unacceptable here , just as they are in postnominal attributive position , and this is indeed the case : ( 19 ) how did the Ministry send their expert ? they sent their expert well-briefed they sent their expert meteorological ( 20 ) how do you find the new flag ? we find the flag gaudy we find the flag national
53 Rozhdestvensky uses a revised text , of whose authenticity I can not be sure .
54 However , some wastes arise in Northern Ireland which can not be dealt with by landfill .
55 One way of avoiding ideological cooptation is to choose left-over sites which can not be the object of ideological misinterpretation .
56 Posts which can not be filled should be considered as to their suitability for a job-sharing arrangement .
57 Others are bad experiences which can not be absorbed in memory but are ‘ retained as foreign objects which the psyche seeks to project ’ ( Guntrip , 1968 ) .
58 Under pressure from government economic policies and spending cuts , the predisposition to rethink conventional provision is slight , except in so far as as competition for student numbers , effective teaching hours and fee-income intensifies the concentration on popular recreational and leisure pursuits , rather than innovative and developmental work in areas which can not be relied upon to be lucrative .
59 There are also important areas of knowledge and skill which can not be described with any precision either because of their nature ( e.g. " understanding " ) or because not enough is yet known about the factors causing difficulty to pupils .
60 Therefore there is clearly some on-going benefit from such a campaign which can not be measured by the number of enquiries received .
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