Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh det] can not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the words of F. H. Bradley — someone who held views similar in many respects to Oakeshott — if we abstract those features which result from social context the exercise becomes ‘ a theoretical attempt to isolate what can not be isolated ’ . |
| 2 | Women of darkness ; Lady Macbeth , Mozart 's Queen of the Night , even Cathy , in Emily Brontë 's Wuthering Heights , with her fierce loves and hates which can not be bound by the rules of day . |
| 3 | Arthur Price chairman John Price says : ‘ 13/0 certainly looks as bright and as cheerful as 18/8 but after it has been in use for a short while it goes dull and then grey and , after a year or so , stains and pitmarks develop which can not be removed . ’ |
| 4 | But particularly in a public sector context , where appeals to the public interest could be assumed to be more common , profound questions remain which can not be resolved by terse definitions . |
| 5 | Leaders influence those aspects of their subordinates ' interests , energies and drive which can not be harnessed by simple organisation structure , job definitions , or more formal management techniques . |
| 6 | By virtue of s41 of CPA 1987 , breach of a safety regulation , as distinct from the general safety requirement , is also grounds for a civil action by any person affected which can not be excluded or limited by any contract term or notice . |
| 7 | And it is itself always also paradoxical , for it discloses what can not be scaled down to be contained , proved , measured , demonstrated or explained within the framework of finite human reasoning . |
| 8 | This three-sided relief , and a second , the ‘ Boston Throne ’ , of the same form and character but different and inferior style , present unsolved problems of use , interpretation and indeed date which can not be discussed here . |
| 9 | Evasive certainly , but only to acknowledge what can not be uttered . |
| 10 | This effort to unite what can not be united lies at the heart of the haiku and accounts for some of its tense , sad loveliness . |