Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun sg] can not " in BNC.
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1 | Also , abdominal complaints in most of the symptomatic patients not taking NSAIDs have settled once their endoscopy was reported normal : irritable bowel ( or stomach ) syndrome , or non-ulcer dyspepsia can not be excluded in these patients . |
2 | Spotty or regimented planting can not be tolerated either . |
3 | The author of a social study of Norwich reasoned that as ‘ Unemployment is partly a problem of education ’ , so ‘ a half-trained or untrained man can not adapt himself easily and rapidly to the endless changes of production under modern conditions . ’ |
4 | A damaged or dirty item can not be sold . |
5 | The principal faced with a troubled or disruptive child can not simply send him someplace else . |
6 | A violent struggle for economic and political control can not be ruled out . |
7 | The importance of pre- and post-test counselling can not be underestimated . |
8 | Otherwise the key areas of debt counselling and clerical support can not continue adequately . |
9 | The past three months have seen almost daily developments , and a 15-minute speech and 15-minute reply can not do justice to the huge amount of information that must be shared and analysed . |
10 | Why is it that German competitiveness can stand the social chapter and British competitiveness can not ? |
11 | For deaf babies this is a problem : in theory , break the eye-gaze , communication stops and joint reference can not occur . |
12 | Scintigraphy is also a sensitive test in patients where endoscopy and histological examination can not confirm the presence or absence of reflux . |
13 | A criterion of instant and obvious utility can not be the sole criterion for the inclusion of items in the school curriculum . |
14 | The article ended : ‘ The prince 's image has been badly damaged and statesman-like behaviour can not compensate for a young wife throwing herself downstairs in an attempted suicide while her husband strides to go out riding . |
15 | As with all professions , medical and pharmacological competence can not and should not be taken for granted , as evidenced by the frequency with which new drugs are introduced and then withdrawn from the market after proving to be harmful , even fatal in continued use . |
16 | Just as bodily evolution and mental evolution can not be separated , neither can psychological structuralization and the social evolution of mankind . ’ |
17 | Cantoris , who won the race in a blanket finish last year , looks sure to go well again and Double Blue can not be overlooked . |
18 | On the other hand , the contrast between market-originated and producer-originated work can not be made absolute , once market conditions have been generalized . |
19 | Whatever factors might have operated behind the scenes , the existence of an inverse proportion between economic development and ecclesiastical wealth can not be discounted . |
20 | This movement on account of its rapidity and small scale can not be observed directly |
21 | If , however , it is genuine , convinced , voluntary consent that is being sought , then free and open discussion can not be avoided , for what genuine consent needs is that people should feel quite free to voice their doubts and opposition , if only to create a situation in which there is the possibility of overcoming such doubts and hostility . |
22 | It should be noted , however , that the relationship between descriptive fact and pedagogic prescription can not be one of determinacy . |
23 | The association between duodenal deformation and slow healing can not be equated with previous reports since deformation in this study was noted after healing . |
24 | In the first volume which concentrated on recordings dating from 1920 to 1931 even the dim and distant sound can not mar the sheer charisma of much of the playing . |
25 | It is also inflexible in that the period of loan can not be altered and certain information can not be printed out . |
26 | Unless the registrar is instructed to the contrary , a transfer to the wife and new husband will result in the registration of a restriction to the effect that no disposition by a sole proprietor of the land ( not being a trust corporation ) under which capital money arises is to be registered except under an order of the Registrar or of the Court ( ie the survivor of the wife and new husband can not give a good receipt for capital monies ) ( Land Registration Act 1925 , s58(3) and Land Registration Rules 1925 ( SR & O 1925 No 1093 , r213 as amended by Land Registration Rules 1989 , SI No 801 ) ) . |
27 | The test therefore , from this and other evidence can not be relied on completely . |
28 | This does not mean that restructuring and financial change can not take place . |
29 | Now , according to Lorenz , the dichotomous distinction between instinctive and learned behaviour can not be made for development , but it can for adaptation . |
30 | Problems of a non-recurring and non-foreseeable nature can not be provided for in a book of rules and procedures . |