Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [vb pp] in [adj] terms " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great cultural movement like the twelfth-century Renaissance can not be explained in simple terms : the influences and the inspiration which created it flowed through many channels , some of them deep beneath the ground . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , when all factors have been assessed , there still remain effects which can not be explained in orthodox terms . |
| 3 | The task can not be stated in concrete terms . |
| 4 | Part of the difficulty was that the cause , so sentimentally longed for , could not be expressed in sentimental terms . |
| 5 | The hostages , too , could not be described in sentimental terms . |
| 6 | In fieldwork it is the details that matter and details can not be discussed in general terms . |