Example sentences of "and can not [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the Aristotelian picture , scientia , or knowledge proper , is knowledge of what is necessary and can not be otherwise . |
| 2 | To have such ‘ scientific knowledge ’ of , say , the facts that man is the only animal with a sense of humour , that gold dissolves in aqua regia , or that triangles have angles equal to two right angles , is to know that these things must be so and can not be otherwise . |
| 3 | Just as , for the Aristotelians , knowledge or scientia has to do with necessities , with what must be so and can not be otherwise , so , for Locke , ‘ knowledge ’ is universal and certain . |
| 4 | Hypertext systems are generally self-contained and can not be easily integrated with other programs and data . |
| 5 | Here , the percentage of the population involved is much larger and can not be easily overlooked . |
| 6 | As we discussed earlier and argue later , this ‘ ideology ’ has deep biological and emotional reverberations and can not be easily dismissed as generated by propaganda or clever oratory . |
| 7 | Nationalism is linked to deep-rooted human instincts and can not be easily ascribed to clever politicians . |
| 8 | The problem is even more acute than it appears , for singular existential propositions too resist a reductivist treatment and can not be simply brushed off as " ungrammatical " . |
| 9 | Yet the popular traditions from which such stories presumably came were not always totally fictitious , and can not be simply ignored . |
| 10 | The new principle was a good one , because it forced the government to live in a world where inflation matters and can not be conveniently assumed away . |
| 11 | There is no clear definition of precisely what is , and what is not , a shrub rose — indeed , some catalogues , from quite reputable houses too , describe the shrub type merely as one that differs from the bush , the climber , the rambler , the miniature and others , and can not be conveniently classified with them . |
| 12 | We live in a fallen culture and can not be completely exempted from it . |
| 13 | The Young 's modulus was easily found by a simple mechanical experiment and two or three Ångström units is a fair guess for the interatomic spacing and can not be far out . |
| 14 | Of course , the argument is highly teleological and incapable of scientific proof , but it has been rigorously defended by brilliant minds and can not be lightly dismissed . |
| 15 | She should not and can not be sexually active in her natal family and hence is regarded while she is there as both benign and pure . |
| 16 | The last two of these eight traps are commonly dealt with in basic statistical texts and can not be sensibly covered here . |
| 17 | The rights and obligations in the Red Cross Conventions are reciprocal between the State party and the other party to the conflict , and can not be sensibly separated . |
| 18 | Slightly enlarged glands are very common and can not be definitely linked to HIV infection . |
| 19 | Such a difference in conceptions of gender and gender roles has strong implications for the event of peace or friction in the play of daily life , and can not be too much emphasized . |
| 20 | Causal inferences are constructions built upon foundations of assumptions , and can not be more valid than the assumptions . |
| 21 | The main good grains on which we depend for an essential part of our daily diet come from plants belonging to the family of grasses and can not be readily digested until the tough outer shells are broken up and , sometimes , removed . |