Example sentences of "can n't be [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately , the same ca n't be said of ‘ The Caterpillar ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , that ca n't be said of you ! ’ |
| 3 | Fortunately , the same ca n't be said of ‘ The Caterpillar ’ . |
| 4 | For want of about £2 million , the same ca n't be said of the Vulcan Bomber . |
| 5 | WELL , YOU CAN SAY ONE thing for John Major : after ducking the date on two occasions when he might have won , he ca n't be accused of lacking courage in calling a general election when his party is at best level-pegging with Labour and , possibly , is even behind in the polls . |
| 6 | The IRA may have been defeated at the ballot box , but it ca n't be accused of not trying . |
| 7 | Spreadsheet vendors ca n't be accused of not having their fingers on the pulse of their market . |
| 8 | You ca n't be accused of whingeing and complaining when you make the other person aware that you can see the positive in the situation too . |
| 9 | Also it 's out of the way , something we prefer so we ca n't be accused of over-running crags with school parties . ’ |
| 10 | Now that the Apple Computer Inc v Microsoft Corp lawsuit has been defanged and the only thing standing between Bill Gates and world domination is the Federal Trading Commission — see page three : there may be more truth than not in the observation that Microsoft wants IBM to have OS/2 so they ca n't be accused of being a monopoly . |
| 11 | The selectors certainly ca n't be accused of not spreading their nets far and wide , Division III being represented by the Haddington winger , John Kerr , and Division II by Steven Ferguson ( Peebles ) and the Stewart's-Melville pair , Kenny Milligan and Douglas Wyllie . |
| 12 | The selectors certainly ca n't be accused of not spreading their nets far and wide , Division III being represented by Haddington winger John Kerr , and Division II by Steven Ferguson ( Peebles ) and the Stewart's-Melville pair , Kenny Milligan and Douglas Wyllie . |
| 13 | But that does n't mean to say that I ca n't be absolved of that . |