Example sentences of "can not [be] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reason is more certain than revelation , and can not be made any more certain by it . |
| 2 | Such regulations can have a material impact on the performance of these industries and it surely can not be accepted that audit reports be presented to the Secretary of State of a government that has imposed them . |
| 3 | So if your relationship breaks down you can not be charged each other 's Poll Tax bills , even if you are still living in the same house . |
| 4 | It can not be over-emphasised that skeleton arguments are not formal documents to the terms of which anyone will be held . |
| 5 | The use made of resources allocated is as important as the extent of the original allocation : it can not be assumed that budgeting money or designating a staff member as training officer , will ensure more than nominal training unless there is more than nominal commitment to the concept that systematic training should be integral to library management . |
| 6 | One merely has to read its wording to see that it can not be given any sensible meaning in a context such as the present , where the mind and will of the defendants are also treated in law as the mind and will of ‘ the other . ’ |
| 7 | Whereas the former leads into a philosophical cul de sac and can not be given any definitive answer , the latter indicates the kind of approach that promises to be illuminating and fruitful . |
| 8 | He also stated in terms that can not be misunderstood that science is after all a human activity , dependent on human imagination to produce its hypotheses , absolutely incapable of describing the world absolutely , but setting itself merely the obligation of bouncing its ideas against reality . |
| 9 | I am satisfied that it can not be said that section 6(2) is unworkable if the words of that provision are given their wide general meaning . |
| 10 | But the servants can not be told that . |
| 11 | C.D.C. can not be introduced all at once . |
| 12 | Lane has breathed a sigh of relief that he therefore can not be caught this week , for Mark James ( 5th ) is his closest rival present and he is almost £75,000 points behind . |
| 13 | They can not be doing any honest work if they 're spending their life filling pieces of paper to go into these ring binders . |
| 14 | The laying of the pipeline has meant some land at the showground in Tabley , near Knutsford , can not be used this year . |
| 15 | The laying of the pipeline has meant some land at the showground in Tabley , near Knutsford , can not be used this year . |
| 16 | There is also the point that district society presidents are all volunteers and work very hard for the good of the district society and the Institute and it is a pity if they can not be allowed some enjoyment from their endeavours and also make new friendships which will last a lifetime . |