Example sentences of "and they can not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | N.B. It should be noted that in Austria twin beds often consist of two separate mattresses attached to a single frame or headboard and they can not be separated . |
| 2 | But they lack the three essentials : they do not evolve , they do not process energy , and they can not be called organisms . |
| 3 | There are about 600 of them , and they can not be traded for commercial purposes . |
| 4 | But I have some sympathy for the institutions ' view that their duty is to their policyholders and they can not be expected to double up as company regulators . |
| 5 | The advantages of a DIP system are that images — unlike paper documents — do not have to be physically moved around the office , they occupy much less storage space , and they can not be lost , misfiled or damaged in the way that paper can . |
| 6 | Acts like eating , sexual intercourse , and fighting are embedded in a socially shared set of associated symbols , and they can not be isolated from this semantic setting . |
| 7 | He argues that class conflicts and economic crises are built into the way the economic system works , and they can not be avoided . |
| 8 | One of these is the fact that the social networks of individuals are like language itself , open-ended and changing , and they can not be precisely delimited for this reason . |
| 9 | Putting this point on a more theoretical level , the musical field and the class structure at any given moment , though clearly not unconnected , comprise different ‘ maps ’ of social/cultural space , and they can not be reduced one to the other ( see Williams 1981 ) . |