Example sentences of "this can not [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can not be due to the dynamics of their relationship , for , as we have already noted , Anderson , as Hollar 's ex-tutor , has the greater power . |
| 2 | This can not be logical , and there is some support for landlords who feel justified in requiring the proceeds to be paid to them on the basis that a lease is for a limited duration but the freehold ( where applicable ) is for life . |
| 3 | This can not be good for the employees ' self-esteem . |
| 4 | She is surely not herself , this can not be normal behaviour , Kathleen Lavender said to herself , day after day , night after night . |
| 5 | There are times when I think that this can not be real . |
| 6 | In the next section I offer an argument that this can not be right , and if the argument is sound we shall have to find some other way of showing how any of our beliefs can be non-inferentially justified and thus can stand on their own feet . |
| 7 | This can not be right . |
| 8 | Whatever the effect on the parties concerned , this can not be healthy from a democratic point of view . |
| 9 | In East Norfolk , for example , where I live , I have seen the fox population increase very substantially indeed since that time and this can not be coincidental . |
| 10 | ‘ A dress , you ignoramus ’ ) , all he does is look in the mirror and say , ‘ This can not be true ! ’ |
| 11 | But evidently this can not be true . |
| 12 | Biologically this can not be true , but it may be an assertion of political friendship and thus relate to Valentinian 's diplomacy . |
| 13 | The sterility of absolute atheism completely denies the realisation of any hopes of the existence of such a power , and this can not be acceptable . |
| 14 | But this can not be adequate . |