Example sentences of "this can not [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can not be a good thing . |
| 2 | This can not be a proper way , not only because it is irrational and unsystematic , but also because it is patently unfair . |
| 3 | This can not be a curvature singularity , since the curvature tensor on it is zero . |
| 4 | A model like this can not be a sufficient basis for a convincing explanation of a recurrent phenomenon like linguistic change because both divergence and convergence can be present in language states at any time , or , perhaps , at all times . |
| 5 | Thus , if the historical evidence seems to suggest that meat merged with mate , this can not be a valid interpretation according to this principle , because if it had happened then both meat and mate would subsequently have been eligible for merger with meet : speakers would not have known the difference . |
| 6 | But this can not be a simple step-by-step process . |
| 7 | Clearly this can not be a process completed during initial training but equally clearly it can not be attributed to the sole responsibility of academic or in-service courses . |
| 8 | For example , a telephonist in a large company may have contact with a customer by answering his calls but this can not be a reasonable basis for preventing that person from working for a trade competitor . |