Example sentences of "can [be] no [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is not always recognized that individuality is itself a cultural concept : there can be no private independent real person dissociated from the cultural values which define the society in which the individual lives . |
| 2 | Without collective advancement there can be no genuine individual advancement , but only uprooting . |
| 3 | But in respect of one crucial legacy of Vietnam , and one with which Mr Powell is closely associated , there can be no such happy outcome . |
| 4 | Belief … may be said to be the state of mind of a person who says to himself : " I can not say I know for certain that these goods are stolen , but there can be no other reasonable conclusion in the light of circumstances … |
| 5 | It follows that there can be no greatest cardinal number , for such a number , if it did exist , would be " greater than itself " . |
| 6 | There can be no serious defensible pedigrees here ( even if we could decide what characteristics had to be inherited to ensure pure descent ) . |
| 7 | The supposed expansion in directions perpendicular to AD still ensures that there can be no stable periodic orbits , but an analysis similar to that in the previous section does not have quite the same result . |
| 8 | To put it differently , sociologically speaking there can be no simple additive model of British cultural diversity as composed of a series of ethnic groups , as posited in the discourse of multiculturalism . |
| 9 | And this is hardly surprising , for without hierarchy there can be no legitimacy , and without legitimacy there can be no enduring social order . |