Example sentences of "and can not [be] dismiss " in BNC.

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1 The contrast is striking , and can not be dismissed as irrelevant to the social and other problems that we confront in the last decade of our century .
2 It is not our normal view of it , but it is no less real and can not be dismissed from human experience .
3 It seems , then , that in some cases at least " exists " , or rather " actually ( or really ) exists " does have some useful work to do in a subject/predicate context and can not be dismissed out of hand as a " spurious " predicate .
4 With the United States removed , at least temporarily , from the reprocessing marketplace , the possibility of the 450 spent fuel elements coming to Scotland should not and can not be dismissed .
5 Adam had spoken to the Danish king Swegen Estrithsson , Cnut 's nephew , and can not be dismissed out of hand , although nor can he be regarded as infallible .
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