Example sentences of "can [not/n't] be directly [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since no one knows what the myc product is , this idea can not be directly tested . |
| 2 | Much of the earlier work was done on Mediterranean terraces and these , as well as many of the terraces in other areas , can not be directly related to Pleistocene events . |
| 3 | When comparative efficiency is taken into account , such a degree of concentration can not be directly explained by Britain 's reliance on international trade , though its traditional international role had obviously played an important part in conditioning business horizons . |
| 4 | Sanitary facilities may be included in a demise where the building is amply provided with them or where the position of the lavatories and washrooms is such that access can not be directly obtained from the common parts . |
| 5 | b , Transactivation by VP16-Myc N and Max103-VP16 together with Max or Myc N. VP16-Myc N and Max103-VP16 activities can not be directly compared as their relative expression levels are unknown and VP16-Myc N+Max is antagonized by Max+Max in cells ( see text ) . |
| 6 | The absence of a relationship between differences on the technical dimension and work satisfaction patterns in the case of the housewife can not be directly compared with the factory worker 's situation . |
| 7 | Another problem is that each IR or Raman band of each compound has its own characteristic intensity ; concentrations of different compounds can not be directly compared by a simple comparison of relative intensities of bands in a mixture . |
| 8 | The number of phonemes correctly identified by RM1 can not be directly compared with HWIM 's figures since the phoneme lattice in HWIM essentially had a label for every phoneme in the system , given as a matrix of probability scores . |
| 9 | From his early study of German philosophy Marx inherited the idealist notion that the real world can not be directly grasped via sense data or empirical observation . |
| 10 | Though macrosomia can not be directly equated with morbidity , as long as maternal glycaemia during pregnancy can be shown to influence any aspect of fetal outcome the entity of gestational diabetes can not be dismissed out of hand . |
| 11 | The force-carrying particles exchanged between matter particles are said to be virtual particles because , unlike " real " particles , they can not be directly detected by a particle detector . |
| 12 | The methodological problem arises because beliefs , attitudes , values and other so-called subjective states can not be directly inspected . |
| 13 | With mind all is opposite ; minds are not substantial , do not apparently obey physical laws , can not be directly observed or inspected , unless it is my own mind that is in question . |
| 14 | Since the arrival of information can not be directly observed , it may be proxied by the observance of the trading activity stimulated by the information arrival . |
| 15 | Responses to controlled hypoglycaemia induced in a laboratory setting can not be directly applied to the clinical situation . |
| 16 | The second group consists of ‘ public goods ’ that can not be directly allocated to particular individuals ( e.g. , defence ) . |
| 17 | Such cross-terms can not occur in a system that directly represents a chemical reaction , and the variables represent concentrations : the concentration of one chemical species can not be directly decreased by a process in which that chemical does not take part [ 36 ] . |
| 18 | There is no reason why the intermediate stage should not be eliminated or why a search that starts with alphabetical index terms can not be directly translated into records at appropriate class numbers . |
| 19 | Siegel ( 1972 ) reports that pre-exposure to a tone in rabbits leads to a loss of the OR ( evident as a decline in the likelihood of occurrence of an eye-opening response evoked by the novel tone ) but the latent inhibition that was also found can not be directly attributed to the loss of this aspect of the OR . |
| 20 | Critics also argue that , because statements made under the lobby rules mean that they can not be directly attributed to Mr Ingham , his colleagues or Government Ministers , they are less credible than if they had been made on the record . |
| 21 | However , this explanation can not be directly linked with the popular pressure for a post-war full employment policy . |
| 22 | The relationship of settlements to cemeteries can be considered using the results of large-scale excavations as a control , and the actual distances between such features may act as a guide even when a relationship can not be directly inferred . |
| 23 | However , there are certain peripheral types of semantic constituent which can not be directly subjected to the test . |
| 24 | ‘ A significant shift in the predominant branch in the state apparatus , or of the relation between these branches , can not be directly established by the immediate exterior role of this branch , but is determined by the modification of the whole system of the state apparatus ’ ( Poulantzas 1969 ) . |