Example sentences of "can [not/n't] be put [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He goes on to argue that as the right side of the brain has no language capacity , the knowledge it acquires can not be put into words : this may explain the failure of his attempts to do so . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , this advice can not be put into practice . |
| 3 | It is only these words that have passed through the legal machinery of law-making , and individual Members of Parliament can not be put into the witness-box to supplement or interpret what has been formally enacted . |
| 4 | There are , indeed , things that can not be put into words . |
| 5 | In order to address this question one must first endeavour to investigate the type of meaning expressed by to and the type of meaning expressed by the modals and then try to see why they can not be put into relation with one another . |
| 6 | As the RSFSR can not be put at risk by being surrounded by non-obedient or independent and sovereign republics in Ukraine , Belorussia , Lithuania , Armenia , etc. , so the security of the USSR as a national state can not be put at risk by non-obedient and sovereign countries in east central Europe ( and possibly elsewhere ) . |
| 7 | As the RSFSR can not be put at risk by being surrounded by non-obedient or independent and sovereign republics in Ukraine , Belorussia , Lithuania , Armenia , etc. , so the security of the USSR as a national state can not be put at risk by non-obedient and sovereign countries in east central Europe ( and possibly elsewhere ) . |
| 8 | Bangor 's 80-year-old Carnegie Library , situated in Hamilton Road , is in constant need of repair , with a large stock of books which can not be put on public display because of the limited floor space . |
| 9 | ‘ There are certain eternal values which can not be put to referendum , ’ he announced . |
| 10 | It is also true that section 2(8) does not provide complete protection , since information obtained in answer to questions ( such as , for example , the location of funds in a foreign bank account ) can lead to the disclosure of damaging facts which once known can be proved by other means , even if the answers themselves can not be put in evidence . |