Example sentences of "[noun] can [not/n't] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | Indeed it does , and it seems the job can not be left to the mere television reviewer either , for criticism soon leaked from the cultural pages to the overtly political ones , even reaching as far as the editorial sections of some newspapers . |
| 32 | Unfortunately the mouse can not be used to actually enter notes and symbols , but keying the notes in is straightforward so this is no great hardship . |
| 33 | South Africa is a large and complex country where conditions in one place can not be generalized to those in another . |
| 34 | On substantive questions under the Convention , particularly whether the applicant has had a fair trial , matters of ‘ lawyer failure ’ generally do not result in a violation of the Convention because such failure can not be attributed to the State , which is the only respondent before the Commission or the Court . |
| 35 | It has been suggested that the rapid increase in the Muslim population during this period can not be attributed to the mass conversion of Bogomils , as the greatest increases were recorded in the areas where Bogomils were fewer in number , especially in the towns . |
| 36 | This difference can not be attributed to more enlightened guessing when subjects knew the title because recall of words closely related to the title and of words not closely related to the title was equally improved . |
| 37 | For example , if A tells B something in confidence and B ( without A 's permission ) passes the information on to C , who has not been told that it is confidential and the circumstances are such that an obligation of confidence can not be imputed to C , then C will be able to use the information freely although B himself can be prevented from using the information or divulging it further . |
| 38 | A surplus can not be refunded to the company except by dissolution of the scheme in accordance with the rules of the scheme and relevant legislation . |
| 39 | The operations of this central process can not be conveyed to another without employing some convention which allows a communicational interchange , whether it be by gesture , facial expression , or language . |
| 40 | The proposition that non-litigation costs can not be subjected to a process of taxation in order to quantify the recoverable amount is , in our judgment , unsound both in principle and on authority . |
| 41 | ‘ Foreign ’ words can be heard but meaning can not be attached to them ; they can not be interpreted . |
| 42 | I said that ROM can not be written to except when it is first manufactured , and that is true also of the DNA in cells , except for occasional random errors in copying . |
| 43 | Truth can not be confined to traditional religions , nor can any particular religion claim to have a monopoly of Truth , for where that kind of particularization of the Ultimate takes place , we are face to face with what Tillich calls demonization . |
| 44 | Although it is tempting to do so , non-conservation can not be assimilated to the phenomenalist tendency shown up in Martin Braine 's experiment . |
| 45 | But the health watchdogs have countered that one person can not be expected to be on call all the time , and that person might also not be available . |
| 46 | This means that the kind of discount which supermarkets , for example , are able to offer on other consumer goods can not be applied to books . |
| 47 | Second-hand goods can not be expected to be perfect . |
| 48 | Art can not be raised to a pure effusion at a single onset . ’ |
| 49 | Lawrence Stenhouse ( 1970/1 ) has seriously doubted whether the articulation of behavioural objectives is practical in ( for instance ) the teaching of Hamlet : The content of a work of art can not be reduced to students ' behaviours . |
| 50 | Such a God can not be confined to one people . |
| 51 | For the moment , it means that recently completed properties can not be connected to the sewage system in 43 towns and suburbs . |
| 52 | Nevertheless , although generalizations arrived at by legitimate inductions can not be guaranteed to be perfectly true , they are probably true . |
| 53 | This criticism can not be applied to the results for 1984–90 . |
| 54 | ‘ Realism maintains that universal moral principles can not be applied to the actions of states in their abstract universal formulation . ’ |
| 55 | Victim 's interpretations and memories indicate that victim studies can not be assumed to accurately reflect the ‘ real ’ extent of crime ; and the search for more reliable and direct indicators has included the development of self-report studies . |
| 56 | That being so , the direct object can not be said to be totally redundant . |
| 57 | The difference is double the increase in the number of abortions , and one abortion can not be considered to ‘ prevent ’ one live birth — a ratio of 3:1 is often assumed . |
| 58 | High priority can not be given to presubmission enquiries ; in urgent cases they can be made in the form of a one-page fax . |
| 59 | That may be so , but while a quarter of the public does not have complete confidence in the police that code can not be said to be working . |
| 60 | Alternatively , the pursuer 's advisers may appreciate that being unable to produce better vouching , the claim can not be proven to be worth more than the Tender which is , consequently , accepted . |