Example sentences of "can not be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But each archaeological site is unique , and once destroyed , it can not be replaced : the information it contained is lost not for 1,000 years or so , but forever . |
| 32 | If they can not be replaced by more adequate instruments , an electric keyboard can lie appropriate . |
| 33 | We have said goodbye to a person who can not be replaced and the rest of us will have to work the harder and care the more in order to try to fill the gap left by his passing . |
| 34 | Non-renewable sources of energy are those which can not be replaced once used up . |
| 35 | Relatives say the care and dedication of staff at Thornton Lodge Hospital , Wensleydale , can not be replaced by alternative plans . |
| 36 | He says the important open area can not be replaced once it is lost , the scheme would severely damage the Richmond Conservation Area and would bring noise , disturbance and loss of environment to neighbours . |
| 37 | It is the essential but usually overlooked fact that in any psychophysical experiment when , for example , subjects are asked whether or not they perceive a stimulus , their responses , verbal or otherwise , can not be relied on as accurate accounts of their conscious experiences . |
| 38 | But he can not be relied upon for ever . |
| 39 | Abraham would seem to be dealing with a God who has his own cruelty , and who can not be relied upon to keep his promises . |
| 40 | Statistics for the UK chemical industry , as provided by the government , can not be relied on , warned Freeman . |
| 41 | The point is that reasons that could have been relied upon to justify action before his decision can not be relied upon once the decision is given . |
| 42 | These are the chronically mentally ill and minors , and , if the above is accepted , also include those whose judgment , others assert , can not be relied upon . |
| 43 | Thirdly , thorough cooking and rapid cooking will usually destroy pathogens although it can not be relied on to destroy spores or preformed toxins . |
| 44 | Keynesians have remained very sceptical of this mechanism , arguing that neither the increase in the real money supply nor the real balance effect will have a significant effect on aggregate demand- and so can not be relied upon to reduce unemployment . |
| 45 | The present situation shows that debtors themselves can not be relied upon to tell courts when their debts are paid . |
| 46 | Such players as Clive Allen and Tony Cottee are shockingly under-valued these days because they can not be relied upon to step up their work-rate , to coin a phrase . |
| 47 | Jumping was again the problem when he ran an appalling race at Ascot subsequently , and he simply can not be relied upon to reproduce his Boxing Day effort . |
| 48 | The ferry too can not be relied on throughout the year but will generally be available on request . |
| 49 | But , Kähler insisted , precisely this principle can not be relied upon in the case of Jesus , because of the witness of the Bible and of Christian experience of him that he is unique , perfect and free from sin . |
| 50 | The Tide tables can not be relied on for precise highs and lows of the tides . |
| 51 | Almost by definition , crises are periods when the normally routinized operations of the bureaucracy are insufficient or can not be relied on , when decisions have to be quickly pushed up through the chain of command , and where unusually large and direct role in controlling policy implementation has to be taken by political leaders . |
| 52 | Under such circumstances speculative capital movements can not be relied upon to offset any temporary deficit on the current account because capital flows may prove to be volatile in an uncertain world . |
| 53 | So fiscal policy on its own can not be relied upon to achieve all the macroeconomic objectives simultaneously since it operates essentially through the channel of aggregate demand . |
| 54 | Where an absolute norm for English can not be relied on , the next best thing is to compare the corpus whose style is under scrutiny with one or more comparable corpuses , thus establishing a relative norm . |
| 55 | For him the " prevailing intellectual climate " can not be relied upon to " complement and complete specialist training " ; nor can specialist training offer a " discipline " suited to developing the sense of " social responsibility " favoured by inter-war model of English studies , in its emphasis upon the past , has little to offer on those crucial " cultural " questions of quality of living , " human ends as well as means " , or on the relations between culture and economic processes . |
| 56 | So , shareholders can not be relied upon necessarily to provide much of a constraint on managers . |
| 57 | But … the growth in net exports ( of ) services and food can not be relied on to replace the loss of manufacturing and oil net exports and secure further growth sufficient to achieve full employment ’ ( p. 139 ) . |
| 58 | This theorem can not be relied on in other cases . |
| 59 | I agree with Jacobs that legislation may be the only answer as commercial forces , if left to their own devices , can not be relied on to protect the most vulnerable members of society . |
| 60 | Most sunglasses have moulded , tinted plastic lenses ( eg polycarbonate ) which can not be relied upon to eliminate peripheral distortions . |