Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] can not be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further dimension to the externality problem concerns goods which yield external benefits from which people enjoying them can not be excluded . |
| 2 | The offer would seem at first sight to be an extremely generous one , but those who make it know it can not be accepted . |
| 3 | ‘ While people are cautious about a lot of developments in Europe , rightly so , and while they are looking for British advantage , rightly so , they realise it can not be done from the back of the class . |
| 4 | The child 's cognisant acts have the character of perceptions : if an act is done it can not be undone ( ‘ reversed ’ in the jargon ) and so there is no going back and taking another perspective on the question or practical problem . |
| 5 | If jade is not polished it can not be made worth anything . |
| 6 | The present was only twenty-four guineas , which we received immediately on leaving the King 's apartment , but the graciousness with which both His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen received us can not be described . |
| 7 | Once set they can not be altered . |
| 8 | I have argued elsewhere that Pound was prepared to take instruction , as well as to give it ; that when he first came to London in 1908 , he was looking for masters to whom he might apprentice himself ; that he found them in the Irishman W.B. Yeats and the maverick Englishman Ford Madox Ford ( whose professionalism about writing still denies him in England the recognition that he gets abroad ) ; and ( so I have speculated , though I know it can not be proved ) that Pound sought the same relationship with another Englishman , Laurence Binyon , who was too cagey to go along with the idea . |
| 9 | There is no evidence for this , which is probably why the quality of their argument can fall so low , with Shamir saying of perhaps the most influential and long-standing of PLO ‘ moderates ’ , Khalid Hassan , that ‘ when you see his face you know he can not be trusted . ’ |
| 10 | Amateur theatre flourishes almost everywhere , and when you 're beginning it can not be stressed too strongly that it is desirable to obtain some actual stage experience before jumping into the big pool of drama school , or even summer school . |
| 11 | ‘ After anxious consideration I have reached the conclusion that whatever Reg. v. Morris did decide it can not be regarded as having overruled the very plain decision in Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 that appropriation can occur even if the owner consents and that Reg. v. Morris itself makes it plain that it is no defence to say that the property passed under a voidable contract . |
| 12 | ( f ) Parker LJ stated : " whatever R v Morris did decide it can not be regarded as having overruled the very plain decision in Lawrence 's case that appropriation can occur even if the owner consents and … |
| 13 | The more complicated feel they can not be contained ‘ in such a small room ’ and then start ‘ spying through the window ’ . |
| 14 | Unlike the other tricks it can not be picked up quickly . |
| 15 | This , together with the self–selecting nature of the sample , means that while the findings can aid understanding of the factors involved they can not be generalised to the wider population . |
| 16 | She obviously feels it can not be resolved without going to court . ’ |
| 17 | Lewis insists he can not be suborned by men in sharp suits with silver tongues and evil intentions . |
| 18 | In order to use the monitor however , the speaker must have sufficient time to mentally prepare the utterance ( usually this means it can not be used in conversation ) , must be concentrating on the form of the message itself and must have complete knowledge of the rule , or rules , which have to be brought into use . |
| 19 | A secret postal ballot of parents then determines the fate of the school , and once a decision to opt out of local authority control has been taken it can not be reversed at a later date , although there is , of course , nothing to stop a new government introducing a legislation to repeal this provision . |
| 20 | This is not to say that a series like Follow Me can not be used in the classroom , but it is organised in a different way from materials like Let's Watch or Video English which were made specifically for classroom use . |
| 21 | establish the principle that when your office door is open you are willing to accept ‘ drop in callers ’ but when it is shut you can not be disturbed except for a real emergency |
| 22 | The giant who knows she can not be helped in any way . |
| 23 | Because , no matter what we learn we can not be educated into the Kingdom . |
| 24 | The first is the absence of deep gaps in barrier reefs and atolls , whereas if subsidence has been long continued , there should be deep gaps present , because once the gaps are deeper than the depth at which reef-building corals occur they can not be filled by coral growth . |
| 25 | His dream is only an illusion and he knows it can not be realised . |
| 26 | as if to prove he can not be ignored , Mr Castro boldly tests the limits of Moscow 's tolerance . |