Example sentences of "[det] can [not/n't] happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many proponents of fluoridation insist that this can not happen ; to support their view they cite a well-known study , published in 1960 , which purports to show that a physiological mechanism ensures that blood levels of ionic fluoride remain stable no matter what the intake ( Journal of Applied Physiology , vol 15 , p 508 ) . |
| 2 | A second scenario is that this can not happen . |
| 3 | If you think that this can not happen , read Lee Iacocca 's book on his years in the Ford Motor Company . |
| 4 | However , whereas it is possible for a higher-level unit in the syntactic hierarchy to be a constituent of a lower-level unit , as when a relative clause forms part of a noun phrase , this can not happen in the rhythmic hierarchy . |
| 5 | Aridity too puts a brake on , for water is the medium for all the chemical reactions in both plants and soil , and these can not happen in its absence . |
| 6 | That can not happen until it is also ratified by three newly-independent , former Soviet republics which have long-range nuclear weapons stationed on their soil . |
| 7 | A suspect is charged before a court and then released on bail — but that can not happen in this case until the Irish DPP gives the go-ahead . |
| 8 | In their view , that can not happen too soon . |
| 9 | As for breaking away , he says that can not happen — there is no place to break way to . |
| 10 | That can not happen in the water industry , so there must be much more effective regulation than has existed in the past . |
| 11 | That can not happen in year one , but as the years went by , it would enable people to build their own packages of care rather than having to take care designed by others for them off the shelf , as in a supermarket . |
| 12 | These days , that can not happen because the case is unlikely to be listed and , if it is listed , it will be adjourned , so a local authority has no means of carrying out its responsibilities . |