Example sentences of "they ca [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relative importance of these items to those who wrote and kept them ca n't be assessed in terms of size or splendour . |
| 2 | Most of them ca n't be played because they 're so fragile and if they were restored they would n't make their original sound . |
| 3 | Some of them ca n't be broken though . |
| 4 | If you are using these , keep them where they ca n't be tampered with . |
| 5 | ‘ They ca n't be our lot , ’ Taff whispered , ‘ That 's Jerry 's positions over there . ’ |
| 6 | They ca n't be informal to start with . |
| 7 | And the lights — you guessed it — sit high on anorexic columns where they ca n't be stoned . |
| 8 | I 've seen loads of rings like this , so they ca n't be worth much . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But if they ca n't be shifted , there 'll never be room for you , no matter how much better than them you may be at the job . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Because they 'd have to take off their overalls , ’ said Wilcox , ‘ and they ca n't be bothered . |
| 11 | Unless you have regular lessons , which many owners do n't , either because they ca n't afford to or because they ca n't be bothered , it is unlikely that horse ownership will actually improve your riding . |
| 12 | Essentially , it is because they ca n't be bothered to do things for themselves . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've heard that gipsies paint stolen horses so that they ca n't be recognised . ’ |
| 14 | They ca n't be alwayth a learning , nor yet they ca n't be alwayth a working , they a n't made for it ’ . |
| 15 | They ca n't be alwayth a learning , nor yet they ca n't be alwayth a working , they a n't made for it ’ . |
| 16 | Revenue ‘ personnel ’ ( and I use the term ‘ personnel ’ advisedly , for they ca n't be real people , can they ? ) suddenly finding themselves victims of a money-is-the-only thing-that-matters approach to life . |
| 17 | As a physician practising several of the complementary therapies I feel that it is wrong to defend their lack of scientific evaluation by making the case that they ca n't be assessed . |
| 18 | As far as that sort of thing goes they ca n't be faulted . |
| 19 | When these people copy games they ca n't be damaging the software market , because they 're not able to buy the software anyway . |
| 20 | ‘ Bands bigger than us have got a responsibility — they ca n't be messing with the kids ! |
| 21 | Hall is right to say that current Labour and Liberal parties can not take on the task of realignment , but would be equally correct in saying they ca n't be by-passed . |
| 22 | ‘ Whatever the future holds they ca n't be any worse off , ’ Claire said . |
| 23 | He takes over her life and even her education , continues to sleep with other women and tells the poor girl they ca n't be seen together in public . |
| 24 | It would be exaggerating to say that the basic capabilities of the electronic spreadsheet have reached the point where they ca n't be improved on . |
| 25 | If they ca n't be resolved then agree on the amount of the problem involved , isolate it and ask for the payment of any uncontested balance . |
| 26 | Surely they ca n't be serious ? |
| 27 | If they ca n't be accomplished in about six weeks , set yourself some smaller sub-objectives that you can complete today or within a week , just like on the five-mile run example . |
| 28 | And they ca n't be claimed back on your insurance if it 's a false alarm . |
| 29 | They ca n't be enjoying their football down there at the moment if that 's the only thing they 've got to moan about . |
| 30 | But in the UK copyright lasts for 50 years , so they ca n't be sold here . ’ |