Example sentences of "[noun sg] can not be [verb] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Religion can not be divorced from morality in his view for it is belief in an ordered moral government of the universe and when we lose our basis in morality we cease to be religious . |
| 2 | The same does not apply to the view that religion can not be divorced from a form of morality . |
| 3 | It is not the same sort of task as that of the natural scientist in search of hidden causes , because the context of action can not be divorced from the actors ' understanding of the context . |
| 4 | Whatever the case , the number one lesson to learn is that a horse can not be prevented from pulling by merely pulling back at him . |
| 5 | An agent can not be prohibited from taking further instructions from the principal , and a principal can not be prevented from giving instructions to the agent . |
| 6 | The family setting can not be omitted from considerations of sexuality any more than sexuality can be left out of ideas concerning the complicated web of interaction and relationships which comprise family life . |
| 7 | Accordingly the law insists that a former employee can not be prevented from turning to his own account his professional skill and knowledge even though it may have been acquired whilst in employment and at the employer 's expense . |
| 8 | Whilst it is clear that an employee can not be prevented from using his general skill and knowledge once employment is over , there has been some doubt until recently as to whether the employer could exert any control over such use during employment or whether the law would imply such control . |
| 9 | The low status accorded to the work can not be divorced from the fact that so many of those who provide tending services are women . |
| 10 | It is highly likely that the basic English common law rule ( that ownership can not be transferred from someone who has no title ) applies . |
| 11 | We can now see that the law and order issue can not be divorced from the rest of the Conservative Government 's policies during the Thatcher years . |
| 12 | The spirituality can not be imposed from above . |
| 13 | In particular , by stressing that law must itself contain an element of substantive justice , and that its validity can not be purely formal , such theories clearly show that law can not be isolated from its context . |
| 14 | In the same way that law can not be divorced from morality neither can economics . |
| 15 | It allowed , for instance , a little chat between Mrs Thatcher and a BBC reporter , the main purpose of which escaped me , unless it was to show that that lady can not be excluded from anything . |
| 16 | For myself , I remain convinced that private morality can not be divorced from public and environmental moralities and I predict that the politics of the future will have to lay greater stress on this area of life . |
| 17 | For example ; a child can not be swinging from the bannisters at the same time as earning a reward for sitting down and painting . |
| 18 | Philosophy can not be separated from the history of philosophy , nor can culture from the history of culture … . |
| 19 | This is a space whose geometry can not be seen from any other domain . |
| 20 | What is true is that the effects of a mutation on the form of the resulting organism can not be predicted from a knowledge of the agent that produced it . |
| 21 | When the hammer strikes , the string can not be dislodged from the nut , as it tends to be in a conventional 18th-century action , but is hit into the nut as in a down-striking action . |
| 22 | The difficulty in transferring contracts arises because the basic rule is that the vendor can not be excused from the burden of its contractual obligations by assigning or otherwise purporting to transfer to the purchaser the obligation to perform the duties it has undertaken under a particular contract . |
| 23 | Repayment can not be claimed from a person who is in receipt of income support or family credit under the social security scheme ( s17(9) ) . |
| 24 | If a meaning can not be obtained from the context , consult a dictionary which provides archaic meanings . |
| 25 | A traditional definition of idiom runs roughly as follows : an idiom is an expression whose meaning can not be inferred from the meanings of its parts . |
| 26 | This brings us on to the second of Dworkin 's grounds for excluding such background policy issues from the jurisdiction of the courts , for if no one has a right to any particular form of decision-making process — whether a right to a hearing itself , a right to cross-examine witnesses or to be given reasons for a decision -this can only be because such a right can not be derived from the master principle of equal concern and respect . |
| 27 | Does it indicate that the meaning of an idiom can not be inferred from ( or , more precisely , can not be accounted for as a compositional function of ) the meanings the parts carry IN THAT EXPRESSION ? |
| 28 | However , where the vessel constitutes an instrument for pursuing an economic activity which involves a fixed establishment in the member state concerned , the registration of that vessel can not be dissociated from the exercise of the freedom of establishment . |
| 29 | Leadership can not be expected from those quarters . |
| 30 | The injured dogs ' behaviour can not be differentiated from that of their uninjured pack mates . |