Example sentences of "[adv] they can not [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | If such claims can not be " explained away " ; if they do not reduce to ascriptions of certain attributes to certain entities ; if furthermore they can not be paraphrased simply in terms of knowledge , or translated into claims about the syntactical properties of certain expressions , the question is , how exactly should they be interpreted ? |
2 | Obviously they can not be expected to vet all the publications they sell , and it would be grossly unfair to hold them responsible for libels of which they could have no knowledge . |
3 | Once this process is underway they can not be dislodged by flushing the uterine horns . |
4 | Often they can not be practised on the home site because they are not acceptable on a busy airfield . |
5 | Having looked at a number of hypothetical fossil records varying in degree of completeness , they state that ‘ Sometimes fossils can be used in phytogenetic reconstruction without reference to stratigraphy : sometimes they can be used in combination with stratigraphy : sometimes they can not be used at all ; and sometimes phylogeny is in principle not reconstructible . ’ |
6 | Hexamita can only be identified when moving , otherwise they can not be distinguished from the background debris . |
7 | The third key characteristic is that the actual value of all the variables which according to equation ( 6.7 ) determine should be known at the end of period t - 1 ; otherwise they can not be used to predict . |
8 | The user currently logged on to LIFESPAN via PI is not the associated user of the DCs listed , therefore they can not be activated via the package . |
9 | Associated with this view is the general contention that services are consumed at the time they are produced , and therefore they can not be stored , transported or resold . |
10 | Therefore they can not be picked up from water supplied , swimming pools , buildings or factories . |