Example sentences of "[coord] can it [be] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 So intervention can not be justified when another more appropriate person is available and willing to act ; nor can it be justified when it is contrary to the known wishes of the assisted person , to the extent that he is capable of rationally forming such a wish .
2 Nor can it be assumed that all parts of the biosphere have the same 14 C concentration .
3 It is not necessarily the case that this will have happened , nor can it be assumed that the document in question belongs to a given domain at all ( it may be some sort of hybrid , or simply too ambiguous to fit neatly in one domain ) .
4 It is not necessarily the case that this will have happened , nor can it be assumed that the data in question fits neatly within a specific domain at all .
5 Nor can it be assumed that Eadwine found new allies among the eastern Angles in c .
6 Nor can it be assumed that professional courses always tackle the social aspects : How much do accountants or pharmacists consider the professional client relationship ?
7 Nor can it be assumed that all its invaders came directly from Scandinavia .
8 Nor can it be contended that this harsh judgement on Socrates was in any way typical of Athenian democracy 's attitudes towards its critics or even its enemies .
9 Nor can it be denied that he has done nothing .
10 Nor can it be concluded that this state of affairs is anything other than unfair to residential workers and the institutions they serve in order to help young people .
11 It should not be thought that Unionists enjoyed such a situation , for they certainly did not , but nor can it be suggested that they saw any real alternative , for in truth the basis of agreement on which parliamentary government " rested had all but broken down .
12 The penalty for failure to do so was likely to be dire because not only individuals but nations were chastised for their sins , and can it be expected that He will suffer this great iniquity to go unpunished ? ’
13 But can it be said that such a duty lies on individuals and groups ?
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