Example sentences of "[det] can [not/n't] be [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 MG Kent TN4 8XP THE difficulty faced by many younger pensioners is that the husband 's income derives mainly from occupational pensions and this can not be transferred to the wife .
2 Substantial progress has been reported in understanding the molecular pathology of presenile Alzheimer 's disease but this can not be extrapolated to senile forms before the epidemiology of presenile disease is known .
3 The reader may be disappointed by the standard of what is written , but unlike other sites of criticism , this can not be attributed to the form of publication , only to the limitations of the author .
4 At the same time , a vuggy porosity was also created in the lower unit of carbonate mudstones but this was found to have resulted from the dissolution of patches and veins of replacement halite ( Fig. 29b and c ) and as such can not be expected to be present away from the areas where replacement has occurred .
5 The report defines seriously degraded soils as those which either can not be restored to their former productivity , or can be restored only with major construction efforts , such as drainage projects or soil conservation terraces and banks , that are beyond the ability of individual farmers .
6 From time to time various other forms of undercutting have been attributed to wind but the possible effects of other agencies , such as wetting and drying near the surface and salt weathering must not be forgotten , though they are doubtful as explanations of abraded wooden telegraph poles and even these can not be attributed to gnawing by desert rats .
7 But gifts such as these can not be awarded to everybody , either by judges or by the most benign of governments .
8 Often , of course , these were different forms of the same general relations , though the latter can not be reduced to the former , in all or even a majority of cases .
9 That can not be said to be a full description of reason within the disciplines , for they can not be sustained without values and judgement .
10 That can not be judged to be fair or equitable . ’
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