Example sentences of "can [not/n't] possibly be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my view , to have 32 seeds , even in the men 's singles where there is far greater depth of talent than among the women , can not possibly be justified . |
| 2 | Frank said that he did not believe in God ; such a belief can not possibly be proved ; the good life is possible without it ; and the only faculty to judge is the reason , which tells us to say , we do not know . |
| 3 | In large-scale national surveys , as carried out regularly by market research firms and government agencies , interviews may be carried out over the whole country and the people who have the task of making the analysis of several hundred or thousand schedules can not possibly be for ever phoning through to the interviewers to ask what some cryptic little scribble opposite question number 15 is supposed to mean . |
| 4 | This , of course , begs the question : if the source of information concerning life in the womb and at birth can not possibly be of the patient , then who — or what — else could be the origin ? |
| 5 | But what stands stark and clear , above all speculation , arguments , discussions and justifications , is the fact that anything which allows itself to be used to sustain such atrocious misery can not possibly be anything but a travesty of a ‘ religion ’ within the meaning of that word that all right-minded and honourable people intensely desire . |
| 6 | This does not mean that you can not possibly be tempted by the sight of a chocolate bar or the scent of a fish and chip shop , but you will more easily be able to resist . |
| 7 | Your research can not possibly be complete without the new 1989 edition of the Standard Periodical Directory . |
| 8 | It can not possibly be mistaken . |
| 9 | However , what we surely have on the objector 's view is precisely that the smell of the candles was something that can not possibly be explained . |
| 10 | In other words , the hegemony of the social representation of science can not possibly be total , and there is even evidence that it may be on the wane . |
| 11 | But what we have to notice here is that it can not be right for mere historical description either : as there is no such thing as a uniform language or dialect ( and standardization implies uniformity ) , and as sound-changes do not proceed in straight lines , this can not possibly be an adequate conceptualization of English phonological history . |
| 12 | ‘ The charge in the present case is one of bribery and corruption , of which a corporation can not possibly be guilty , and therefore , in my opinion , this action will not lie . |
| 13 | The court held that the council could not maintain the action : ‘ to allow such a thing would be wholly unprecedented and contrary to principle : ’ 63 L.T. 805 , 806 , per Day J. There were two grounds of decision in effect , first , that a corporation might sue for a libel affecting property but not for one affecting personal reputation and , secondly , that the charge was one of bribery and corruption of which ( see the Metropolitan Saloon Omnibus Co. case , 4 H. & N. 87 ) ‘ a corporation can not possibly be guilty : ’ 63 L.T. 805 , 807 . |
| 14 | In the present case , he submitted , the House of Lords has now conclusively ruled that there is not and never was a contract , and it is thus apparent on the plain words of article 5(1) itself that these restitutionary claims can not possibly be properly classified as matters relating to a contract . |
| 15 | It is true that Morris contains no disapproval or qualification of Lawrence , but , in my view , the main statements of principle in these cases can not possibly be reconciled and the later case therefore must not be regarded as providing any support for the earlier . |
| 16 | Indeed , as the conventional dominant does not exist in a whole-tone scale ( perfect fifths are not available ) , there can not possibly be effects of resolution such as we find in dominant-tonic harmonic movements . |
| 17 | ‘ You can not possibly be pregnant with my child . |
| 18 | examples like these can not possibly be politically neutral if they are rooted in an economic system and the ideology which supports it ; |
| 19 | And I have spent all morning saying it can not possibly be true , that you devote all your time to your aunt , that you have scarcely left the house in over a month and all the time you were doing just what you were rumoured to be doing ! |
| 20 | However , Function ( 5.5 ) can not possibly be a true representation of the potential energy associated with a real displacement χ = r — r e of a bond between two atoms . |
| 21 | The major problem with top-down parsing is the time wasted in expanding rules that can not possibly be satisfied by the input . |
| 22 | Admittedly , this is a Treasury matter , but it can not possibly be beyond the ability of Treasury Ministers to work out an effective formula to ensure that the Ministry of Defence is properly rewarded for any help that it gives . |
| 23 | The Vendor can not possibly be expected to have a view as to whether or not the Business is a party to any agreements which fall within these categories . |
| 24 | ( The results can not possibly be declared if the applications and coursework have not even been submitted ) . |
| 25 | And because this issue is clearly so site related , it seems to me it can not possibly be looked at at a strategic level . |
| 26 | Second point is that Barton Willmore say again a settlement of two and a half thousand is needed in order to be viable , well a settlement of two and a half thousand can not possibly be justified under the statistics that we have heard to date , and it is ni it is noteworthy that Barton Willmore representative did not actually promote a need argument , therefore the settlement at two and a half thousand is n well the settlement at two and a half thousand is not necessary , and anything less than that is unsustainable , so therefore in my in my view that is a a further reason why it should not be contemplated as a solution . |
| 27 | It is agreed that an appropriate vehicle for the transport of the plaintiff in the future is a vehicle called a Nissan Serena , the plaintiff claims for a cost of conversion of such a vehicle at six thousand , two hundred pounds , it would need to be renewed of course from time to time and allowances made for that , the defendant says that a firm called can convert the same vehicle for less than the tenth of the price , six hundred pounds , Mr says that such advantages , if any , of the conversion for which the plaintiff claims are so minimal that it can not possibly be right to spend ten times the money on achieving them . |
| 28 | It 's about time that you grew up and realised that I can not possibly be dancing attendance on you every five minutes . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ These plans can not possibly be refused by members of the council . |
| 30 | IT CAN NOT possibly be true , of course , that all male anti-vivisectionists are in need of a good razor blade themselves . |