Example sentences of "of [noun pl] can [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general , the results that we have reported in this chapter have been favourable to the rational expectations hypothesis , suggesting at the very least that the usefulness of that hypothesis in one area of macroeconomics can not be dismissed lightly . |
| 2 | The understanding and support of personnel can not be assumed . |
| 3 | It is often necessary where a distinctive and valuable sound made by an instrument or small group of voices can not be heard over the singing of a congregation . |
| 4 | The practicalities of service of the Summons , entering appearance , lodging Defences and so forth , are usually such that consideration of tactics can not be undertaken until the Adjustment Period is fixed . |
| 5 | Savings may rise as a precaution against the worst happening in the future ; or they may fall , since the future real value of savings can not be guaranteed . |
| 6 | It can be said in conclusion that these developments have become central to the future of the ‘ GIS revolution ’ of the late 1980s , since it is now clear that the massive ( and desirable ) growth of the use of GIS can not be supported without improvements to the use environment experienced by the user . |
| 7 | The motor control routine shown in Fig. 8.3 is entered with the number of steps loaded into accumulator A ( if the number of steps can not be expressed within the confines of an eight.bit word corresponding to 256 steps the routine must be executed several times ) and the index register X pointing at a location in the list between ENDLOW and ENDHI . |
| 8 | Some variation in predictions can be obtained by a different location of the indifference map so that , a priori , the strength of effects can not be settled . |
| 9 | The comparative study of political systems and especially public policy-making has given rise to the belief that the distinction between politics and administration is artificial and that the role of administrators can not be settled by a definition which relegates them to a purely instrumental position . |
| 10 | Warnings of eco-wars and the flight of hundreds of millions of refugees can not be dismissed as fantasies : they are probabilities in situations which become more and more apparent as the century nears its end . |
| 11 | I consider in the light of the foregoing that a reference to the objectives of the Community system of quotas can not be used to justify national rules on the registration of fishing vessels , even if those rules were applicable only to vessels intended to fish for species subject to quotas . |
| 12 | It would seem that any future developments of OPACs can not be divorced from developments in IR systems and vice versa . |
| 13 | Position of seats can not be guaranteed but will be given if possible |
| 14 | Yet analysis of constitutions can not be restricted simply to the document called ‘ the Constitution ’ , or to constitutional law . |
| 15 | However persuasively we argue to include software in the existing fold of custodial protection , the need for the special provision of resources can not be evaded . |
| 16 | These types of questions can not be answered easily by looking at a conventional map . |
| 17 | Such a state of affairs can not be ignored , as it tends to be in selective and much functional assessment . |
| 18 | When there is confrontation on the streets or on the picket line we are told that ‘ the responsibility which our education service bears for this state of affairs can not be ignored ’ . |
| 19 | Supercomputing — High-performance computers costing millions of pounds can not be sited at every university that needs their computational power ; Yet the vast amounts of data they produce require advanced data visualisation techniques for their human understanding . |
| 20 | Yet the economic and sexual dependency of wives can not be overlooked . |
| 21 | Attention is drawn to the statement in TR794 that ‘ the tax consequences of pensions can not be accounted for in isolation from potential deferred tax effects from other sources ' , as , for example , ‘ deferred tax arising from sources other than pensions may enhance the prospective recoverability of tax arising in respect of pension payments ’ . |
| 22 | It would seem that following this case , the importance of instructions can not be underestimated . |
| 23 | The presence or absence of reefs can not be explained solely in terms of temperature and turbidity , for , although reefs are absent from cold current shorelines , such as the west coast of South America , they do not occur even where the temperatures are high enough for coral in this region . |
| 24 | With some of the poorer ones the possibility of misunderstandings can not be ruled out . |
| 25 | It was therefore apparent that the specific practice of lawyers can not be theorised as social control . |
| 26 | The final two groups of tests can not be illustrated . |
| 27 | In a lake , photosynthesis is limited to the epilimnion , where the depletion of nutrients can not be replaced from the hypoplimnion until mixing occurs in winter . |
| 28 | ‘ The fact remains ’ , she wrote , ‘ that differences in status exist , and as long as they exist it is practically impossible , since the lives of children can not be separated from those of their parents , to secure to all children a uniform standard of living ’ ( Rathbone , 1949 , p. 233 ) . |
| 29 | The importance of review and evaluation as an integral part of the strategic management of partnerships can not be overemphasised . |
| 30 | In its annual report of 1938 the Committee stated that ‘ the existing scale of benefits can not be regarded as so fully meeting needs as to make it undesirable to raise them further ’ and continued , ‘ if … the wage system made allowance for dependency , the main objection to further increase in the rates of benefit would be removed ’ ( Quoted in Green , 1938 ) . |