Example sentences of "that [noun pl] can [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What ‘ unfudgeability ’ means is that accounting standards should be set in such a way that accounts can not be fudged ; Mr Damant claims that this is ‘ a new accounting principle ’ . |
| 2 | None of this is to assert that trade can not produce political benefit , or that policies can not be fashioned to this end . |
| 3 | A laissez-faire approach of non-intervention has had few adherents in the past , since most economists have accepted that theory and evidence do suggest that matters can not be left entirely to the market . |
| 4 | In the unlikely event that matters can not be resolved to your satisfaction in the resort , the Representative will ask you to record details of any problems on a Holiday Report Form , of which you will be given a copy , and you must then follow up your report by writing to the Customer Relations Department at our Birmingham Head Office ( quoting the numbers of your Holiday Reference and Holiday Report forms ) within 42 days of returning from resort . |
| 5 | The books show that emotions can not be suppressed . |
| 6 | Both sides are agreed that experiences can not be explained in terms of physical attributes of physical bodies . |
| 7 | The trade union legislation introduced in Britain in the past decade has enabled the expression of a variety of worker attitudes to unionization , because it has ensured that workers can not be coerced into a union and it has also increased union democracy . |
| 8 | Companies tend to use a ‘ firewall ’ along their route into Internet so that individuals can not be looked up in the directory of users — a sort of ex directory . |
| 9 | Finally , though it must be generally accepted that individuals can not be protected from foolish actions based on an inadequate knowledge of the law , the situation following the 1954 Act was so complex and , because of the inevitable unpredictability of the necessity for compulsory purchase , so risky that it appeared likely ( in retrospect at least ) that public opinion would demand a further change . |
| 10 | He argues that dreams can not be regarded as a neurotic symptom if everyone dreams — unless everyone is neurotic . |
| 11 | Nor is it to imply that difficulties can not be resolved . |
| 12 | LRT has warned that passengers can not be expected to finance the group 's entire five-year £3 billion capital spending programme . |
| 13 | They realize , without necessarily evaluating the implications of the realization , that patients can not be kept on a machine for ever . |
| 14 | Breakages Breakages and careless handling mean that items can not be sold . |
| 15 | Anyway , questions in such examinations are composed so that answers can not be lifted from your library ! |
| 16 | Use of PLATO has the disadvantage that special PLATO terminals have to be used for the instruction ; this means that users can not be taught in their own congressional offices and carry out the training as and when required . |
| 17 | Maastricht deals directly with its problem by giving new powers and scrutiny to the European Parliament which means that decisions can not be made unless both Council and Parliament agree . |
| 18 | The clear message behind this and so much more of national policy at present is that teachers can not be trusted . |
| 19 | One influence is the fact that eurobonds can not be sold into the United States before the end of a 90-day seasoning period and must be registered . |
| 20 | The government , whilst expressing concern about the risks to the UN International Maritime Organisation , have said that tankers can not be banned from the area as captains must have the option of using the route in rough seas . |
| 21 | The whole lesson of the events of the past 20 years is that doctors can not be re-educated , so long as their training is drug-based their journals utterly dependent upon the revenue from the drug companies advertisements , and their leisure activities agreeably subsidised by the drug companies ' slush funds . |
| 22 | Their intention is to convince readers that genetics will have a powerful influence on their lives and that scientists can not be trusted to protect them : ‘ We can not just sit by as passive worshippers or victims ’ . |
| 23 | The Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance has called on the government to remove identifying numbers from voting forms to ensure that voters can not be traced . |
| 24 | The calculations needed to refine quantum chromodynamics , the theory of the strong nuclear force between quarks , are so tedious that theorists can not be bothered to do them . |
| 25 | We may know , for example , that vines can not be grown in areas where the average annual temperature is lower than 52°F , and can thus infer that they could never have been grown in Edinburgh . |
| 26 | We regret that tickets can not be exchanged . |
| 27 | The suggestion is that elections can not be held until mid-1994 . |
| 28 | That they are not such statements is in accord with the fact , rightly insisted upon by Hume , as already noted , that causes can not be said to be in a certain logical connection with their effects : the fact that it is not contradictory , however mistaken it may be , to assert that a causal circumstance for an event existed but that the event did not occur . |
| 29 | Please note that benefits can not be guaranteed and that the value of investments can go down as well as up . |
| 30 | It is essential that parents understand that stickers can not be removed once they have been earned , no matter how badly behaved the child is . |