Example sentences of "can [not/n't] be [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't be frivolous in hot metal . ’ |
| 2 | Lord Denning stated : A very young child can not be guilty of contributory negligence . |
| 3 | If a minister lacks ability , experience , knowledge or , perhaps , the time to become confident of his own judgement , then the departmental view tends to prevail , and this may be desirable , for a country can not be policyless on major issues . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Since it can not be accountable to national Parliaments , it ought to be accountable to the European Parliament . |
| 6 | I can not be involved with constitutional matters of that kind . |
| 7 | Many of the important decisions affecting village life are now no longer taken locally , but by inaccessible and apparently impenetrable bureaucracies which , however well-intentioned , can not be sensitive to local problems and idiosyncrasies . |
| 8 | Strictly , land can not be appurtenant to other land . |
| 9 | It provides access to information , the currency of which is not in doubt , something which can not be true of printed guides . |
| 10 | For such enquiry is based on idealization , the extraction of what is seen as essential from observable data , and idealization obviously can not be free of ideological influence : it must be related to some pre-existing framework of belief . |
| 11 | Local authorities can not be independent of central government unless they have an adequate power to tax . |