Example sentences of "that can [not/n't] be [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm afraid that ca n't be ruled out . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Nothing that ca n't be written off as a momentary aberration between a man and a woman . |
| 3 | Mr Brandreth added : ‘ In terms of quality of personnel , the present team at Queen 's Park have a superb record that ca n't be rivalled anywhere else in the country . |
| 4 | It typically presents the graphic designer with the formidable task of squeezing quarts into pint pots : a lengthy , formal statement that ca n't be edited down ; legally required fine-print detail and tables of crucial figures that may or may not be felicitously depicted as graphs , pie-charts or bar-charts of one sort or another . |
| 5 | We read ‘ Glory in the church ’ ; it 's a phrase that ca n't be found elsewhere in the New Testament ; when the Ephesian Christians heard that phrase when the letter was read out , it probably came as a great surprise . |
| 6 | Fibre is the indigestible component of our diet , almost always derived from vegetable produce , and it is those components of the diet that can not be broken down by the digestive system which in turn pass into the large bowel and contribute to the bulk of faecal waste matter . |
| 7 | For here there appears to be nothing that can not be transfused utterly with spirit , with high feeling , with fierce clean passion . |
| 8 | While treaty succession is a specialised topic that can not be developed here , many practical and juridical problems of State succession are equally relevant in an over-all consideration of treaties and third parties . |
| 9 | Bondi says , ‘ The unique geophysical situation of the Grytviken ( South Georgia ) Faraday and Halley ( both Antarctica ) bases provide opportunities to investigate scientifically exciting and fundamental atmospheric problems that can not be studied elsewhere . ’ |
| 10 | In reality that would only increase white racism and try to solve with money a problem that can not be bribed away . |
| 11 | It seems to me that art of all kinds emerges out of deep human needs , needs that can not be met anywhere else . |
| 12 | There is a very real danger that cleaning stores may become general junk rooms providing a home for everything and anything that can not be stored easily . |
| 13 | Protein skimmers are a must for any butterfly or angelfish tank , as these species are sensitive to any organics left in the water that can not be filtered out or broken down by bacterial activity . |
| 14 | Delivering the Drew lecture on ‘ Government and the Arts ’ at the Central London Polytechnic , Mr Fisher pointed out that when Mr Luce announced three-year funding for the arts in November 1987 , he had said the figure could not be reviewed ‘ unless the situation changes substantially in ways that can not be foreseen today ’ . |
| 15 | But always the Castle has reappeared , a tumour that can not be cut out of the landscape . |
| 16 | There are several things in the Demoiselles that can not be explained completely either by the influence of Cézanne or of tribal art and which point ahead to one of the most important and revolutionary features of Cubist painting : the combination of various views of a subject in a single image . |
| 17 | It is something that can not be explained away . |
| 18 | I do not mean , of course , that it was something that can not be explained yet , but rather that it was something of which no explanation can conceivably be found . |
| 19 | In the past decade , some CF centres have reported increased isolations of P cepacia that can not be explained only by improved laboratory proficiency in culture and identification . |
| 20 | The right book becomes something passionately possessed ( ‘ mine ! ’ ) , something that can not be read too often , the text being treated with an almost academic concern for accuracy . |
| 21 | It is most unlikely that you will have a complain that can not be settled amicably between us . |
| 22 | Broad definitions of money also include various items such as deposit accounts in banks that can not be spent directly but which can nevertheless be readily converted into cash . |
| 23 | We need an idea that can not be found there : that the community as a whole has obligations of impartiality toward its members , and that officials act as agents for the community in acquitting that responsibility . |