Example sentences of "they can [not/n't] be [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the sexual risks between female partners are far lower than between a male/female couple ( because infected semen does not enter the woman 's body ) , they can not be completely ignored . |
| 2 | Yet though the witches bring his already existing ambition out they can not be completely blamed for his downfall and degeneration as it this , his own ambition which eventually takes him over and turns him into a psychopath , killing merely out of feeling and without reason . |
| 3 | They can not be adequately explored here , but practitioners are urged to read Greengross ' book and to consider the position of old people with whom they work . |
| 4 | Details which are ignored in the source text but which have to be specified in the target language can pose a serious dilemma for the translator if they can not be reasonably inferred from the context . |
| 5 | However , the chemical inertness of the inert gases means that though they can be physically trapped in rocks they can not be chemically combined to form significant quantities of non-volatile materials . |
| 6 | As for his qualities and accomplishments , they can not be altogether passed over in what is intended to be , however inadequate , a whole-hearted tribute of affection , admiration and regard . |
| 7 | It is doubtful that the BCG matrix is very useful for total portfolio management in many multi-business groups , because , even if the group is involved in SBUs whose business is dominated by the experience-curve effect , it is likely that some of its SBUs will not be and hence that they can not be reliably analysed within just the BCG context . |
| 8 | Since none of these parties has passed the 5,000-member threshold , they can not be officially registered , which hinders their organisational work . |
| 9 | He also can not cite the sources for many of the bits he is allowed to reveal , with the result that they can not be independently checked . |
| 10 | Since distinct evidence for political actions is contained overwhelmingly in official records , repudiating the use of other forms of cultural documents on the grounds that they can not be clearly interpreted becomes an implicit acceptance of the state 's officially articulated view of social , political and cultural organisation . |
| 11 | So important a part did this crisis play in determining the events which are the subject of this report that they can not be properly understood without an appreciation of the extent to which the crisis overshadowed everything else that was happening in the area at the time . |
| 12 | A band that rages across the rock firmament with such intensity that they can not be easily assimilated into the serried ranks of all the other homogenous contenders . |
| 13 | The force-carrying particles exchanged between matter particles are said to be virtual particles because , unlike " real " particles , they can not be directly detected by a particle detector . |
| 14 | Critics also argue that , because statements made under the lobby rules mean that they can not be directly attributed to Mr Ingham , his colleagues or Government Ministers , they are less credible than if they had been made on the record . |
| 15 | The normal definition , that tasks will be executed at Community level only if they can not be satisfactorily dealt with at national level , begs the most important questions which can ever be asked in a democratic system : who decides ? how ? what for ? |
| 16 | If we say , you see , that the function of the dream is to safeguard sleep , and to fulfil wishes , then it 's clear that in the real world not all wishes are fulfillable and it may well be that , that the latent thoughts , in some cases , is so alarming and so disturbing , that they can not be sufficiently disguised and will lead to a state of waking , and that waking proves of course that the dream has failed in its function of safeguarding sleep . |
| 17 | Its remuneration in the form of wages may not be very high , but does offer a measure of security , in that wages are contractually established and regulated under existing labour laws , which means that in theory they can not be arbitrarily withdrawn or altered . |
| 18 | By the physiologist within his special and well defined universe of discourse they may be properly regarded as epiphenomena ; but by the naturalist in his more catholic survey of nature they can not be so regarded . |
| 19 | One of these is the fact that the social networks of individuals are like language itself , open-ended and changing , and they can not be precisely delimited for this reason . |
| 20 | These questions must be addressed , even if they can not be precisely answered ; simply raising them has an effect on the way old people are viewed and the action which it is deemed appropriate to take . |
| 21 | However , they can not be unreservedly recommended to the gardener who requires something fairly permanent . |
| 22 | The Trust is also uniquely empowered , under its Act of Parliament , to declare its properties inalienable , which means that they can not be compulsorily acquired or used for any purpose against the Trust 's wishes without specific parliamentary consent . |