Example sentences of "can [not/n't] be [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The truth of this belief can not be tested at present . |
| 2 | Marriages can not be ended at will or whim . |
| 3 | Assessment can not be made at birth because antibodies to HIV from the mother cross the placenta , and though these would be detected in an HIV antibody test , it would not show whether the baby itself was infected . |
| 4 | Our previous work has shown that actinomycin binding to T 9 GCA 9 is different to ( AT ) n GC(AT) n since the footprinting with the former can not be detected at 4°C [ 25 ] . |
| 5 | Regrettably awnings can not be accepted at Sandaway. 500 yards walk to Combe Martin . |
| 6 | The stated goals of actors or groups can not be accepted at face value since such statements may be the simple camouflage of more sinister or at least less acceptable policy goals . |
| 7 | This is because kinship links are strongly morally and socially charged , while those between worker and employer are impersonal , because kinship implies reciprocal rights and duties while the capitalist has all the rights and the worker all the duties , because kinship links can not be broken at will while those of the labour market can , and because , as Marx and Engels wrongly believed , kinship links are egalitarian and non-exploitative ; that is , they do not involve one group of people living on the back of another . |
| 8 | Only market failure can justify vertical integration , for example where F is one of a limited number of sources of a critical supply , or where the supplier-customer relationship requires trust and secrecy which can not be secured at arm 's length . |
| 9 | The same can not be said at Ford , which expects to cut 2,000 more white-collar jobs on top of yesterday 's 1,180 . |
| 10 | The true prevalence of the visual finding of endometriosis can not be determined at present because such studies require random operative intervention and are therefore unethical . |
| 11 | This is normally set at the purchase price or the upper limit of the price if this can not be determined at completion . |
| 12 | Focusing on effectiveness and outcomes as a basis for decisions on rationing is a desirable aim that can not be achieved at present when so much of health care is unevaluated . |
| 13 | In respect of registered land , a transferee will not be concerned with the amount of stamp duty imposed on documents prior to the transfer to him ; the registrar is under a duty to check the sufficiency of the stamping on a document affecting registered land ( Stamp Act 1891 , s17 ) , so that an instrument can not be registered at HM Land Registry unless correctly stamped . |
| 14 | Counsel has advised the SIB that the full report can not be published at present . |
| 15 | As the RSFSR can not be put at risk by being surrounded by non-obedient or independent and sovereign republics in Ukraine , Belorussia , Lithuania , Armenia , etc. , so the security of the USSR as a national state can not be put at risk by non-obedient and sovereign countries in east central Europe ( and possibly elsewhere ) . |
| 16 | As the RSFSR can not be put at risk by being surrounded by non-obedient or independent and sovereign republics in Ukraine , Belorussia , Lithuania , Armenia , etc. , so the security of the USSR as a national state can not be put at risk by non-obedient and sovereign countries in east central Europe ( and possibly elsewhere ) . |
| 17 | And the value-for-money aspect can not be overlooked at present . |
| 18 | Gratuitous promises can not be enforced at law . |
| 19 | The postural muscles , on the other hand , can not be used at will . |
| 20 | ( The ILEA figure can not be taken at face value in its last , incomplete , year . |
| 21 | The accusation of affordability can not be levelled at Sutton Junior Tennis Centre . |
| 22 | This accusation can not be levelled at Phoenix 2000 , a British floating pellet manufactured by Notts-based Gold Line Feeds and distributed by Remanoid . |
| 23 | That charge certainly can not be levelled at Arsenal . |
| 24 | This is a criticism that can not be levelled at Dominique Visse , a raucously joyful Frenchman who leads the Ensemble Clément Jannequin . |