Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [adv] be say [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One problem of assignment has already been encountered : in Chapter 9 we saw how , although and are clearly distinct in most contexts , there are other contexts where we find a sound which can not clearly be said to belong to one or other of these two phonemes . |
| 2 | The Benue Rift deposits are spread out along 600 km , so they can not yet be said to have been adequately characterised , but the technical , stylistic , compositional and lead isotope evidence now points to the Igbo-Ukwu bronzes originating within Nigeria . |
| 3 | A less ominous formulation would be ‘ accountable to the community ’ ; yet , formulate it as we may , the notion can not confidently be said to afford a guarantee of efficiency , if the control or the accountability is to relate to its performance as business in operation . |
| 4 | The claim that none of our beliefs about the future are ever justified is more important and more interesting than the claim that although our belief that the sun will rise tomorrow is quite probably both true and justified , we can not really be said to know that the sun will rise tomorrow . |
| 5 | Even employees who come into personal , face to face contact with the employer 's trade connections , can not always be said to have sufficient quality of contact . |