Example sentences of "can not be [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our deductive practice needs no such justificatory shoring up and can not be revised by rational argument , hence there is no circularity in deploying it in the explanation . |
| 2 | Relatives say the care and dedication of staff at Thornton Lodge Hospital , Wensleydale , can not be replaced by alternative plans . |
| 3 | This rule is the bane of fiction writers , who must take special care to ensure that the more villainous characters in their plots can not be mistaken for living persons . |
| 4 | In the former , Service departments are asked to list their lowest priority items , and to state the implications of their demise if the books can not be balanced by other means . |
| 5 | Conclusive evidence that the bare and to infinitives can not be treated as meaningless variants is provided however by Jespersen 's observation that there are some cases where both forms can occur in the same context . |
| 6 | Finally , although characters within the play itself can not be treated as objective observers , there are occasions , as with McKendrick 's sardonic comment on Anderson 's urbanity , where their statements on others in the play may be accurate and influential on our interpretation of characters . |
| 7 | The ions and many of the compounds can not be made by direct combination of their constituent elements . |
| 8 | MRI may also show early organ invasion which can not be detected on computed tomogram . |
| 9 | The strands are so fine that they usually can not be detected by cetacean sonar , unlike the older type of multifilament cotton nets . |
| 10 | Each LAN has to have its own licence and can not be bridged over wide area network connections . |
| 11 | In the former slave economies this can not be explained on political grounds , since the South was conquered and the old plantation aristocracy was at least temporarily powerless , though it soon returned . |
| 12 | A great cultural movement like the twelfth-century Renaissance can not be explained in simple terms : the influences and the inspiration which created it flowed through many channels , some of them deep beneath the ground . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , when all factors have been assessed , there still remain effects which can not be explained in orthodox terms . |
| 14 | Editor , — Unfortunately , the emerging epidemic of cardiovascular disease in developing countries can not be explained by selective quotation or wishful thinking . |
| 15 | Gumperz warns " whatever patterning there is in this type of code switching can not be explained by generalized rules relating conversational functions to instances of code use " ( 1982 : 83 ) . |
| 16 | It can not be explained by conventional theory , including the mechanisms presented here and that of Runcorn , unless N R ( R N ) paths along the E rim are accompanied by R N ( N R ) paths around the antipodal path . |
| 17 | Whatever went wrong in the years of Mary 's personal rule , therefore , simply can not be explained by inherited weakness ; her problems have nothing to do with insecure monarchy and overmighty subjects . |
| 18 | This reading can not be explained by contextual modulation , so it must be the result of selection from a set of discrete possibilities . |
| 19 | This is the position known as materialism ; it is opposed to idealism which , in a broad sense , sees the basis of human existence as abstract spiritual concepts whose origin can not be explained by natural circumstances . |
| 20 | Aggregation results in mixed or compound Poisson distributions which can not be fitted by standard methods . |
| 21 | In particular , the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty which lies at the root of British democracy can not be squared with European political union as it is currently proposed . |
| 22 | But the composition of the total expected return is important for tax purposes : coupon payments are taxed as income ; capital gains are not subject to taxation , capital losses can not be offset against other taxable income . |
| 23 | It may be said at once that these questions can not be answered with complete certainty . |
| 24 | holds a qualification in hotel and catering management which can not be accepted for complete exemption from the Association 's education criteria . |
| 25 | Data analysis techniques were largely developed to cater for the implementation of database systems , although that does not mean that they can not be applied to non-database situations . |
| 26 | While the double-blind trial is well suited to testing of conventional drugs it often can not be applied to complementary therapies , for instance , the acupuncturist must establish a close link with the patient during treatment , and the therapist must know which points he is needling and possibly modify them as the patient 's responses change . |
| 27 | Top up insurance can not be obtained with unlimited cover , and may be made subject to certain other conditions , eg the exclusion of indemnity in respect of claims brought in courts in the USA . |
| 28 | This is so , for example , if its inclusion is not material for the purposes of giving a true and fair view or if , in effect , the parent is not able to exercise dominance over the subsidiary or holds its interest in the subsidiary exclusively with a view to resale , or the information necessary for group accounts can not be obtained without disproportionate delay or expense . |
| 29 | The task can not be stated in concrete terms . |
| 30 | The lead times for evaluating , selecting , testing , implementing , and ‘ QAing ’ the information elements of the project can not be completed in small amounts of time around other responsibilities . |