Example sentences of "it can [not/n't] [be] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A covenant may very well have reference to the land , but , unless it is reasonably incidental to the relation of landlord and tenant , it can not be said to touch and concern the land so as to be capable of running therewith or with the reversion . |
| 2 | If a country does not have control over its tax and expenditure , then it can not be said to have control over anything , since everything comes down to money in the end . |
| 3 | Ever since 1979 the Government has been trying to widen and deepen share ownership , but apart from privatisations , which have resulted in millions of people owning a few hundred shares in one or two companies , it can not be said to have had much success . |
| 4 | Because the check is a single batten , it can not be adjusted to accommodate discrepant hammer shank lengths . |
| 5 | The structure of the wheel remains alongside the north-west elevation of the mill , although the wooden paddles have entirely rotted away and it can not be made to turn ( Plate 43 ) . |
| 6 | It can not be made to stand up again . |
| 7 | Finally , if the manager were to get into financial difficulties , and his or her creditors required payment , it should be clear that no money in this account belongs to the manager , and it can not be used to settle the manager 's personal debts . |
| 8 | Locke finds the theory quite unworkable ; for example , it can not be used to justify any actual political authority , since it is impossible to show of any particular monarch that he is a genuine heir to Adam 's original authority . |
| 9 | Thus , in unregistered conveyancing unless a conveyance or other document of title is properly stamped , it can not be used to assert title to land or defend that title if attacked by others . |
| 10 | In characteristic style , Professor Tweedie is determined to stamp on loose interpretation now , before the issue gets out of hand , and is not beyond threatening to throw an encyclopaedia of rules at the profession if it can not be trusted to follow the spirit of the ASB 's principles . |
| 11 | It can not be allowed to go on , and with your help perhaps it wo n't . |
| 12 | It can not be allowed to drift into complacency . |
| 13 | That is where our freedom lies and it is that freedom which the fatwa threatens , and which it can not be allowed to destroy . ’ |
| 14 | It can not be allowed to happen . |
| 15 | ’ — And so it can not be allowed to occur . |
| 16 | Methlan Park will be closed because it can not be adapted to meet standards required under the Community Care Act . |
| 17 | As Canguilhem says , ‘ the efficacy of the psychologist … lacks a firm foundation as long as it can not be proved to derive from the application of a science ( 1980 : 37 ) . |
| 18 | This is an addition to the original language specification and it can not be guaranteed to remain unchanged in future releases . |
| 19 | This is an addition to the original language specification and it can not be guaranteed to remain unchanged in future releases . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , in a business which provides a public good and where the government is a monopsonist , it can not be expected to stand aside . |
| 21 | It can not be expected to deliver the kind of service that Northern Ireland consumers have a right to expect . |