Example sentences of "it can [not/n't] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conclusion derived from this is that if an object is such that in principle it can not be referred to directly and unequivocally with a simple symbol , only described , then it can not qualify as a fundamental ontological existent . |
| 2 | This outward aggression , however , if it can not be expressed to the object has to be turned inwards in depression , which is anger turned back upon the person . |
| 3 | It can not be given to many scientists to be outstanding as experimenter , technical innovator and teacher ; Kuypers was unquestionably all of these . |
| 4 | Descombes describes a comparable paradoxical structure in his account of ‘ originary delay ’ : a first event can not be the first event if it is the only event ; it can not be said to be a first until it is followed by a second , which then retrospectively constitutes it as the first — which means that its firstness hovers over it as its meaning without being identifiable with it as such . |
| 5 | And much as we can love our children , friends or pets , it can not be compared to sharing intimacy with a lover , especially when you have been used to the sounds , smells and physical qualities that brings . |
| 6 | Please ensure that all money submitted , whether as cash or cheque , by hand or by post is accompanied by a clear statement as to what it represents e.g. Q.T. fees , payment for music lessons , subscriptions to the Society , donations etc. etc — because , one an amount has been credited to a certain account it can not be transferred to another . |
| 7 | If balance is important it can not be limited to public television . |
| 8 | Most certainly it can not be applied to the peasant buildings of a century or so later . |
| 9 | The point is that it can not be presumed to be , without careful enquiry into the whole range of factors that bear upon educational decisions . |
| 10 | Power is not unitary , it does not reside in the stats , it can not be reduced to class relations ; it is not something to hold or use . |
| 11 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where livestock belonging to any person strays on to land in the ownership or occupation of another and — ( a ) damage is done by the livestock to the land or to any property on it which is in the ownership or possession of the other person ; or ( b ) any expenses are reasonably incurred by that other person in keeping the livestock while it can not be restored to the person to whom it belongs or while it is detained in pursuance of section 7 of [ the ] Act , or in ascertaining to whom it belongs ; the person to whom the livestock belongs is liable for the damage or expenses , except as otherwise provided by [ the ] Act . ’ |
| 12 | The position I have tried to adopt is that whilst the atheist must demand clarity , the theist can argue that the nature of his or her task necessitates a use of language that is bound to be criticised as unusual , although it can not be allowed to be contradictory . |
| 13 | As such , it can not be restricted to the description of linguistic forms independent of the purposes or functions which those forms are designed to serve in human affairs . |
| 14 | This broad sense should include the ironic , metaphoric and implicit communicative content of an utterance , and so it can not be restricted to the conventional content of what is said . |
| 15 | Clearly this can not be a process completed during initial training but equally clearly it can not be attributed to the sole responsibility of academic or in-service courses . |
| 16 | Attacking a Steam Tank is very difficult — not the least because it can not be brought to hand-to-hand combat but will always move off in its own turn . |