Example sentences of "[verb] can not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The person to whom it is addressed can not be expected to conduct a minute linguistic analysis of what is said to him where this is accompanied by aggressive gestures . |
| 2 | Any shortcomings or faults the final Directive has can not be levelled solely at our Community partners ; the UK government played an important role in both fashioning and broadening the scope of the Directive . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , we have to concede that the evidence as it stands can not be conclusive . |
| 4 | The support our volunteers provide can not be measured in purely practical terms and their continuing contribution is vital if we are to provide an ongoing service . |
| 5 | ( b ) should be ( b 1 ) : ‘ When you say ‘ This appears white ’ , what you say can not be true unless certain propositions about experiences other than your present ones are true . |
| 6 | ‘ Even in the Kirby Sigston and Codbeck area , in landscape terms the most significant part of the route , undergrounding can not be justified . ’ |
| 7 | Since recruitment is mainly by procreation it necessarily follows that , in most cases , a substantial proportion of any such population will be related to one another as biological kin ; but just how they are related can not be known and , from a social anthropological point of view , this fact of biological kinship is of no great interest . |
| 8 | The colliery at Newton-le-Willows is on a hit-list of 10 pits the government says can not be saved because they are uneconomic . |
| 9 | The file to be scanned can not be found in your current directory . |
| 10 | Her tact and scrupulousness are beyond praise , and the book she has made can not be recommended too urgently — even ( perhaps especially ) to those who have no special interest in , or liking for , either Charles Olson or Ezra Pound . |
| 11 | Any figure at which the assessor of damages arrives can not be other than artificial and , if the aim is that justice meted out to all litigants should be even-handed instead of depending on idiosyncracies of the assessor , whether jury or judge , the figure must be " basically a conventional figure derived from experience and from awards in comparable cases " . |
| 12 | As has already been noted , the number of foreign-language publications read can not be taken as a direct measure of the success or otherwise of the Library 's foreign purchasing programme ; however , in 1973 the then level of demand for such items was described as ‘ disappointingly low ’ , and the hope that the external circulation of lists of foreign accessions would have increased it was recognised to have been vain . |
| 13 | People who are mentally handicapped can not be expected to cope with many aspects of this AL independently . |
| 14 | The argument about whether God exists can not be settled without prior agreement as to who or what God is . |
| 15 | The beaver dam evolved by natural selection , and therefore what happened can not be very different , except in practical details , from the story I have told . |
| 16 | They will not dictate which result should be reached , but they will impose limits on which ends can not be pursued . |
| 17 | That human bodies undergo biological changes as the years since birth accumulate can not be denied . |
| 18 | What knowledge is needed can not be specified in advance ; people must develop it for themselves , must assess it , and must communicate it . |
| 19 | The amount of icing sugar needed can not be exact , as it depends upon the consistency of icing required for the use you have in mind . |
| 20 | Clearly the view that sociability arises primarily in the context of feeding can not be upheld ; the physical-care experiences examined can not account for variations in behaviour-not even behaviour at the time . |
| 21 | It may be that Barbara Gilmour 's place in Ayrshire 's history is no more than a myth , but that she existed can not be disputed . |
| 22 | … It is to be competent where those who control can not be competent , yet it is not to control . |
| 23 | Geldof 's idea and the money which was raised can not be faulted , even if it was a pathetic sight to see the fat popsters fighting for the limelight . |
| 24 | The complex issues which are raised can not be satisfactorily considered within the brief discussions presented here . |
| 25 | The one study on which this latter conclusion is based can not be generalized to demonstrate that there is a specific deterrent effect for all other corporate offences , and in any case , it should be treated very cautiously , not only because a single study can often be shown later to have missed the general condition , but also because it flies in the face of empirically grounded deterrence theory . |
| 26 | Food which is not digested can not be used to provide body fat or calories ! |
| 27 | In each of these appeals it has been rightly accepted by counsel for the contemnor that the hearing below of the committal application was impeccable , that the sentence imposed for the contempts of court found proved can not be criticised and the committal order properly specified each of the contempts for which the contemnor had been sentenced . |
| 28 | Suppliers are asked to state clearly where the overall responsibility for the success of the project will lie , if any aspect of the relationship proposed can not be considered a straightforward one of OUP as purchasers of goods and services from the supplier . |
| 29 | Eggs laid by flocks in which salmonella is found can not be sold for human consumption . |
| 30 | Siegel ( 1972 ) reports that pre-exposure to a tone in rabbits leads to a loss of the OR ( evident as a decline in the likelihood of occurrence of an eye-opening response evoked by the novel tone ) but the latent inhibition that was also found can not be directly attributed to the loss of this aspect of the OR . |