Example sentences of "[adj] can not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here is a most revealing instance of the way a difference within the same , teleologically construed , can make a great deal of difference : in effect a difference of degree can be as real as a difference of kind but in a different way : the lesser is inferior and thereby inimical in a way the antithetical can not be , and the same becomes more ditferent than difference itself . |
| 2 | The reader may be disappointed by the standard of what is written , but unlike other sites of criticism , this can not be attributed to the form of publication , only to the limitations of the author . |
| 3 | This can not be resolved by distancing , repression and short cuts … the specificity and individuality of the observer are ever present and must therefore be acknowledged , explored and put to creative use ( my emphasis ] . |
| 4 | The sensation of seeing is for us very different from the sensation of hearing , but this can not be directly due to the physical differences between light and sound . |
| 5 | The importance of this can not be overstated if this flow of information is to continue . |
| 6 | ‘ This can not be accident , it must be design , ’ he commented when at the age of 65 his great hour came . |
| 7 | The acting commander-in-chief of the KPNLF , General Dien Del , said yesterday his men had taken control of 24 government posts , although this can not be verified . |
| 8 | This can not be said of the colourful house , which turns out to be as likeable as its architect . |
| 9 | While it is a major function of universities to educate , this can not be taken in isolation . |
| 10 | It is a group based on matrilineal descent , which means that one belongs to the group because one 's mother belonged to it and not because of the identity of the father , since this can not be known . |
| 11 | ‘ A dress , you ignoramus ’ ) , all he does is look in the mirror and say , ‘ This can not be true ! ’ |
| 12 | This can not be tolerated any longer . ’ |
| 13 | She is surely not herself , this can not be normal behaviour , Kathleen Lavender said to herself , day after day , night after night . |
| 14 | When Schoenberg asks for the piccolo to play ppp in the top level of its register ‘ so schwach wie möglich ’ with the bassoon and solo strings at different dynamic levels , and then asks for completely different textures and dynamics in the next variation , I know that this can not be properly realized by an orchestra in a concert-hall seated in the conventional way . |
| 15 | MG Kent TN4 8XP THE difficulty faced by many younger pensioners is that the husband 's income derives mainly from occupational pensions and this can not be transferred to the wife . |
| 16 | I believe this can not be done by local authorities , however well meaning they are , nor by universities , however efficient , but only by voluntary bodies . |
| 17 | Like children and families , social workers also need support and this can not be guaranteed by Act of Parliament alone . |
| 18 | If this can not be done , you are entitled to take advantage of a Scheme of Arbitration devised by the Association of British Travel Agents and administered independently by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators . |
| 19 | Liberal Democrats know that this can not be achieved without fundamental reform . |
| 20 | There is , incidentally , a suggestion in Carter 's letter that she understood Highmore to have been acquainted with Leapor , though this can not be proved . |
| 21 | Unfortunately this can not be done in the UK House of Commons , and the cameraman has to identify the Member who has been called , often in the midst of a throng of Members competing for the Speaker 's eye , and then to add the computerized caption . |
| 22 | Clearly this can not be the case . |
| 23 | This can not be done from behind a desk as it requires direct observation of the operation , sometimes for an extended period , to find out what is actually done on site as well as what should be done . |
| 24 | This can not be a good thing . |
| 25 | But this can not be taken as carte blanche for assuming that long-term recorded crime trends correspond to victimization . |
| 26 | This can not be a proper way , not only because it is irrational and unsystematic , but also because it is patently unfair . |
| 27 | This can not be overemphasized , however , in that respect for life is a cardinal principle of English law . |
| 28 | This can not be the case since the men are fully in control and direct the lives of the people of Tigray . |
| 29 | Underlying this argument there may well be a different one , namely , that there is a need for a more progressive tax structure , and that this can not be achieved without a greater emphasis on direct taxation . |
| 30 | However this can not be used as a guide to future performance as investments can go down as well as up . |