Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] can not [be] " in BNC.

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1 Also modules which have been entered into LIFESPAN with no SYSTEM DELETE protection can not be Hard Copied .
2 No information was available on placental size or other indicators of in utero nutrition , and subnormal prenatal nutrition of those who subsequently became diabetic can not be excluded .
3 ( 7 ) There is no reason why a cash underwritten alternative can not be extended alongside the main offer if the bidder chooses .
4 The Tories say Labour can not be trusted to form the next Government .
5 Nevertheless , the advantages from a correctly administered costing system can not be overemphasised .
6 Until this efficacy has been shown surgery can not be recommended .
7 With four more rounds to go King can not be caught but he was still disappointed when he spoke afterwards about a race during which victory was snatched from his grasp only a few miles from the finish .
8 The prospect of providing variety can not be dissociated from a sense of swamping the subject in its alternatives .
9 Cadmium is a very volatile metal that has to be prepared by distillation ; as this was not achieved until 1818 , solders containing cadmium can not be ancient .
10 Moreover mail delivery can not be guaranteed .
11 If the system has a high inertia , for example , the maximum stepping rate can not be attained instantaneously ; the stepping rate must be gradually increased towards the maximum value so that the motor has sufficient time to accelerate the load inertia .
12 NOTE Osteoporosis can not be cured once it is present , but younger women from the time of the menopause may be able to prevent it from developing through hormone replacement therapy .
13 State terror can not be a lasting solution .
14 Situations where the cable or tow rope can not be released are now very rare .
15 Indeed , the possibility that he may actually have known Rodrigo can not be ruled out , and offers a tantalizing possibility that we may be reading a first-hand account .
16 It is claimed that the Court of Appeal said that information that came within Goulding J's second category can not be protected by an express clause and that that is the wrong approach .
17 Regarded in systems terms , programmed instruction can not be an isolated continuously developing activity because it depends on the skills of the programme writer and these skills can only be developed on the basis of experience in the classroom .
18 No one will win the Channel 5 licence if the video retuning problem can not be solved , the Independent Television Commission warned this week .
19 First , the sequence of developments to which such an initiative gives rise can not be predicted with accuracy , and a project such as the ESSE/L Project can well have unintended consequences which , though not stated as objectives , deserve evaluative comment .
20 Clearly , the fact that ethnic minority parents do not request help can not be taken to mean that they fully understand the information they receive .
21 Again , the importance of leaving a formally constructed will can not be overestimated .
22 Patients refused admission can not be expected to take much comfort from this explanation of their plight .
23 Most managers today would say victory can not be planned , and that all that is possible is to analyse the opposition .
24 The prolonged crying of a well-fed and recently changed baby can not be ignored , however hard the parents may try to develop an impervious barrier against what might seem an unremitting demand .
25 He regarded that case as deciding that an agent for principal A who has chosen to act for another principal B on whose behalf he acquires information can not be forced to divulge such information to principal A but can be held liable in damages to principal A for breach of duty .
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